So, I had a week left in a Knit A Long and only needed to finish my second Chrysanthemum sock by the end of June. “No problem!” I thought to myself as I cast on Sunday June 24th. But, I couldn’t seem to cast on the right number of provisional cast-on stitches to save my life. “No worries, I still have plenty of time. The first sock was a quick knit.”

Monday night I tried again….for several hours. No dice. “HOW was the first one so much easier?!?”

Tuesday night, I decided I was not going to finish the sock in time for the knit along, but I darn well was going to have a working provisional cast-on with the right barking number of stitches before I went to sleep…and so it was that the crocheted provisional cast-on became a life-saver.

I’d used the looped version before because knittinghelp.com says that’s what one uses for a provisional cast-on. Despite the fact that I felt like I was admitting defeat by switching methods, I’ve never been more grateful that I know how to crochet. I finished the picot edging on Wednesday night and then I put that sock in time out and decided this was the universe’s way of telling me to catch up on some housework I’d been neglecting in favor of knitting.

So, I took a couple of days off and did some spring cleaning….in June.