Desperation Post

O Dear Wee Poetry. I'm sorry I've neglected you. I'm sorry that I am only here because I've been locked out of my other blog and have an itch to post. You are a good little blog, and you deserve more love and attention. Especially because wow there has been a lot of knitting in my life lately, and you are the place for knitting. I promise to do better in the New Year.

Anyone else have any New Year's resolutions? One oddity about me is that I love making resolutions. I think of them as a little preview of all the fun things I will get to do next year, or all the ways I will be even more pleased with myself. That's my main goal with self-improvement - to like myself even more than I already do. Because shouldn't we all be our own favorite company?

Since this is a knit blog - the photo above is your gratuitous knit content. It's the unclaimed mystery sock I wrote about the other day.

Meathead Knitalong

Larissa's blog was one of the first blogs I ever read, so when she posted a call for people to knit her meathead hat for a book she is working on, I had to add a meathead to my knitting list. I first found Larissa's blog when I read an article about her original meathead installation. I thought the article was really intriguing and I loved that she had taken this craft that I loved and elevated it to fine art in a really interesting way.

And the answer is...

It took me 8 hours, 7 minutes and 44 seconds to knit one size 6 woman's sock.

They are much prettier in real life, I swear.

Karen's Socks, all finished!

These are now winging their way to Louisiana. Now I only have a jillion more pairs left to make.

The Best Sweater I Ever Made

Gorgeous photo of Clay, Dakota and Joseph Ladd by Elisha Rain

On my other blog, I think I talked about how I cried at Dakota's baby shower when she opened the sweater I knit for her baby. He turned out to be Joseph Ladd, and I cried again when I saw all the photos of him in his little sweater on her blog. I haven't met him yet, but seeing him looking so cute makes this the best sweater I ever knit. I love knitting socks, but I have to say that nothing beats the feeling of seeing a baby you love in something you made. I felt the same way about Rhone's rainbow blankie.

Shack socks

Which ones are the best?

The Lesley Sock Experiment

Pattern: The same Ann Norling Adult Basic Sock pattern I use every time I knit a sock
Yarn: Bearfoot, not sure the colorway
Needles: size 1

To fit a wee Lesley size foot:
20 rows of 2x2 rib
50 rows of waffle stitch (my only variation on the pattern)
turn heel
36 rows for foot
close toe

Why is it so hard to photograph red things? This yarn is so much prettier in real life, much darker than the photos, richer.

The experiment part of this is that I've always wanted to know how long it takes me to make a sock, so I've decided to use Lesley's little one to find out. I'm going to sit down with my cup of fruit medley tea, put the new Willie Nelson CD on and see how long I can knit. Oh, and this is a totally valid thing to do, because one of my characters also needs to know how long it takes to knit a sock.