Blue Socks

Well I finished the pink and blue bombolo sweater last Thursday and I STILL haven't gotten it sewn together.  As a result I will not allow myself to start on the lovely dark brown cashmere, because once that luscious yarn starts to run through my fingers I am a gonner I'll tell you, a gonner. 

Actually knitting has only been done in snippets or on trains.  Seaming is not an appropriate train activity. Large volumes of cashmere might not be an appropriate train activity either as the Metro North Hudson Line trains leave much to be desired; they are a trial to be endured rather than a welcome sanctuary at the end of a long day.  There are times when I can definitely understand why the majority of my friends would rather drive to NYC than take the train, and there have been times when I would agree with them.

So I have been working on the socks, the ultimately portable project, and I have been enjoying the knitting, except for one tense period when I discovered I had dropped a stitch I could barely see 5 rows back and had to attempt to pick it up.  Mission accomplished and progress continues, albeit slowly.  AT 9 stitches and 15 rows per inch, this is not my fastest project.  But it is calming even in snippets.

I just love it when the sock finally is done beyond the heel and it looks like a sock:

I tried a different technique with the wraps on the short row heels and I am not sure I like the look of the line they created.  But then I couldn't see to do my normal method so that wasn't going to happen.  Remember "perfect is the enemy of good" and all in all I am happy with the sock so far.  I love the way the self striping yarn worked so perfectly in the heel, almost as if I had planned it.

Meanwhile, I am hoping for a quiet evening at home and a chance to sew up the sweater and start something new.

Comments

[Kathy]

In one of your posts you mentioned knitting software and I was wondering which program you use and how you like it?

I am looking to buy some knitting software but am interested in people's experiences with it. I haven't been able to find any online reviews
and my local shops haven't tried the knitting software.

Thanks..

Kathy

[Gina]

"perfect is the enemy of good"
I have never heard that, but I love it!