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Spring Cheer

I finished the Lorna's Laces socks last night. What a cheerful spring-like colorway:

I really like the yarn texture. The way it knits up reminds me of Koigu KPPPM, but with that little bit of nylon I'm sure it will wear a lot better. The yarn is fine enough so as not to be too chunky inside my shoes. Destined to become a favorite pair of socks, in spite of the funky self-striping effect!

I went with the regular decrease style of toe, except that instead of doing {decrease one round, knit one round}, I varied the decreasing to be {[decrease one round, knit two rounds] twice, [decrease one round, knit one round] a whole bunch of times, and then [decrease every round] three times at the end}. Makes for a more rounded toe shape, I think. I learned this trick from Lucy Neatby's "Cool Socks Warm Feet" book.

I had a weird thing happen to me yesterday. I had promised to make some changes to a web site that I volunteer my time to, and yesterday I finally got around to it. When I finished that chore, I suddenly realized that I had not a single other obligation hanging out there. Nothing weighing on my mind, nothing that I'd been procrastinating on, no one out there waiting for Karen to get something done. Boy, did that feel good.

Of course, that doesn't take into account the dirty dishes piled in the sink, Laundry Mountain, and the bills that need to be paid. But those tasks are obligated to me, not someone else. And anyway, those kinds of tasks never go away, do they?

Comments

Well done, you! And I do hope "done" for now. You've earned REST and time to knitabit ;-)

Posted by: Patricia Tryon at March 4, 2005 02:46 PM