Frustrated Hugh is Frustrated
So the Green Man socks which were going to have cables and the gansey Tree of Life pattern on them are being recalcitrant. The yarn is significantly thicker than my usual sock yarn. I need to rip out the toe and inch or so of foot I've done and start over with 56 stitches instead of 64. That's what happens when you get 7 st/in instead of 8, socks that would have been a perfect fit for my dainty little size 9s become something that BigFoot would be happy to get for Christmas.
This in itself would merely be a minor annoyance, except the carefully planned pattern, which works beautifully with 64 stitches cannot be shoehorned into 56 stitches. Thus I need to go back to the stitch dictionaries and come up with a new plan.
I'm not entirely happy with the first Fetching mitt -- the bind off is a little loose and I also think the finger section is a little short. I need to think about that some more before I start the second one.
I *could* start the Herbivore shawl I want to make. Except it's a pattern that requires counting and thinking and keeping track of what you're doing. What I want is mindless knitting.
So I've started another pair of socks in some Patons Kroy Socks FX -- a nice heathery green. These will have a (relatively) mindless cable panel up the front. Mindless =/= boring!
Fetching is sitting on my desk, where I can glare at it until it submits. The Green Man sock is back in the sock yarn drawer.
Is it too much to ask? To have a nice relaxing project to keep me busy in the evenings?
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This in itself would merely be a minor annoyance, except the carefully planned pattern, which works beautifully with 64 stitches cannot be shoehorned into 56 stitches. Thus I need to go back to the stitch dictionaries and come up with a new plan.
I'm not entirely happy with the first Fetching mitt -- the bind off is a little loose and I also think the finger section is a little short. I need to think about that some more before I start the second one.
I *could* start the Herbivore shawl I want to make. Except it's a pattern that requires counting and thinking and keeping track of what you're doing. What I want is mindless knitting.
So I've started another pair of socks in some Patons Kroy Socks FX -- a nice heathery green. These will have a (relatively) mindless cable panel up the front. Mindless =/= boring!
Fetching is sitting on my desk, where I can glare at it until it submits. The Green Man sock is back in the sock yarn drawer.
Is it too much to ask? To have a nice relaxing project to keep me busy in the evenings?
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