so what have I done during my eight week hiatus from the blogging world? Well lets see. I started the second sock for my sister. I've done 3 inches of the ankle. I better get on that since it's starting to get cool in Toronto.
As for that jaywalker made of the beautiful Lorna's Laces? Yeah, I had to frog it. It was the most painful frogging of my life time. As I was knitting it, I thought it looked a little small. I brushed it off and said I always think everything looks small. I made the ankle, turned the heel (my most beautiful turning to date) and started the instep. It looked amazing, if not a bit...teeny. I told myself it's wool, it will give, it will be fine. I needed to put my mind at ease though. I tried putting it on and the bastard was too small. Not even just a little small, it was way too small. I couldn't even get it over my heel! I do not have large feet. They are only size 8. (8.5 at most.). That led me to one of two conclusions. Swatches lie (and I did swatch!) or the pattern sucks. Now since it seems everyone and their aunt has knit a pair of jaywalkers successfully, I am left to conclude that swatches lie and I hate them. That is all. I did take a few pictures of the beauteous sock because I so agonize frogged it. And as soon as I get around to pulling them off my camera (cause I'm a moron and didn't put them on my memory card).
Instead here's some pictures of some other stuff I've knit over the summer.
One of the cupcake clothes. I knit this one for the yummy sweets swap on Craftster. The next one too was for that swap. My partner really liked them.
I knit an iPod/camera/cellphone/credit card holder out of the the left over kroy from Jenn's sock for this swap too. With a name like Tutti Frutti, how could I not? lol
Now, the thing that will send me to knitter's hell. Its a knit crochet hook roll. Yet another swap project. This one was for a Harry Potter Swap. Yeah, that's about it. I made a few other dishcloths cause they are just so quick. And calorimetry for yet another swap. I didn't finish that Monica Tank. I got the front piece and the body of the back done, then got bored, put it down and now summer is over. Good thing I knit it a size too big so that by the time I get around to finishing the ruffle and seaming it together, it will be summer again the Adorable Niece will still be able to wear it.
Right now I'm off to finish my RA work for the week, finish an essay that I deferred cause I got food poisoning last month and try to remember why I wanted school to start again.
