Sep 4th, 2008 by jennie
Yesterday — hot, humid, and deliciously, unbearably sunny yesterday — was my first day of school. My first day as a teacher and not a student. My first day teaching three classes in one day. My first day with 48 scared college freshmen who I swear are getting younger every year. It’s nice to have purpose again (I guess three months of doing practically nothing was enough time off for me), but right now, I’m feeling a little frantic.
But I’m not talking about frantic now, because lately I’ve had one thing on the brain. That one thing is socks. I’ve been having kind of a love/hate relationship with socks in the last few months. Socks have always been my go-to project. My ravelry cue is filled with socks and I have even more projects mentally (and physically!) bookmarked. But ever since last winter, I keep finding myself casting on for new socks before finishing the old ones, often losing interest before I even finish one in a pair.
(this might look familiar. Yep. That’s ’cause it’s still not done.)
After I completed my tangled yoke, I had no interest in casting on for socks again — I was hooked on sweaters. And yet…
Cast on I did. For five more pairs. I would knit and rip, reknit and rip. I couldn’t seem to find myself committed. I settled on the Philistine approach to socks, figuring I would knit one sock in all of my sock yarns as motivation, and then cycle through, finish my pairs, and officially destash myself of sock yarn. Then, I reasoned, I could concentrate on sweaters, shawls, and CABLES (I am obsessed with cables right now).
But then you people! You people started knitting beautiful socks that I couldn’t resist. Like these. And these. And all at once, you started posting pictures of your beautiful sock yarn — like this, and this, and this (although, to be fair, every time Elin takes a photo of yarn, I want to buy it). And I find myself slipping back in, staring at my sock yarn, and wanting more. Gotta finish my pairs first!
Pattern: Donyale Socks (on Rav)
Yarn: Miss Babs Yummy Superwash Sock and Baby Yarn (this yarn was a completely unexpected graduation gift from John and Carol, two of my favorite North Carolinians. Man, I miss them. They gave me two skeins of delicious sock yarn, a jar of pickled eggs and replenished my molasses supply, all without once being asked. Ok, I lied. I did mention the pickled eggs!).
Needles: US 1 dpns
Thoughts: I only have a few things to say. I added five extra stitches (an extra “cable) to widen them, as I was worried they would be too tight. My worry was not in vain; even with the extra stitches, they are still tighter than I would have liked. And, like an idiot, I thought I knew better than the patter (note to self: you rarely know better than a pattern) and did not follow the toe decrease instructions (I decreased every other row, rather than every third or fourth row). So again — a little on the small side. But totally wearable, and perhaps with a good blocking the yarn will ease up a bit. I have plenty of yarn left over if I need to be a big girl and re-do the toes. I finished these while in Kansas, visiting the incomprable Elinor. More on that in a future post. For now: One pair down, a gazillion more to go!
Did you say pickled eggs? Hmmmm, love those myself.
Yes, I can relate to losing the interest halfway through the fist sock, I have a Nutkin and a Jaywalker in a similar predicament! Love the Miss Babs sock yarn and the Donyale pattern, I had never seen either before.
Enjoy your semester. My ass is already getting kicked!
I have a couple of single socks lying around, too. And several half-finished sweaters.
Your socks are so pretty! That blue! I have Megan’s picture of her leaning tower of single socks up as the background on my desktop, and it is making me want to knit very many single socks.
Gorgeous socks - that blue is like a really intense Southwestern sky…
Awesome socks! Good luck on your first time teaching! That’s very cool.
Argh! Why did you have to put up links to all that beautiful sock yarn?! Evil temptress.
Love what you did with the yarn. And congratulations to you and D.
I’m sure you’re very busy now that school’s back in session, but I’ve tagged you for a meme on my blog, so hopefully you can find a moment to participate!
Check it out here:
http://knittingprettyindc.wordpress.com/
Oh and congratulations!
Pickled eggs!!! I definitely love this blog. (Nice socks, too).
Took me ages to find this post, this time I’ll bookmark it.
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There are not many people today, who can do the things you do easily! Don’t stop knitting and try to teach somebody, because women today lose these skills.
Pickled eggs! Ha, it’s so nice, really. Love it, thanks a lot
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HEY now you go keyshia congrats to the both of you you i know will make a wonderful mother cant wait to see pic…. and yes waiting on that album to hit but i understand do the family thing but we are waiting….much love mommy all the way from minneasota …HOLLA!!! lol
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