One a Finished Object--

One Finished—Undone, capute, no longer a lingering mistake!
Normally, I like to stop after each row or two, and admire my handiwork.
This is good for my ego, and good for my knitting.
It's rare thing for a error to slip by.
I sometimes tink, (a row or two) but rarely frog. Some times I undo and mend a small mistake with a crochet hook, but rarely do I have a whole row of mistakes. Rarer still, 2 or 3 rows.
But, every once in while, when tired, and knitting at night –in spite of my lovely admiration, I mess up.
I am by nature a morning person, and while in my dotage, I have learned to stay up late, I recognize, I don't think as well after 10 PM --and while I have no problem with the idea of staying out all night partying, I tend not to drive after 10 PM.. I just don't have the same level of alertness late at night.
In the fresh light of the morning, when I looked at my knitting, I saw something that amazed me.
Instead of the lovely lacy pattern.. I find knits and K2tog, and Knits and YO's, scattered about, something like a pattern, but not actually in a pattern.
That was it.
Obviously, I had chosen the wrong pattern for this yarn, for this sock.. and out they came.

And started over. Toe up this time, on as smaller needle for a tighter gauge, and a totally different stitch pattern.
Time will tell if I have made the right choice this time.

But before that, I finished the Sock of Blue Leaves.

Maybe the powers that be at Lion Brand will see this colorway, and bring back magic stripes in nicer colorways. I think this color way, while not perfect, is a huge improvement over the Jelly Bean colors I started with!
7 comments:
The blue socks look wonderful. Who knew how fabulous a dye-job could be?
They are stunning - love the photo. Drinking glasses? Very, very clever.
I love those dark blue socks!
I love the shades of blue in those socks!
I love the color of those socks! Blue is my fave! Hope you're feeling better after your slip-and-fall. I broke my elbow in February during a "team-building" (ha!) curling game with work folk. Fell right on my left arm and did some good damage. Never again. -- Beth
wow, those blue socks are way better than the magic stripes colorways.
i've heard that MS has been discontinued. it's too bad--i like the yarn b/c it's a little thicker than most other self-striping yarns and it's still really sturdy.
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