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July 06, 2004
Still Knitting
It seems like I've had "less than an inch to go" on the leg of this sock for something like two weeks now. I bring it to the baseball games, but it's too uncomfortable to knit while sitting in bleachers. It makes my back hurt. The folding chair is much more comfortable, but the social scene is in the bleachers. I guess my serious sock-knitting will resume once soccer season starts up again.
Just as an aside, we sure have nice parents and coaches on my son's baseball team this season. No screamers.
The Herringbone sweater is making slow progress, too. This is my "at home" project, but most evenings we eat so late (if we're not at a ballgame) that by the time I get around to picking up my knitting, I'm too tired to focus. This stitch pattern is a bit more frustrating than I had anticipated. I can't verify by sight alone where I'm at in the pattern. I've got a stitch marker/counter thing going so I know which row I'm in within the 4-row repeat. Still, I've flubbed up twice and had to frog back. I can see that doing the sleeve increases (assuming I do a cuff-up sleeve) while keeping the stitch pattern going will be tricky. I'll cross that bridge when I get there.