Archive for the ‘Tofutsie’ Category
frogged the footie today
I worked past the heel and about two inches into the instep, tried it on and decided it a) looked like hell (the heel went downhill fast) and b) it fit too loose. I waffles over pressing on and having a half-assed sock, but the price tag on an unballed skein of TOFUtsies made up my mind: If I’m going to put $17 yarn into a pair of socks, I want them to look good. So out the stitches came. I’ll pick a new pattern and start this week sometime.
Tofutsie footie – about to turn the heel!
Lately I have difficulty knitting to artificial light so my needle time is limited to daytime hours. Today I got my first footie to the point of turning the heel. Three & four are knitted together onto one needle and waiting for me to slip the sleeping stitches onto scrap yarn. I like to work the hourglass heel because a) it’s quicker than the gusset and b) it doesn’t involve picking up stitches with a crochet hook. I am really bad at the gusset.
In lieu of a photo, how about a knitting quote from my current written WIP, which will appear in February in volume 3 of the DREAMS AND DESIRES anthology published by e-publisher Freya’s Bower:
“Are you absolutely certain my dream man won’t develop characteristics on his own after he’s out of the box?” She glanced at her matron of honor, Nita, who twisted the steering wheel with the mad focus of a Christmas Eve knitter hell-bent on finishing a sweater by dawn.
(I really hope I wake up to a Ravelry invitation tomorrow!)
