green.ketzle.net: knitting

24 july 2016 body

i am pretty close to this being long enough that i can begin turning the heel.

sadly, summer school, which has resulted in additional knitting time for me, is close to ending. and knowing myself and my bad habits and my crazy work schedule, that means this poor sock is going to sit around, looking sad and lonely.

maybe i'll carry it around with me in my purse, to see if that helps.

21 july 2016 loosey-goosey

looking back at the toe, all i can see is how large and loose some of the stitches are.

in a perfect word, i'd rip back and reknit but in my imperfect world, i'm going to deal. it is unlikely these will be worn anywhere except around the house in the winter -- i rarely wear socks with shoes, so i think the wear and tear should be such that they will last several years.

18 july 2016 sss

green skein successfully crocheted!

i wanted to whip out some more squares but i am fairly sure the yarn i am looking for is currently buried under a pile of things i don't want to deal with. so until i want to deal with said pile, it's on to the next thing.

which is a sock! i am going to kick this second sock syndrome issue if it is the last thing i do. not really, if it takes a year it takes a year. and it will still be done more quickly than the first.

all the toe increases are done so now it is round and round and round and round until i get to the heel. the heel for which i remember creating a voice memo so i'd be able to replicate the technique on the second sock. here's hoping i can find that.

12 july 2016 greens

i did find the sock, but i also found my bag of crocheted squares and decided to go that way, at least for a while.

it is hard to capture the actual color of this particular green -- it is not as fluorescent as the picture below, and brighter, more grass-like than the picture above.

in any event, i still remember how to make the squares and am able to do them without thinking too much so i will try to keep it up for several skeins worth. i am almost done with the six for this skein and need to scrounge up a skein of the blue, for a little variety.

and maybe, just maybe, i will cast on that second sock so there is a chance of it being completed before sock weather arrives...

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