crewgrrl | (no subject)

I frogged* a sock last week. It was my first sock. It was full of the little first time mistakes: holes, dropped stitches that split when picked up, random extra stitches, a heel flap that was too long. But it was my first sock, so I didn't care. Much. I also switched needle types (bamboo to rosewood) halfway through the foot. I knew that this would change the gauge, but it was determined that it wouldn't be too bad.

But then I tried it on at the knitting store, to see if I was at the toe shaping yet (I was). And I couldn't get the sock on properly. It had to stretch too much, except for the part that had been knit on the rosewood needles. So I figured I'd finish this sock, and do something else with the rest of the sock yarn, because this sock wouldn't really fit anyone. And so I started the toe shaping. I put the sock down to work on something else, and then I picked it back up. There was a dropped stitch that led back up into a decrease. It had nowhere to go back into. So I was going to have to frog at least a couple of rows. And I was kind of tired of this stupid sock. So I ripped the whole thing out.

And then I had to go indulge in a bad habit, I felt so irritated and funny in le head. Also I called

levana_b because she is a crafty type and gets these things, and

skywalker363 because he listens to me when I am funny in le head and is sympathetic because he likes me.

But now, almost a week later, I feel much better about what I did. I wasn't happy with the sock, and it was going to make me miserable. I had started another sock, in Cascade Fixation, in the Broad Ripple pattern from Knitty. It was going so smoothly, and the other sock was going so poorly, that it made sense to frog the damn thing.

In other knitting news, the afghift is done! (Well mostly. The 3 strips are completed, and just need to be put together, and I have to put the ends in). Pictures will be up as soon as I can get them, but here are the vital stats:

Size - Approximately 4.5' long and 3' wide
Yarn content - 12 balls of Manos del Uruguay, all solid colors
Needle type - Addi Turbos
Needle size - US 9
Block patterns - 12 different patterns, all coming from the Design Source books
Time - I think I started this back in February, and finished it on May 30

Next on the needles will be a cardigan in Silky Wool, modified from the Juno cardigan in one of the recent Rowan books. Have also added an iPod cozy (Grumperina's pattern).

For those of you who read my blog and are non-knitters, I will be posting life catch-up type posts soon. I just want to get back to my sock!

EDIT - found out what was wrong with all the links I tried to put in... Someone needs to remember both sets of quotation marks next time!

*We call it frogging because you "rip-it"