One Sock Down!!

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Ladies and gentlemen...

May I have a drumroll please.....?

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A sock!

I finished a whole sock!!!! I feel a deep sense of pride that I did not expect...

If only I had one foot.

I guess I should start that second one one of these days. Tomorrow.

We all know there are two types of knitters. There are the knitters who start 15 different projects but never finish them. Cough mom cough.

Then, there are the knitters that I aspire to be. The ones that have only 2 or 3 projects on the needles at a time. I don't just aspire to be one of these knitters, I must be. Mike and I just might be able to afford a closet in Boston, and I don't want to start our life together buried in yarn. It might scare him off.

In my self-discipline, I made a grave mistake. I now have no yarn to start my next project. And it's my spring break. Let me repeat that. I have no yarn on my spring break.

Ok. Slight exaggeration. I have enough yarn for that next sock...but that's my side project. The one I pretend to work on in public. So I've had to improvise. I grabbed some cotton yarn from my mother's stash and made this:

If you think it looks terrible and uneven, you would be correct. If you can't tell what it is, it is the beginnings of Grandma's Favorite Dishcloth. I don't have a post-graduation job set up in Boston, so this crappy rag will be my contribution to my future household. This is also my attempt at knitting continental style, which means I hold the yarn in my left hand instead of my right. I probably shouldn't mention that this isn't even the first try...

I think I'm finally getting into a nice rhythm, but it's still awkward. But I must do it. I can already tell that when I get the hang of it, it will be faster than my yarn throwing ways, and probably better on my carpal tunnel syndrome laden wrists. Also, if I can hold yarn in either hand, I can hold multiple colors at a time, allowing me to do colorwork such as intarsia more easily!! Then I can finally finish that TARDIS blanket that I have been meaning to finish for a couple of years. In summer 2012, I made a list of things to do before I turn 30, and one of them was knit a giant blanket. So I of course chose a giant TARDIS blanket and started on it immediately. And then I realized it was a train wreck. Someday, I will show you how I tried to fix it. It was not pretty.

Anyway, that's my spring break. No yarn. Yarn on its way. Awkward continental knitting. Oh and a flat tire! That was fun. I hope your week has been smoother than mine and that you are enjoying the beautiful weather!! (at least in St. Louis!)

Happy Knitting!

Ruth(ie)