A Well-Executed Plan
Confession time. Remember how I mentioned in the previous post I hadn’t noticed my stripe count error in the maroon and gold socks until after I had taken a progress photo? To be precise, I didn’t notice the problem until after I had knit BOTH insteps and tried them on.
My first impulse was to throw the socks onto the floor and stomp them into oblivion. Next, I considered gathering up the offending socks and yarn into a ball and stuffing it way back into the depths of my closet. Childish moment over, I knew the problem was entirely fixable. The possible solutions I came up with included the following:
Misbehaving Socks
Edited 01/2008The pictures have been removed to prevent trauma for socknitters. (Ok, not really. They’re just gone!)
With the arrival of Autumn and her cold days and nights, it’s the perfect time to start wearing handknit socks! I’ve been happily wearing mine, but there were two near-disasters. more »
