There has been some knitting...

I have been carrying these same socks around with me forever, putting in a row here or there. The above picture of sock number one is time stamped February 15. I started them on the 9th of January and finally on an airplane, heading for an hour layover in Memphis, I cast off for Wendy's generic toe up feather and fan socks. Since the 19th I have worn them twice and carried them in my purse everywhere hoping to get a chance to photograph them and yet here I am typing this entry without a single image on my camera...hang on a second while I take a photo or two (or 15 and still none of them will be good...is it the camera or operator? Good question...)

Just my luck...my camera battery just died after 2 pictures. Now I have to go home and charge it and then take 13 more pictures only to hate them all. So while I am waiting for the battery to recharge let me distract you with a query/story. I always have a sock on the needles and carry it around with me in my purse. While waiting, or commuting, or hanging out, I will pull it out and complete a couple of rounds. Often someone will ask me what I am knitting. If it matters, I knit one sock at a time on double points. My response is always "a sock". Then people inevitably respond with "just one?" Not knowing what else to say I point out "just one at a time". Would it be more accurate to say I am knitting socks? I feel at the moment I am knitting just one. I think if I was working on a sweater sleeve I might respond with "a sleeve" and if I feel like talking to them might show the other parts of the sweater or a picture on the pattern. Are they asking about what I am currently knitting or wondering what it will become or are they just trying to make conversation with a stranger for no good reason?

Pattern: Generic Feather and Fan Toe Up Socks by Wendy Johnson

Yarn:  Sunshine Yarns in Black Lake

Started:  January 9, 2008

Finished: March 19, 2008

Notes:  The socks are a little difficult to get on over my heel -- this may be the the lack of stretch in the stitch pattern or just the result of short row heels on my foot.  They fit fine once they are put on carefully. 

I immediately cast on for my St Patrick's Day socks while waiting in the airport in Memphis.  The pattern I choose called "Making Waves" warned that it pulled in quite a bit and to maybe make a larger size than usual so having smallish feet I decided that the medium size would be just fine.   

In just a few days I had knit quite a bit and was almost ready to turn the heel.  So I tried them on, they weren't even close to fitting over my heel.  So what is a girl to do but cast the first sock aside and cast on for the second one with more stitches.  But I love the way the pattern is working out with the stripes. I am nearing the toe on the second sock (and worrying about whether their is enough yarn) and trying to psych myself up to pull out the first sock.

Comments

[Wanda]

Yay for finished socks. The feather and fan socks look great. That's too bad that the new pair of socks were too small. The newest version looks good.

I think when people ask me, I always say I'm knitting socks, plural, not a sock. But one should gather by saying a sock that a second one has to be around somewhere. I think most non-knitters are so shocked by knitting in general, let alone in public, their reactions are somewhat silly.

[Wendy]

My goodness... you're blogging more than me these days again! What will I ever do?

Do love the sock though... although you already know that.

Hey, did you have enough?

[jessie]

Those socks are lovely.

I had a woman watching me knit a sock the other day and it took her about 10 minutes to say, "Aha, you're knitting a sock!" I said I was and she said, "I didn't know people could knit socks." When I told her how long it would likely take me, she got that but-you-can-buy-them-at-Walmart look in her eye. Sigh.

[knitting]

the patterns are lovely but you need brighter colours