Christmas Scarves, Hedera & Trofast
Today was a much better knitting day than yesterday. Today, I started and finished a quick fuzzy scarf to add to the pile of Christmas scarves. I’d like to make a shawl or something from this yarn, it’s fuzzy but not too irritating to knit with. I often feel guilty for giving people scarves or pot holders or slippers as gifts because I’ve reached this point with knitting that allows me to knit a whole lot more than that and everyone knows it. So when I’m knitting socks and snowmen, it almost feels like I’m cheating whoever gets a scarf! I will say now what I say every year, I will start my Christmas knitting in the summer next year. Yeah, right.
In progress, this afternoon.
In far more important news, I have a handle on Hedera, or at least my slightly edited version of them. These socks are so pretty I wanted to make a pair for my mother for Christmas, but as I mentioned the yarn over before the purl was killing me. I’m glad I have found a way to knit up this lovely pattern, but I’m bummed that I can’t do it exactly as written. Hundreds, if not thousands, of knitters have made these socks in the last 18 months, so what’s wrong with me?! Since I made my edits, my sock no longer looks like it was pulled from the bottom of the salvage bin – it’s pretty. Essentially, pretty is what I’m going for so I’m happy with it. See?
Progress from watching an embarrassing number of Green Day videos shut up and watching a toddler fall asleep aww.
I’d like to say it was the progress on the Christmas knitting and finally getting a handle on the sock dilemma that spurred me to finish putting this sucker together, but honestly I had just stubbed my toe really hard on the half put together version I had abandoned in the hallway on Tuesday.
It had been in it’s flat box since it was dropped off on Nov 3.
I’ve coveted Trofast storage for the kids for years and when I get one it takes me nearly a month to put it together!
Tomorrow will be filled with baking, some as testers for Christmas recipes and something yummy for this week’s Ladies Who Lunch!
izzy99 said,
December 3, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Love the Trofast storage system. I never mastered knitting at all, and due to loss of right hand at times, retired my crochet hooks. Your sock does look lovely. I also had trouble following instructions and made my own patterns for my crochet projects.
It seemed it was easier for me to examine someone else’s work and figure out how to do it, then make sense out of those instruction booklets.