It all started when I tried on my Knickerbocker Sweater for the SSKAL and found that my actual knitting tension was much more relaxed than my swatch. It was now sized perfectly for a woman blessed with more womanly curves than myself.
Solution 1: Okay, I thought, it will make an excellent "boyfriend"sweater. Only, I hadn't knit it long enough to look right in that style. Hmmm.
Solution 2: I decided to wash and blocked it to add length. It did grow... in every way.
Solution 3: Maybe Lou Ferrigno needs a boyfriend sweater.
I threw it in the dryer where the Stroll Sport sprang right back into it's original shape, and ripped it back entirely. I started again with size 0s (scream) and a ruler on my lap to constantly check my gauge like I have OCD. I believe in this design. It will be mine.
So here is my second attempt at Hermione's Everyday Socks. With only 52 cast-on stitches and a slightly modified heel turn, I think they're going to work. Since I wasn't finishing with the group anyway, I decided to make contrast heels and toes using some leftover Stroll Tonal. I love the way this looks. I may use that yarn to add a crochet stitch to the top edges when I'm done.
It seems I invented my own ugly heel stitch pattern halfway through season 1 of Longmire, while halfway asleep. Compare it to the photo above. I cannot see how I got that from the pattern instructions.
Or maybe it was just the sore throat/ cold thing I have coming over me and making me hyper-focused and groggy all at once, because today I feel like everything is back in the proper perspective. I won't finish these things when I wanted to but they will get finished eventually and be greatly enjoyed. I'm not mad a Stroll Sport yarn anymore and I haven't talked to my knitting in a whole day. See, everything's cool- it's just a hobby.
This sounds closely related to my "knitting with jet lag" problem. Oh how many times have I ripped back my Oatmeal sweater. An Oatmeal sweater, jeez, patterns don't come much more straight forward than that!
ReplyDeleteI had a similar experience knitting my socks while watching TV and socializing over Labor Day weekend. I'm usually pretty confident about my multitasking skills but maybe not!
ReplyDeleteI bet its exactly the same. how can i be so focused on doing something yet so careless as i do it?! I'm pretty sure I've ripped back an Oatmeal a time or two, Terri. At least with that bulky yarn you can re-knit it a little faster. I've decided when I'm done with these two wips, I'm going to throw some bulky projects in between all of this fingering and sportweight madness. Good luck on your Oatmeal it will be worth all of the corrections.
ReplyDeleteThats pretty good- to be able to knit patterned socks and multitask. I really wasn't distracted by anything- just in my own little world. If I have something on my mind, I tend to zone out and knit robotically. Your finished socks are great. The fit seems perfect!
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