Well, I'm finally dead. My killer socks arrived this afternoon. Courtney started them and Carolynn, aka cinnamonamon finished them. You can see they are really nice. My socks, for Cara, aka Woolslinger, are still not done. I am so stuck. I made a minor error turning the heel, couldn't find it and tried to fudge things. It just isn't working and I don't have the oomph (even with the chai tea that cinnamonamon sent me) to frog them again and redo the heal. I think they are better off in someone else's hands. I don't think I'll do this again. I really enjoyed the e-mails, but the knitting really didn't engage me. I'm pretty sure I'm not suited to knitting on needles any smaller than size 7.
Showing posts with label scar socks sockwars knitting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scar socks sockwars knitting. Show all posts
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Struggles with SockWars
I have been struggling now for about ten days about my scar socks. I found the first sock relatively easy to knit, especially for someone who hasn't ever finished a pair. The pattern is really nice and it's not hard to remember. The directions are clear. One thing I'm not happy about is the yarn, Dream in Color, Smooshy. I had trouble making guage and went up a needle size to 4. The socks feel thin. The yarn was labeled DK at the LYS, but on ravelry it's labeled fingering weight. It was rather pricey, so I didn't feel I could buy something else. This is the first project in a long time that I don't feel really good about.
I heard yesterday that my assassin, who is actually my original assassin's assassin (this gets pretty complicated, doesn't it), has finished my socks and is mailing them to me. That means I will need to send her my unfinished socks. I actually feel relieved and I'm not sure I will do something like this again. I feel guilty that I didn't just get them done and in the mail.
The most fun part of the whole enterprise was checking the e-mail entries on the yahoo group. I spent more time doing that, I think, than I did actually knitting the socks.
I heard yesterday that my assassin, who is actually my original assassin's assassin (this gets pretty complicated, doesn't it), has finished my socks and is mailing them to me. That means I will need to send her my unfinished socks. I actually feel relieved and I'm not sure I will do something like this again. I feel guilty that I didn't just get them done and in the mail.
The most fun part of the whole enterprise was checking the e-mail entries on the yahoo group. I spent more time doing that, I think, than I did actually knitting the socks.
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