Katherine the Great
I like to think of myself as a storyteller. Mostly I tell stories about knitting.
ravelry

What are you lookin’ for?

Archives

Jul 17
2013
Knitting and engineering statistics.
25 Comments
Category: knitting & crocheting

Do you remember that one class you took. You know, the one where you worked your arse off just to pass. Engineering statistics, anyone? Just me? okay well, the second muppet sock is kind of like that. I KNEW that pleasant striping was possible, I just had to start the cast on at the right place. I cast on no less than 15 times. I’m not kidding. There was a week in there where all I did was cast on for these socks and knit the first 8 rows to see how the striping would play over and over and over again.

Muppet sock

ewww. big pool of green.


In the end, I figured it out and I’ve never been so proud of 8 rows of ribbing in all my born days. If you’re going to knit socks with this yarn, for the love of all that is wooly, make a note somewhere of what color you began the cast on with for the first sock.
Muppet Sock

WINNING!


To see what others are working on, check out:
Tami’s Amis
Small Things (I’m still listening to “The Amen Solution” and as far as health/diet books go, I recommend it.)
Frontier Dreams


25 Comments

  1. Carrie says:
    July 17, 2013 at 8:58 am

    Engineering statistics?

    Uh, yeah. You’re on your own with that one, sister. =)

  2. Christina - a Babys Smile Knits says:
    July 17, 2013 at 9:03 am

    I can’t say I took Engineering statistics either but high school calculus just about did me in.

    I think this exact issue is one of the reasons I have been soo hesitant to knit socks … one of these days I will bite the bullet.

    • Katie says:
      July 23, 2013 at 10:24 pm

      I didn’t take calc. in high school, but knitting socks is not as hard as I sometimes make it.

  3. Bonnie says:
    July 17, 2013 at 9:08 am

    I’m so glad it worked!

  4. Minding My Own Stitches says:
    July 17, 2013 at 9:32 am

    Mine was organic chemistry lab … and I’d have given up a long time sooner on that yarn. Way to stick with it!

  5. Evelyn says:
    July 17, 2013 at 9:56 am

    lol I’d have just turned the sock round until it matched the other one and then done the heel from there, I admire your dedication! They look good though

    • Katie says:
      July 23, 2013 at 10:25 pm

      The problem was that it wasn’t striping. It was just green on one half and red/purple on the other. blech!

  6. Donna says:
    July 17, 2013 at 11:10 am

    It was well worth the time – I love the way it striped!

  7. Heather says:
    July 17, 2013 at 2:45 pm

    Oh I did well in Engineering Statistics and Stats 2 and my grad stats class. But I like numbers that way, for me it was my intro to EE class that I was required to take. Seriously not an Electrical Engineer and could have cared less about circuits and waves. But I busted ass and got an A.

  8. Carol says:
    July 17, 2013 at 4:43 pm

    Looks like they are going to be very interesting. I know what you mean about matching up stripes. Good luck with all that!

  9. Sezza says:
    July 18, 2013 at 1:45 am

    engineering statistics?? I found plan old statistics bad enough!! Your sock is looking great, so worth the effort to get it right!

  10. Regula says:
    July 18, 2013 at 5:18 am

    I don’t mind when socks don’t match. ;-) But yours look great!

  11. Michelle says:
    July 18, 2013 at 11:10 am

    You’re a better knitter than I. I tend to let my pairs become ‘coordinates’ rather than ‘matches’. LoL

  12. bonita says:
    July 18, 2013 at 5:16 pm

    wow,you had to do the same thing obsessively over and over. what was that like?

    • Katie says:
      July 23, 2013 at 10:29 pm

      hmmmm. I sure am loving the zombie socks compared to this nonsense and that’s the truth!
Powered by Wordpress
This theme is a modification of BlueMod by FrederikM.de
Which was a modification of the blueblog_DE Theme by Oliver Wunder