Let's see, I have multiple projects I'm trying to make for my Halloween costume (I originally was thinking of going as Ada Lovelace from this comic, but I decided just to do a generic Victorian/Steampunk thing because I didn't feel like explaining myself all night. Yes, I'm a geek). The first was fine, it was a crocheted top hat that took a weekend to make. However, I then decided to make these spatterdashers (since I own no Victorian style boots), and oh boy. Size 0 needles and worsted weight yarn. My hands have never protested so much at a project.
I've just gotten one done, but I still have to do the other. Not counting buttons (which I don't own yet).
It wasn't helped by the fact that I did 8 extra rows by being completely oblivious as to what row I was on, which resulted in two extra decreases. In order to hack a fix for that, I first did two increases on the last two rows instead of one, and then made the side bands bigger. There were a lot of other minor mistakes, but it's for a costume. I don't care.
I also decided that I really should knit some of the yarn I bought at Rhinebeck last year before Rhinebeck this year, which resulted in this:
My first socks. Actually, I ended up making three socks, because I messed up on the left (first) sock, but didn't realize it until I blocked it:
I know I was off a stitch on the cable pattern, but I have no clue how I ended up with a bigger ankle part. Anyway, since I had tons of yarn left, I decided that I wanted to make another left sock so I had two great socks.
The only two things I would do differently is drop down a needle size and make them a little bit longer, because they're slightly tight lenghtwise (I made the right one based on how many repeats I did on the first left one, which was of course, bigger, though I didn't realize that then). But maybe that's because I'm so used to wearing big socks. Hopefully they stretch a bit.
Honestly, for someone who doesn't care for socks (I'm the person who takes off their socks right after their shoes. I either leave my shoes on or go barefoot. I don't like walking around in socks), I really got into knitting them. It's almost the perfect project to tote around; I can pick it up on the subway, during lunch at work, anytime. Once I figured out the pattern (which is called Tea Time, and I had to pretty much interpret it since it's a obvious translation and there's information missing and I was Magic Looping while the instructions presume you're using DPNs), it was easy, but still required some thought.
I'm also still in love with this yarn. Bought it for $21, but damn, worth it. I'm almost afraid to wear these socks.
On the other hand, all that knitting has gotten me wanting to crochet again:
More on that at another time.
Oh, and yes, I'm still working on Crazy Cable Blanket. Have 50 rows to go now.
Yarn crafts has started taking over my life. Oh well.
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