What Price Notes
Remember the slipper? The slipper from back in October?
I found I wanted it to have a mate. So I grabbed the yarn, felt terribly clever that I’d packed the needles up with the yarn, and started knitting.
Now, I wasn’t quite clever enough to have held on to my notes for these. But I figured I’d made it once before, I had the first one, I can count, so how hard could it be. I cast on, did a bit of counting and fiddling, and soon had the first half of a slipper.
But all was not well. Not well at all. I kept having the feeling that the sole stitches were just too small. Now I knew I had the right yarn and needles, I knew my stitch count was right, so I kept on. I kept thinking things like ‘it will bloom when I soak it’ and ‘I’m sure it will work out.’ Eventually, the feeling of doom was just too much. I did some investigating. A closer examination of the first slipper (and a perusal of the previous blog entry) revealed the problem. I’d held the white yarn double on the first slipper. I’d very clearly not held the white yarn double here.
Strong language was used. Rather a lot of it. I let fly with a constant, fluent, and creative stream of it for the whole time it took me to turn half a slipper into this.
I may possibly be done with this spurt of creative language by the time I knit the first half of the second slipper for the second time, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
Well, it’s a very good-looking slipper, worthy of a mate. And isn’t it funny how we keep knitting, even though that little loice is screaming at us?
It will graduate to funny when I’ve fixed it. Right now it’s still in the infuriating category! Better half way through than after it was all done though!
Ah, notes. I’m getting better. As are my cursing skills, through frequent exercise!
Hello,
I like your socks al lot! I can imagine your language but I think it is worthwile.
Is there a pattern of these socks ??
Hi Marlies, thank you! The pattern for these is over here.
Hi! They look faboulus, very nice!!?? I’ m aksking you if you have a pattern of these!??? I would gladly pay for them!! I’m a heavy knitter, and selsom sunch a nice one! Regards Marit Fredheim
Oh thanks! Yes, there is a pattern available. It’s on ravelry here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/quiescent