Boneheaded
Saturday September 05th 2009, 10:04 pm
Filed under: Knit

1.What’s wrong with this picture?

2. Yes: swatches do lie.  I tried to try on what I had so far.  Not going to fit. Nope.

3. Tink.  Carefully, row after row, needle by needle, back to the end of the heel. To as shown.

4. See #1.

5. Rearranging stitches on the dpns to get the heel exactly aligned with the original first stitch of the sock (tell me why I thought that was important?), ie, ignoring and wrecking the 2×2 ribbing, wasn’t going to matter because it was going to be stockinette from there on down so who cares where it hit in the ribbing?

6. See #2. Ribbing needed.

7. Photo Wrecksock.

8. Spend a lot of time finally finishing designing a new lace shawl idea that had been patiently waiting its time like a good little pattern. Ooh, look, pretty!

9. Frog heel. Forget gentle tinkativity.  Take needles out. Hand sock to daughter.  Walk far away, holding ball. (Ignore gleeful “The sock is going *down!*”  Stupid sock.)

10. Try to come up with an at least somewhat inspiring post, knowing most readers will be reading it on Sunday.  Go for honest one–(note avoidance of sock while writing).

11. Pause.  Go back to beautifully finished 6” cuff, patiently waiting. Hey.  Wait.  Nice yarn.  Look at that!

(12. Ignore #8 and baby alpaca laceweight jumping up and down going Me, me! Little kids always know just how to push your buttons, and remember, little camelids do too.  The sock pair Will Be Done First.  No dessert ahead of dinner.)


18 Comments so far
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Hmmm, this sounds like me – try, try again, then rip it out. Can’t wait to see your new shawl idea!

Comment by Kathy in San Jose 09.05.09 @ 11:08 pm

Sorry for your frustrations. For some unknown reason your post made me think of the “froggy went a courting, he did ride” song. I haven’t thought of that song since elementary school. Thanks for the smile.

Comment by TripletMom 09.05.09 @ 11:53 pm

Heels are my nemisis too. Btw, fishing line makes wonderful life lines!

Comment by shellyh 09.06.09 @ 2:33 am

🙁 for your sock…but you will get it. Sometimes you DO just have to walk away for awhile and let the thing think about what it has done…or sleep on it so you can see what to do next…or find someone with smaller feet so you can finish it. LOVE that you are still designing shawls!

Off topic – thanks for “sending” PB to us! We are having a blast with her in our group! I am only sorry I had to take her from what I assume is one of your groups. 😉

Comment by Pam 09.06.09 @ 4:30 am

Socks can be cruel masters…

Looking forward to the new design!

Comment by Channon 09.06.09 @ 5:13 am

You are so strong. Me – I would not look at this sock for a while.

Comment by Henya 09.06.09 @ 6:51 am

You are so strong. Me – I would not look at this sock for a while.

Comment by Henya 09.06.09 @ 6:51 am

It makes no nevermind where you start the heel. It might be easier if you just start the heel flap, using half your stitches and just put all the rest of the stitches on one single needle (with point protectors on the end of that needle). That way you will keep the sole and instep stitches separate.

Comment by sherry in idaho 09.06.09 @ 9:31 am

I’ve been cleaning for the impending move and I found the sock that was placed in time out in my last snit fit regarding socks (long, involved, and way too self-centered to repeat here.) I think that sock, too, wants to be finished. But it will wait. I’m going to knit Neil a SWEATER for his wedding present. No more “boyfriend curse” for me! But not socks. No, no, shaking one’s head, still to much in a the middle of the snit fit.

Comment by afton 09.06.09 @ 12:02 pm

Ah, some just want to be fiddled with. I like working on 2 circulars, so I don’t have to move the stitches as much. Patience, my friend, the sock is tame-able, and when done, you get to walk all over it.

Comment by DebbieR 09.06.09 @ 12:28 pm

No dessert before dinner (or socks)? What is the world coming to?

Humor:

A tutor who tooted a flute,
Tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
Said the two to the tutor,
“Is it harder to toot, or

To tutor two tooters to toot?”

Comment by Don Meyer 09.06.09 @ 1:24 pm

Show that socks who’s boss! You know it will natter at you until you do…

Comment by Ruth 09.06.09 @ 7:44 pm

Pretty 6″ ribbing can turn into the basis of a lovely mitten, hlf-mitt, or glove, you know……

(No! Don’t go to THAT dark side! Come to mine!)

Comment by Margo Lynn 09.07.09 @ 5:07 am

Funny how some voices get heard better than others. I am refering to the yarns of course! lol

I hope you win this friendly (or is it?) battle with the socks so you can fully treat yourself to the next pattern your creating. 😀

Comment by Suzanne in Mtl 09.07.09 @ 6:26 am

Funny how some voices get heard better than others. I am refering to the yarns of course! lol

I hope you win this friendly (or is it?) battle with the socks so you can fully treat yourself to the next pattern you’re creating. 😀

Comment by Suzanne in Mtl 09.07.09 @ 6:26 am

Ah, they’re lovely! And heels are sometimes fractious, but they have no stamina- you can take ’em! (I just tinked half a short-row heel because I was knitting in the dark and managed not one but several errors- leaving me with two more wraps on one side than on the other. I’m still not sure what I did, but unraveling back to the heel turn fixed it!)

Comment by RobinH 09.08.09 @ 8:06 am

I know how it is, you sometimes just want it right. After attending a workshop by Priscilla Gibson-Roberts and looking at all the mistakes left in some of her precious Turkish socks by the native knitters, I am getting more generous with myself.

But it does have to fit!

Comment by twinsetellen 09.12.09 @ 6:37 am

Heh. Raven helped me frog a sock once. Some socks just need to be put in their place…..

Comment by Carol 09.15.09 @ 5:48 pm



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