Knitting update, in which I confess my folly.

July 31, 2006 · Filed under Knitting

Knitting, like other crafts, has benchmark projects. You start with a scarf, and next you try a hat, and then maybe you do handbag or a wrap, and afterwards a shrug. Somewhere in there, you make the break from garter and stockinette to ribbing; you might even sneak in a cable or two. The point is that there’s a hierarchy here, and one simply Does Not Mess With That Shit.

But I did. I did! I admit it. I got cocky. I decided to skip the next rung of the ladder, and move directly on to lace.

I now see the error of my ways.

Not that I’ll be abandoning my Baltic Sea Stole – I’m far too stubborn for that. No, I’ll keep struggling with it, cursing its parents and unborn children unto the ninth generation as I rip it back to the border for the umpteenth time.

Chastened, I have decided to obey the scala kniturae. I am now diligently working on socks.

• Little Pink Sock
  First, my practice sock (toe-up):
  
  I bound off just a couple of rows after turning the heel. I was bored. Sue me.
  
  This sock has since become a cat toy.

• Sincere Attempt Sock
  
  This sock, modeled here by Gawain, is a top-down, four-stitch repeat with an elongated corded rib, from Sensational Knitted Socks. I love this book, by the way.
  
  Gawain was also kind enough to fix my tension.

• Fishnets (originally typed as “fishnest”)
  Okay, so they’re not exactly socks.
  
  Modeled by the ever-patient Arthur.
  

Further bulletins as events – or socks – warrant.