Which-Crafts?

I wish I could tell you the glorious tale of how I reclaimed my Knitting Mojo and have sailed through this pair of socks. I won’t tell you the tale of woe either - whinging isn’t pretty. Suffice it to say - they are kind of plain but almost done. I am knitting the leg portion in a nice slip knit pattern that I made up by mistake and stuck with. It is making a nice cushy top almost like some athletic socks. I wanted to do something a little fancier, but with time running short I opted for speed over sparkle.

I think I can get the leg on this sock done tonight, and then maybe between Tuesday and Wednesday get the next one finished and actually get them in the mail on time.

p.s. sorry for the terrible pics of these. The camera isn’t working (just a lack of batteries - but who has time to buy them?) So I scanned this on the Print/Scan/Fax All-in-One on my desk.

The first succesful sock toes I have knit in over 3 months!! These are for my Sockapalooza pal - and have to be done superquick - so the foot is going to be knit plain and I’ll let the colors do all the work. Heels will be pink. Depending on how fast I get the feet done, I may have time to slow down and do some sort of pattern for the leg - I’ll see when I get there.

Its a little hard to tell in the picture but the toes are pretty pink with a little green, and the body of the sock is a green and brown blend. Both colors are koigu.

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yes

that is the reason I haven’t posted any knitting stuff in a while. I have ripped out almost every project I have knit on in the last few months, or at least had to rip back as much as I have knit forward. Its a little depressing and I just have to wait it out . . . bleah - it wouldn’t suck so much but I have a ton of knitting deadlines looming over my head and they are getting nowhere fast.

I suspect that part of it is cursed yarn - I have rolled the “sock yarn of un-knitting” up and put it away for another less cursed day.  I am now knitting my sockapalooza pal’s socks in yarn I KNOW I can knit with successfully  - so at least if I am having trouble, it isn’t the yarn.

okay - end of whine . . . bleah - be back when I have something to show for all my effort.