Sock Fixing and Ella Phint
After coming back from Friday Knit Nite I had that cable mistake in the back of my mind so I didn't get closer to that pair of socks for the rest of the night.
Saturday was a hard work day. We got up not too late but not too early either it was around 10:00 had some breakfast and by 11:00 Hans was ready to work in his 1st stair prototype and myself ready to clean the house, it's nice having it but it's a little more to clean, after two hours I was ready to work in my side of the rock.
Before
Before 2
I got to clean a nice area, now I know there are 2 trees and a plant, of course it was just the 10% of the space that needed to be clean but it took me 4 hours. After that we had supper and rest for the rest of the evening.
After
Well... that's when the Sock Fixing project started. I tried to continue knitting (2 more rounds in each sock) but I couldn't continue, the mistake was driving me nuts, even when I knit in the wrong side I could feel that it was staring at me. So I decided to use the ladder technique (first time in cables) I took a big block of 12 stitches and unravelled them.
I have to say it was scary but after it was done I felt wayyyy better. It doesn't look perfect but at least I have the cables done.
On Sunday, both Hans and me were dead tired. We set the alarm for 8:30, we wanted to go to the Tea Party in Willow Beach Park to have the special pancake breakfast but when the alarm went on Hans said i think I need to rest a little longer so I just turn around and continue sleeping till 11:00, I didn't want to wake him up so I knit a couple of rows in the socks till he woke up.
I made pancakes from scratch (I didn't find the mix box till it was too late. They were ok, I guess, I'm not an expertise in that field, at least I didn't burn any of them as I used to. After breakfast as we were still tired we went back to bed but I was ready to start with knitfish's pattern, Ella Phint.
It's a great pattern; very easy to follow I was doing great until I had to add the ears. As I'm not much of a pattern follower I didn't read properly that part and it took me three times to get it right, but it was 100% my fault. I love the pattern and I'll definitely use it again. Love the idea of using the crochet cast on to avoid seaming.
This one is going to Afghanistan; Hans and his co-workers were putting together a package with toys for the children over there. So we bought some and I decided to make at least one (too short notice, he told me about it on Saturday).
Well... that's when the Sock Fixing project started. I tried to continue knitting (2 more rounds in each sock) but I couldn't continue, the mistake was driving me nuts, even when I knit in the wrong side I could feel that it was staring at me. So I decided to use the ladder technique (first time in cables) I took a big block of 12 stitches and unravelled them.
I have to say it was scary but after it was done I felt wayyyy better. It doesn't look perfect but at least I have the cables done.
On Sunday, both Hans and me were dead tired. We set the alarm for 8:30, we wanted to go to the Tea Party in Willow Beach Park to have the special pancake breakfast but when the alarm went on Hans said i think I need to rest a little longer so I just turn around and continue sleeping till 11:00, I didn't want to wake him up so I knit a couple of rows in the socks till he woke up.
I made pancakes from scratch (I didn't find the mix box till it was too late. They were ok, I guess, I'm not an expertise in that field, at least I didn't burn any of them as I used to. After breakfast as we were still tired we went back to bed but I was ready to start with
knitfish
's pattern, Ella Phint.
It's a great pattern; very easy to follow I was doing great until I had to add the ears. As I'm not much of a pattern follower I didn't read properly that part and it took me three times to get it right, but it was 100% my fault. I love the pattern and I'll definitely use it again. Love the idea of using
the crochet cast on to avoid seaming.
