Back on the knitting wagon
I never mentioned it here, but I had a knitting tragedy back in March or April. I had finished my first Badcaul sock (see the beginnings here) and was working on the second while on a plane traveling to Seattle. In order to compare the foot length and pattern repeats, I took out my first lovely finished sock. Can you see where this is going?
Yes, friends, I left sock #1 on the plane! I was so heartbroken that I pretty much completely stalled out on knitting. I never could bring myself to finish sock #2 or think about starting sock #3 (I was able to get another skein from the same dyelot). I bought a lot of yarn in Seattle on that trip, but never used any of it. Summer came and with it heat and soon knitting was far from my mind…
Then we had our fall party for the department. One of the new grad students knits and we got to talking and suddenly I missed it! I went home and cast on for My So-Called Scarf with some delicious Manos in the Granite colorway (as seen knitted by someone else here).
I’ve also restarted the Badcaul Socks, but this time for my mom in a lighter Koigu colorway (pics to come). AND I decided that from now on I’m going to knit both my socks at the same time on the magic loop. It’s fantastic (although the two balls of yarn are sort of annoying.) I got myself some Knitpicks circulars and I’m in love. Pictures and details soon.
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