Is this place at your command
Can I stay here for a while
Can I see your sweet sweet smile
Old enough now to change your name
When so many love you is it the same?
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game.
eureka! i'm back in the saddle again!i have finally, at long last, finished a pair of socks!!
and, not just one pair but TWO!
now, that's what i'm talkin' about!
i can't begin to tell you how much anguish i have had over the fact that i hadn't completed a pair of socks in months! oh, it's not for lack of trying, it just seems like i couldn't muster the energy to finish a complete pair - i've got a number of socks on the needles and several single socks finished - it just comes down to that old 'second sock syndrome'!
i've discovered something along the way with this recent episode of sss - if you don't forge ahead with that second sock and get it wrapped up, you have to spend way too much time fussin' around figuring out where you were when!! which, ultimately means less knitting time! and that is just no good!
so... my new mantra is: 'keep on keepin' on! two or die!' and, oh dear, i certainly hope it isn't the death of me!
now, back to the aforementioned completed pairs!
the flashy, trashy red numbers are a variation of the 'cowgirl slipper socks' from interweave knits modified so that i could knit them on size 1.5 needles and fingering weight yarn (panda wool - color: lacquer red). actually the only part of the pattern i used was the lace pattern around the upper edge. i used the dutch heel (from the heel class i took at sock summit 2009) and stockinette stitch with a general run-of-the-mill toe! here's the amazing part - i started them last wednesday and completed the whole enchilada by sunday evening! yeehaw!
the second pair are called 'slip jig' and are the rsc march installment! love the color combo, the pattern, and most of all, the feel of this yarn! you have to go a long way to beat the feel and color of any yarn by blue moon fiber arts! i kind of forget how luscious it is until it's wrapped around my fingers! i had completed one entire sock and had the upper half of the top of the second one complete when i cast them aside for a more pressing knit! they finally resurfaced yesterday and i put the metal to the pedal and cranked the rest of it out last night! whew!
now, let me see, where are those other half-baked socks hiding!
