I did sound narky the other night didn’t I? I was tired, smote by hayfever (in Autumn? Yes! Why should Autumn be any different from the rest of the beep beep year?) and just a touch all around crabby. Did it show? LOL. I guess I’m disappointed more than anything. I knit weirdly and therefore slowly. I put a lot of hours into getting my sock away on time to the detriment of getting other things in my life done and I JUST WANTED A PAIR OF SOCKS FOR ME because I’m knitting socks for MIL because she has cold feet and I love her. Don’t worry, I’m laughing at myself here because I sound like a two year old having a tantrum. The only thing is I can’t hold my breath because you won’t see me turn blue and that’s no sort of drama at all is it? Do two year olds really hold their breath in temper? Not having any (human) children myself I don’t know about things like that.
Anyway I’ve recovered my sense of humour due to time and very generous offers from Needle Tart and the lady I like to think of as Mrs Canada. I don’t know why I think of Susan as Mrs Canada, it just seems to fit. The generosity of people you don’t know amazes me and I thank them both.
In knitting news the DB socks are at a standstill. The heel was turned and I was happily knitting my way up the leg when suddenly my little finger felt a bit … light? … airy? That would be because there was no longer any yarn wrapped around it. A break in the wool. So I unwound a bit more from the skein only to find another CUT in it about 30cm along. Unwound more and yet another cut another 30cm along. A bit further and a ply (?) was broken. I joined it there and knitted another 2 rows to yet another break in the wool at exactly the same place, just two rows along. So they are sitting on the desk until the weekend. I will rip back to the original join, check the skein for the next 10 metres or so and then hopefully continue on.
I took the Easter sock to MIL to try on and it was as I feared. The leg is so tight she can’t even get it on over her foot so it’s a moot point as to whether the instep is big enough. I think the sock will be totally discarded due to other concerns I now have.
Still I’ve bought enough sock yarn over the last few months to ensure that I can pick and choose what I want to knit. I’m leaning towards a nice 5ply that I bought from Daphne at The Knittery before she so rudely closed up shop and moved to the States. (That is a joke!) Hopefully I can knit it with larger needles and it won’t take so long! (For Canadians and Americans – 5ply does not actually refer to the number of plies; it’s how we measure the weight/thickness of yarn. I think a 5ply yarn here is about a light sportweight? Stop shaking your head – we’re Downunder and entitled to be a little bit different. Hee hee.)
