This weekend I finished the latest pair of S.M.I.L.E. socks, with a revision to my usual pattern.
Madelinetosh Hippity Hop S.M.I.L.E. socks
I finished up my brilliant Noro Silk Garden scarf which I love love love. Seen here worn by me as I finally got a picture taken with my own personal knitting rock star in the latest of many fan girl moments. I’ve been trying to take this picture for quite some time now but camera issues kept thwarting my efforts.
The brilliant M'Lou Baber (right) & Me (left)
As soon as I finish writing this I’m off to finish up my Shipwreck Shawl. It’s been languishing next to my chair and taunting me since the end of last year. I tried a few bind off techniques that I wasn’t sure about and those first twenty stitches may or may not need to be fixed. The scary part is I’m not sure if I can do it as it sits or if I need to unknit that last row of 1000+ stitches to fix it.
Back to the socks. The first pair of socks I made for this fellow (who is not my fellow) he wore to death. In under 2 weeks. Clearly some heel reinforcing is in order. I must admit a little part of me died when I heard that he had word through them but then I stopped to realize that he literally loved those socks to their untimely death. It’s unknown at this point if I’ll be able to repair them. If I can I’ll post about it. For the first time I used a reinforcing thread on the heel and then after it was all knitted up I went back and reinforced the heel more by running yarn through the slipped stitches on the inside as recommended by this knitty.com article.
Inside the heel
Outside sock heel detail
My Great American Afghan has been mocking me. I might have to pick it up and work on it. More important than that is the Doctor Who scarf for my sister, aka The Scarf of Doom. I’m 41% finished with it, having worked on it today while watching my beloved Dallas Cowboys lose to the Vikings. I’m not sure how I’m going to make it until the next season starts. Having the Cowboys to watch almost every week has certainly been a highlight. I can see how guys get sucked into watching other sports. I will clearly state that this will not happen to me. I’ll use the off season time to watch oodles of movies as I knit and I’ll just work the scarf of doom into that time instead of football watching time. Naturally I’ll be watching the Super Bowl but football in general just doesn’t hold the same appeal to me without the Cowboys on the field. GO COWBOYS!!
I took Mr. Ben to knitting yesterday and closed the crotch seam after removing some of the stuffing so he isn’t so unbending. I also got the muzzle sewn on. This poor project lost it’s luster for me when I realized that it was a totally impractical gift for my boys AND it had gotten to the point where I just needed to seam it. I’ll hopefully finish him up next weekend. He is much more adorable with his bowtie on I admit. And I need to find some eyes.
A quick check of Ravelry says I have only 6 projects on the needles (I’m counting all the blocks for the afghan as one). I would really love to get those knitted up so I can move on to new projects. It’s doable but I need to buckle down. First though, a run to WalMart for something for this cough. I think I’ve come down with bronchitis so its water water and more water with me & I’m finally going to break down and spend the $10 on Mucinex. Then home to tackle the Shipwreck Shawl. I’ll decide if I work on socks, a cardigan that I haven’t really talked about yet or those afghan blocks. Something tells me the blocks are going to lose. I have tomorrow off from school but I have the urinary system to tackle tomorrow instead of spending a lovely evening knitting.
First time I have read your blog. Sorry about the Cowboys. That stinks. I have had a good day. Met a new lady at church and gasp cataloged my magazines, books, etc. I don’t have near as many as Laura. I might have more but that is what I could find for now.
You guilt me into at least doing a row on the shawl. I am still working on the sleeves for Sue’s sweater and I am praying I have enough yarn left for my monkey sock. If not it is rip out to heel turn and see if we can make size 0 dpn work.
It’s a Deb! You are SO going to love having all your library in Ravelry. It’s so much easier to look to see what you have and find those hidden gems you forgot about.
Don’t feel too guilty about the shawl, I didn’t do anything with it after I got home. I just finished writing about my adventures last night and then I was going to write you to tell you about them but now I’ll just let you read the post instead.
How did you find me??