Persistent Knitter

Sometimes you just need to get a little momentum. (I’m still looking for more)

As I lose interest (momentum) in one project; I seem to pick up in another. Small sock projects are hard to lose momentum in because they are done so quickly. By the time you’d be bored with it, voila - you’re done! Right now I’m making good progress on Mike’s secret-socks. Mike’s not-so-secret sweater, Hardangervidda, is languishing in my knitting basket. I haven’t even opened it in a week or so. The poor thing.

I’m trying to get Mike’s secret-socks done pretty quickly, because I’m pretty bored with them. Compared to Lorna’s Laces, the yarn is pedestrian. It does have some great subtle tweedy colors in it (which don’t photograph at all because it’s such a dark yarn), but it’s definately not as soft. I got past the sticky-bit on the gussett. I decided to decrease to 55 stitches, (Cast on was 52, decrease to 50 for the cuff pattern, both in a larger needle size) tried the sock on him (ignoring that he said "neat!" since he wasn’t supposed be looking at them at all) and stopped the instep patterning as soon as possible. I did an inch or so of progress at lunch during a lively discussion about different types of fiber (Bunnies, Alpaca, Wool, Rayon).

Here’s the sock progress:

Hardangervidda was shouting at me for some progress. So Sleeve #2 aspires to be like Sleeve #1:

What is with this Sleeve Island I keep reading about on other blogs? Am I on Sleeve Island? If you have to ask, doesn’t that mean you aren’t? Or am I just deluded and I took a left turn instead of a right and I think I’m at Disneyland, but I’m really not? I don’t think I understand the metaphor, and I obviously missed the beginnings of this concept. Must do more thinking on this topic after getting more sleep. I’ll let you know in 18 years what I come up with.

Oh yeah
I actually got to wear Flashy Lace yesterday! Wooohooo!