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

[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.