Can Sock Yarn be Cursed?
The last time my sister got a pair of hand-knit socks, she seemed to like them, so I'm knitting her another pair with the same yarn with which I tried to make fingerless gloves. This isn't the reclaimed yarn - the failed gloves are still in their failed-glove form - this is just another ball from the same dye lot. BTW, notice I didn't say that I was making these for Christmas. At the rate I'm going, I can only hope that they'll be finished by Easter!
Sadly, I've had to rip back twice already. There's a tiny black-hole somewhere in this project. Even though I did the math, there were not enough stitches in the cast-on to fit over the heel. Of course, I to had knit a few inches before trying it on to discover this. Rip, rip, rip. Wind, wind, wind.
The second time, things were going well, and I started picking up stitches for the instep - except that I had forgotten to turn the heel! I noticed this after a few inches past the pick up, and wondered if my sister had really thick heels to fill in this sock, or maybe she could use them if she ever breaks her foot and it's in a cast. Sigh... rip, rip, rip. When I picked up the live stitches, of course I had ripped back into my heel stitch pattern, so of course - not having the patience to figure out which stitches were slipped and which were knitted -I didn't bother to orient the stitches properly, and that left huge gaps which I'll have to sew up later.
Is it possible for sock yarn to be cursed?
I'm tempted give up and work on my other project. Here's a sneak peek.
I got some nice feedback on my One-Seam Teddy Bear Pattern from Maureen (who is blogless). She's tweaked the instructions to make the bear pear-shaped and - be still still my heart! - totally seamless. Scroll to the bottom of the pattern to read her suggestions.
The doll bag is finished. I shipped it off to my niece in the UK.
And, for no reason at all, here is something I picked up at the JCCC flea market event for fifty cents - a Doraemon snack container (on the left).
The Little Tikes figure (on the right) is "Betty Bookworm" and was my younger son's favourite toy when he was a baby, likely because it looks like me.
Sadly, I've had to rip back twice already. There's a tiny black-hole somewhere in this project. Even though I did the math, there were not enough stitches in the cast-on to fit over the heel. Of course, I to had knit a few inches before trying it on to discover this. Rip, rip, rip. Wind, wind, wind.
The second time, things were going well, and I started picking up stitches for the instep - except that I had forgotten to turn the heel! I noticed this after a few inches past the pick up, and wondered if my sister had really thick heels to fill in this sock, or maybe she could use them if she ever breaks her foot and it's in a cast. Sigh... rip, rip, rip. When I picked up the live stitches, of course I had ripped back into my heel stitch pattern, so of course - not having the patience to figure out which stitches were slipped and which were knitted -I didn't bother to orient the stitches properly, and that left huge gaps which I'll have to sew up later.
Is it possible for sock yarn to be cursed?
I'm tempted give up and work on my other project. Here's a sneak peek.
I got some nice feedback on my One-Seam Teddy Bear Pattern from Maureen (who is blogless). She's tweaked the instructions to make the bear pear-shaped and - be still still my heart! - totally seamless. Scroll to the bottom of the pattern to read her suggestions.
The doll bag is finished. I shipped it off to my niece in the UK.
And, for no reason at all, here is something I picked up at the JCCC flea market event for fifty cents - a Doraemon snack container (on the left).
The Little Tikes figure (on the right) is "Betty Bookworm" and was my younger son's favourite toy when he was a baby, likely because it looks like me.
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