Let’s talk a little bit about ego. Last week started with me carrying around a very basic washcloth as my on the go knitting and having lovely luck. I was working on the Delias socks at home whilst watching tv and things were going swimmingly. Then, I got a little cocky. These socks are not THAT complicated and I think I’ve got the rhythm and I want to be making more progress. Into my purse they went. Wednesday, I worked on them during lunch with friends and while chatting/drinking a hot chocolate that evening. Then, I sat down to work on them and thought, crikey! The nice schwoop schwoop schwoops up the side looked perfect on one side of the sock and on the other side looked more like schwoop schwoop splat! I started tinking back just to see what went on and realized that in addition to that, I seemed not to have changed my row marker after row 4 (the cable cross row)! Unknit. Unknit. Unknit. Everything is straightened out except for the schwoops. I’m dropping stitches back to where the schwooping is perfect and then I shall go from there (in two different places). Can you see the mistake?



Now, the universe is back in balance and I can carry on.


A knitting friend said, “You need a project with lots of stockinette in your purse, so you can chat.” I responded, “Perhaps that is why the Yarn Harlot is always knitting plain self-striping socks.” She replied, “Yes. It’s not because she’s dumb.” I could only nod.

To see what others are working on, check out:
Tami’s Amis
Small Things (I’m listening to The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. It’s more well-written than I was expecting from a series called The Mortal Instruments. Her vocabulary is impressive and her comedic timing is spot on. I’m really enjoying it and am looking forward to the next book in the series…and checking out the movie on DVD in December.
Frontier Dreams