It's been a frustrating week for knitting. I think that largely this is self-doubt or lack of confidence in my current projects, but this has definitely been a week of ripping everything apart. Starting with my newest acquisition: this super-bright sock yarn. Like all knitters, I am susceptible to buying random skeins of pretty sock yarn. You can always validate it by saying "oh, it's just one skein and it'll make a whole pair of socks!" while completely ignoring the reality of the situation: you will NEVER knit all the skeins you have stashed away. Never.Anyway, I began knitting my new socks immediately. I had no business doing this, I just wanted something different to knit. Then I didn't like the pattern I was using. I didn't like anything about it. So I ripped it out and am back to the drawing board! In fact, I have exiled the ball of yarn to my closet for a while in an attempt to be reasonable and knit only what I have started already.
Well that worked for about five minutes. (Apparently I'm chronically dissatisfied AND suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder, no offense intended towards anybody. I blame coffee. Coffee? Where?) I began yet another pair of socks! This time I followed a pattern (available for free at Interweave Knits' website, look for William Street Socks) because I just needed somebody to tell me what to do. My mind clearly wasn't working on its own. Now I'm wondering if I screwed up the cables or if they're supposed to look like that, so I'm forcing myself to keep knitting and to stop being a perfectionist/doubting. However, I am feeling quite smug that I learned how to start a sock from the toe up. It's pretty freaking sweet.
Well that worked for about five minutes. (Apparently I'm chronically dissatisfied AND suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder, no offense intended towards anybody. I blame coffee. Coffee? Where?) I began yet another pair of socks! This time I followed a pattern (available for free at Interweave Knits' website, look for William Street Socks) because I just needed somebody to tell me what to do. My mind clearly wasn't working on its own. Now I'm wondering if I screwed up the cables or if they're supposed to look like that, so I'm forcing myself to keep knitting and to stop being a perfectionist/doubting. However, I am feeling quite smug that I learned how to start a sock from the toe up. It's pretty freaking sweet.
Yarns shown: yellow is ONline Supersocke 100, purple is Arucania Atacama...which was a huge flop retail-wise but which I still really love. I don't know what that says about my taste...haha.
maybe try 3x1 rib on the yellow yarn, it's my favorite look for self striping yarn
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