I'll admit it. I read a lot of knitting blogs. There seems to be a common theme. If you're thinking 'cats', you're right, but that's not what I'm talking about.
Socks.
I'll admit it. I never wanted to knit socks. I skip most blog entries about socks. Why does everyone want to knit socks?
The other day, I went to my LYS. "Do you want to join our sock club?" Me? Join a club? You bet! (I live in a smallish town, so there aren't any real knitting groups to join.) I immediately begin to rethink my opinion about socks.
And then it hits me. I wear socks- all the time! I even wear ugly socks. Say... socks might be the answer to my I-hate-everything-as-soon-as-it's-done problem. Even if they're ugly, I'll still wear 'em.
I get a new color of TOFUtsies yarn every month? I should buy a 'sample' ball now, you know, for research. You think I'll probably use size 1's for most of the projects. Hmmm... maybe you should throw a set of Lantern Moon dpn's in my bag, too, beacuse rosewood needles will definitely keep me excited about socks. I should sit down and have a cookie and knit a little right now? Okay!
I'm now a proud member of the sock club, which starts in June. So I figure I need to make a practice pair before June, and I should probably make a swatch right away to see if I like the yarn.
So the, uh, swatch looks pretty good. I think it'll be pretty good. Actually, the color is a little more Easter-egg than I would prefer (here I go again...), but I took a poll at the yarn store and this was the winner (it was between color 718 and 728).
Then there was this little issue about whether or not I should wind it. This one customer thought it was terrible that I would even THINK about winding it and don't even get her started about pulling form the center. You know, she's probably a lot smarter than me, and she's probably right.
Oh well...
People who know me well (and let's face it, they're the only ones who read this) won't be suprised at my total disregard for her 'advice'. I know I shouldn't be so stubborn, but she was kind of obnoxious about it, so I didn't bother to ask her why she thinks it's better to do it her way. I like to wind them. They're pretty that way. I like to know if I'm going to get ten yards into it and there's a big knot and it turn's out there's two pieces (which, by the way, there was). I like to know if there's a really ugly color right at the almost very beginning of some self striping mitten yarn that's going to end up as the cuff and look awful (again, from experience). Plus I like how they look like beehives when you're partly through.
So anyway, I said I would take pictures of the convertible mittens. I'm partially keeping my word.
Here is a picture of the convertible mitten. As in there's still only one. I surrender- I'm a bad gift giver. Hopefully they'll be done this weekend.