"To everything (turn, turn, turn), there is a season (turn, turn, turn), and a time for every purpose under heaven. . ."
Okay, can anyone really read the book of Ecclesiastes and not be humming The Byrds as they read? I didn't think so.
What does this have to do with knitting? Everything. The dreaded, cursed, howmanytimesdoIhavetodothistogetthemright short-row heels on the Monkey socks. I take some comfort in knowing that I'm not alone. Although Brianne and Zarah breezed right through theirs, Kate and Elisha are suffering right along with me. I think we've all finally got it figured out, even though we've made some concessions to the standards of "prettiness" we usually require.
Thursday night we met for Knit Together, where I proceeded - again - to rip the heels and start over. By the time we left, I had one completed heel, with no holes. That's zero, people. I was proud. We were all trying to follow Wendy's, Misocrafty's, and Silver's instructions, but I ended up combining the three and making it up as I went along. The second sock was going better tonight, but then I realized I'd made an unfixable mistake in the first. Yep - I'm ripping them again. I desperately need some short-row mojo.
"To everything there is a season" also includes happy moments like stash enhancement. I got my Loopy Ewe package yesterday - can you say Wollmeise? - and was happily surprised at my Loopy Groupie goodie bag which also included 2 hanks of Claudia's handpainted yarn - Sheri, thank you so much! You're the best!
I'm not posting all of my stash enhancements on the blog since they're being stored on Ravelry, but here's some Wollmeise and Dream in Color eye candy.
Comments (2)
You groupie! To Ravelry I go! You're getting quite an eviable sock stash for someone whose having such trouble with socks right now!
Posted by Zarah | September 16, 2007 6:10 AM
Sounds like the groupie goodie bag was well worth the wait. I can't believe how fast she got that stuff to you! Wow!
As for the socks, I was reading through the latest Knitty "back to basics" sock to see if something with the short row heel clicked. It really doesn't. The only thing I can think of is that the wraps are a pain to pick up and always will be.
Posted by Kate | September 17, 2007 12:10 PM