Eastburn Adventures

I have admitted defeat. I have been beaten by The Plan, and only made it to March. Granted, The Plan dictated that I would knit a pair of socks each month, and granted, I actually knit 2 pair in February, so I should at least be even, and granted, March's green Garden Path Socks will probably be finished tonight or tomorrow - well, sort of. Which is why I conceded the fight.

Let's review. I started the GP socks in the lovely Dream in Color Smooshy in Spring Tickle, which is a lovely sentiment - if only Missouri weather were actually behaving like a nice spring (more severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding forecasted for today and tomorrow). I cast on and ripped back no less than 5 times in order to get a sock that would actually fit my foot and not behave like a Christmas stocking. Once I got going on the "right" size, I messed up the pattern and had to rip back again. If you take all that knitting into account, by all rights I knit a pair of socks in March. I just don't have a pair of socks to show for it. But wait - The Plan only said I would knit a pair of socks each month - maybe I haven't actually lost the battle! If only I'd actually done a gauge swatch. Yeah, I know. If only the basement hadn't flooded and taken hours and hours of my knitting time from me as I slogged through ruined books and sorted out and attempted to salvage scrapbooking supplies. (Which, by the way, I seldom do anymore since I learned to knit. I still have grand Plans, though.) There's a lot of "if only's."

So, what do I have to show for my March socks? One "finished" sock and the other on the last pattern repeat. After sock number two is finished, at some point, after a short break, I'll cast on for sock number three. Yeah, I know I don't have three feet. But after all the issues with getting the size "right" for sock number one . . . it's. too. small. Gauge. It really bites. After this second sock is finished, I'm switching to another project for a while.