Who finished knitting three things in the past week?

[untonuggan]

I did. \o/

Two are Picc Line covers for That Charity Thing, and one is something I have been procrastinating on for ages...those socks for my mom.

I had so much trouble with the first one. Then I was on a roll with the cuff of the second and it didn't match just right, and then my mom tried the first one on and said the toe felt "tight" even though it was fine the night before. So I had to take a breather.

They don't match, I'm not pulling the first one back (turns out she was trying it on her larger foot), I don't care. She has a pair of socks, after 9 months:



I am so only knitting socks for myself now. And maybe my partner, if she's very nice.

Also? So glad I did those in sport weight.

Comments

[starfish]

The socks are lovely! I started knitting only sport-weight and up socks for my partner, he of the big feet, a while ago. It makes such a difference!

[untonuggan]

That is probably what I am going to do with anyone other than myself from now on. I like the fingering weight socks a lot, and I like working with fingering weight yarn, but only for me. Really. There is a line somewhere.

[chalcopyrite]

Yay socks! They look great -- I really like your method of distinguishing the right and left!

[untonuggan]

hee, you mean the line across the top where I forgot to change colors when I was picking up stitches? It was a happy accident, actually...

And thanks for the compliment. ^_^

[rainbow]

Oh, PRETTY!

[untonuggan]

Thank you!

[patelyne]

I was just telling someone earlier today that all my socks are selfish, because no one else is worthy of all that. They asked even my BF? Especially him, because I've seen what he does to socks. I would cry!
That's a very nice looking pair, I hope she liked them :)

[untonuggan]

She has promised to only hand wash them even though they are superwash...that's just insurance against felting really.

Everyone has to have some selfish knitting, right?

[patelyne]

Hmmm won't she still have to run them through the dryer? I thought that superwash stretches like mad when wet unless you machine dry it. I could be wrong though, because I can't remember where exactly I heard that or tested it myself.
And yes, selfish knitting is good sometime. Keeps it fun :)

[untonuggan]

That has not been my experience? I mean, she has to shape the sock when she leaves it to dry but...my socks are okay? Then again, I never put them in the washing machine because they're supposed to last longer that way. I just use Soak or the like.

The ball bands for the yarn I had all said to machine wash and dry flat, so if she followed those labels she'd have to take them out of the load before adding things to the dryer. Major pain.