Sock and Needle

Sock and Needle
Originally uploaded by writing_alyssa

Ahhh, our many mistakes, and whatnot. This is the sock that went wrong. On many levels. Well. Not really. Really, it just seemed to be the yarn choice in combination with the pattern. This yarn doesn't stretch. And neither does the pattern. What results? A sock the won't stretch at all. Except to stretch OUT. As in too much. And the yarn is 100% cotton. No bounce back. This has been a hard lesson for me. And it also happens to be a lesson that I got to learn twice. The sweater I made was also cotton, and therefore not bounce back-y. Not so good.

In other news, I have been on the internet all morning. An obvious avoidence to picking up the stitches on the sock I'm supposed to be working on. I don't dread it, I don't dislike doing it, I'm simply avoiding it. And now that I think about it-I don't know why. I watched an episode of Ice Truckers this morning while working a little on the sweater. And avoiding the sock.

Last night I finished another Christmas present. YAY!! And today I have a bridal shower to go to. I had been thinking I'd take the Trekking sock. (Sadly still not finished) But now I'm thinking I'll take the sweater. It's still small enough to be portable, and I really would like to get working on it. Maybe I'll take both.

Oh, and the needle in the picture is the one I *finally* fixed. The end had popped off on the way back from Maryland Sheep & Wool, and I put a yellow elastic hair thing on the end. I finally went to the store and got some glue and fixed it. Isn't it pretty?

Today-until the shower-I will be sock knitting, and listening to podcasts. Which has quickly become an addiction to me. Those boring, slow parts of knitting? I look forward to them now. It's so exciting to find something like this. And with my complete anti-TV thing this summer, it works out quite well.

I guess that's it for now. I'm gonna try to be a better blogger, and post more often. But gosh-that just takes away knitting time, eh?

Happy Knitting!!!