All the knitting was done by 6PM—after dinner, came the work of weaving in. Normally I try to do some weaving in as I go—but not this time. 6 colors, 12 sets of ends to weave in for each pair! But it went quickly—and with hours to spare—a pair (of socks) ! I decided on a round toe—for no other reason, than-- I almost never do a round toe. Its a simple 6 armed swirl-the first few decreases were 6 per round, ever 3rd round –so just as 4 decreases ever other round requires 6 rounds (decrease 4, one round plain X 3) this was decrease 6, 2 plain rounds X 2.
When I was half done, I changed the pattern to decreases (6 per round) every other round- when 6 stitches I bound off drawstring style. The black held out-- for 1 sock 8 inches of yarn was all that was left--(the second had a whopping big 2 yards left over!) A good deal—the idea of these sock was to use up partial balls of yarn.. I still have some red, (I knew I would, I have plans for it)--the same goes for the white, I barely made a dent in the greys—so I will have to remake these sock again next year with a nice blue as the first color in the stripes.
I'm likely going to take a breather—yesterday was a rainy day—and there are threats (not likely to amount to much in the city) of snow. It's the last squalls of a long winter—and I've caught a cold. I've been feeling off for a few days—cold and tired and just well not right. Today, a scratchy throat, sneezing, runny nose and coughing started. I'll keep warm, and take my vitamin C and fluids, (onion soup and chicken soup and fruit juices) and well, be as right as rain in a few days.
I'll get the grey yarn balled up and divided, and maybe work on a mindless hat –there is a always a hat needed for some project or another. But likely there is also going to be some sleeping in, and coddling too.
