Another 10 round have been knit, and
another set of increases.
Count per round is 840—and will hold
steady at that for then next 20 rounds or so (22 rounds as per the
chart, but I am cheating and reducing the count by a pair (one
charted round/one plain round.
The work is simple, almost boring—the
paired yarn overs and together's stack up on top of one another, and
each patterned round is the same, again and again, 60 repeats per
round, 10 charted rounds in row (or rather column!)
June's socks were presented to Tracy on
Tuesday—and were (happily for both of us!) a perfect fit.
She slipped off her strappy sandles and
wore the socks all evening as she knit.
Sometime in the weeks to come—I get
to blog about the new (to me) sock yarn that she has promised to add
to my stash. I think about starting sock.. My goal was to make 24
pairs of socks this year, 12 public and 12 secret—and at this
point—with just a week left to the month of July, 3 pairs behind.
No secret socks for June, and no socks
at all for July! But I have 70 or so rounds of the shawl to
finish—and with each round taking the better part of an hour (and
longer and more time consuming rounds to come—that's 70 hours of
work to do. For now, socks will have to wait. I want to make more
progress on the shawl before I start any other projects. I really
love how it looks, and I think the finished result will be stunning--
but I have to finish!
