Well, folks, I’ve had a frustrating couple of knitting days.
I did finish my Monkey Socks. That was pretty cool. Here’s a picture. Forgive the posing…it’s not great, but it’s proof that I did finish. And no, the left sock is not bigger than the right one. Again, bad positioning by your’s truly.
With the Monkey Socks done, I figured that I would start on the pair for my daughter’s teammate. I had dug around my stash and came up with this skein of Lorna’s Laces Lorikeet.
I then had the task of selecting a pattern. I finally settled on the Broadripple Socks. So, I eagerly began.
First, I had to untangle this mess:
Here’s my progress so far…
Well, I got almost half of the cuff completed when I decided that I better check the yardage on the wrapping.
Uh oh…
215 yards. Not good. So then I weighed the yarn. It weighed in at about 60g. Not good. I know that to make calf-length socks, you need almost 100g of yarn.
Great. AuburnChick’s luck. No surprise, eh?
The pattern recommends two skeins — no wonder.
Back to square one. The only other 100g skein of sock yarn that I currently possess is the Tofutsies #799 that I bought in Las Vegas (the one on the right). I was kind of heart-broken. I like this yarn a lot. The colors are fabulous. But I don’t have time to order some and wait for it to come in. My goal is to get this pair finished in time for our next tournament…two weeks from now.
With that decided, I spent about two hours on Ravelry this morning, in search of the perfect pattern. I finally decided to use the Tidal Wave sock pattern. I plan on continuing the pattern along the top of the foot.
Meanwhile, I was discouraged and needed a quick fix. Instant gratification.
So, I picked up some yarn that a friend sent me…spun by her…and made this Simple Lace Headband. I used a size G crochet hook and made a chain instead of the i-cord recommended by the pattern. Then, I used size 10 1/2 needles for the pattern itself, since the yarn is kind of bulky in places. Here is the result of my efforts the color is represented best in the third picture)…
With that accomplished, I’ll cast on tonight for the socks for chicklet’s friend. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
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