knitabit

Ah, the simple pleasures in life

As we were heading out the door yesterday morning, I ran to the sock yarn stash and grabbed some Brown Sheep 'Wildfoote' and a pair of size 1 circulars. During the 50+ minute ride to my parents, I got the sock cast on and six out of the seven 1x1 rib rows done. Then on and off throughout the day I worked on the leg of the sock, and made some pretty fair progress:

It feels soooo good to knit a simple sock without all the frustrations I had over the weekend.

I mention in the sidebar that I am knitting a 'basic sock (my own pattern)'. Ahem - perhaps a little disclaimer is in order. I don't really use a pattern anymore, but my method has been shamelessly borrowed from Michelle, who I thanked profusely in a comment in her blog the other day. I think on this sock (as I have with all the previous socks I've made) I'll stick with the heel flap rather than doing the shortrow heel that she recommends. I tend to wear my socks with shoes, not with clogs, and I think that extra reinforcement on the back of the heel will pay off down the road.

I have to say, I'm very pleased with how my hand-knit socks are holding up in the wash so far. I've got three pair that go through the laundry at least once a week, and I don't see any signs of wear yet. I started wearing them in late September, I think.

The Wildfoote is the same 75% wool/25% nylon that most sock yarns are made of, yet the label recommends handwashing. That makes me a little grumpy, but I'll be too chicken to go against the label recommendations. Likewise, the Koigu socks have to be handwashed as well (and I don't doubt the recommendation on that label - Koigu is 100% wool - it would probably felt.)

Today is housecleaning day! As soon as I'm done here, me and the kids will make a big list of everything we can get done in one hour. It's pretty amazing how much you can get done with five people working steadily for one hour. Now it might not be to my standards, and there will be some token whining, but all-in-all, it works pretty well. I love my kids!

Comments

So glad that you're having a good holiday of knitting, chores, family time, etc. After last week of much frustration, you had a good weekend coming to you. Now I am having a bit of frustration with having to rip more than half of a front panel; but it's not the first or the last time I will do this so I accept it as part of knitting. Enjoy your weekend!...your new sock looks great! Happy knitting ;-)

Posted by: Lisa at November 28, 2003 04:43 PM