I’m not sure if anyone remembers, but I’ve been working on this one sweater for the Yarn Husband for… a few years. My excuse for not working on it has been “I lost the needles”, which WAS true – the size 7′s I needed got lost in the international move we made in 2007.
(Yes, I know it’s 2009.)
So that sweater has just been sitting there, unloved and untouched, and occasionally being used to pad my spinning wheel during the three other moves we made between 2007 and now. Well, I should say until a few weeks ago.
I finally ordered new size 7′s and cast on the first sleeve for the third time. All I have left are the sleeves. I CAN do this. The hard parts are done, right?
(We shall not discuss seaming. Until I actually get to that point, it is going to seam itself. No, it’s not denial, it’s called knitting in the now – denial is a river in Egypt. )
Other fun projects on the needles include the second of the Combat Boot Socks. I assure you, I AM working on them, despite lack of photo here. The reason for lack of photo is simple and has nothing to do with not wanting to look like a slacker for only having just gotten past the toe increases on the second sock. No, it is beacuse this yarn goes Exorcist on my camera whenever I try to take pictures of it. It is a beautiful solid black, but photographs as some blurry, fuzzy off-black with brown bits. If this yarn had a head, it would spin around with some malicious grin whenever the camera came near it. The color is great and it knits up wonderfully… it just is evil.
(That and solid black knitting is notoriously hard to photograph.)
I do, however, have pictures of the newly cast on mouse cozy. See?
(No, it’s not really a mouse cozy. It’s socks for my best friend. I just enjoy tormenting him with the prospect of hand knit socks sometime this year. Yes, ladies, a man who loves being given hand knit items, especially socks. Did I mention he’s single? He is.)
Anyway, so the best friend is very excited about these socks, and keeps asking me if I’m working on them and other comments that suggest he wants them NOW. These won’t be finished anytime NOW-soon. Besides being a totally custom pattern (or no pattern, either works), these are knit on smaller than my usual needles. Usually I knit socks on 2.5mm needles. These are knit on 2.25mm needles. It seems like a tiny amount, but it makes a pretty big difference. However, even though the aforementioned best friend does know how to knit, he is not familiar with sock needle sizes so is unaware how long socks take. Due to their small size, socks are able to take great joy in deceiving the uninitiated regarding how much time they take to make. (No, telling him one sock involves thousands of stitches does not help.) So, since he does read this blog, I’ve got two pictures to demonstrate the size of knitting needles used in sock knitting to him.
Exhibit A: Needles next to ballpoint pen.
For most people, this example would suffice. Those are some weeified needles. But knowing my best friend like I do, I thought of an even better example.
Exhibit B: Ctrl +Alt + Knit
Yes, sir… they are THAT small. But you could still learn to knit socks – size isn’t everything.
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I’m not sure if anyone remembers, but I’ve been working on this one sweater for the Yarn Husband for… a few years. My excuse for not working on it has been “I lost the needles”, which WAS true – the size 7′s I needed got lost in the international move we made in 2007.
(Yes, I know it’s 2009.)
So that sweater has just been sitting there, unloved and untouched, and occasionally being used to pad my spinning wheel during the three other moves we made between 2007 and now. Well, I should say until a few weeks ago.
I finally ordered new size 7′s and cast on the first sleeve for the third time. All I have left are the sleeves. I CAN do this. The hard parts are done, right?
(We shall not discuss seaming. Until I actually get to that point, it is going to seam itself. No, it’s not denial, it’s called knitting in the now – denial is a river in Egypt. )
Other fun projects on the needles include the second of the Combat Boot Socks. I assure you, I AM working on them, despite lack of photo here. The reason for lack of photo is simple and has nothing to do with not wanting to look like a slacker for only having just gotten past the toe increases on the second sock. No, it is beacuse this yarn goes Exorcist on my camera whenever I try to take pictures of it. It is a beautiful solid black, but photographs as some blurry, fuzzy off-black with brown bits. If this yarn had a head, it would spin around with some malicious grin whenever the camera came near it. The color is great and it knits up wonderfully… it just is evil.
(That and solid black knitting is notoriously hard to photograph.)
I do, however, have pictures of the newly cast on mouse cozy. See?
(No, it’s not really a mouse cozy. It’s socks for my best friend. I just enjoy tormenting him with the prospect of hand knit socks sometime this year. Yes, ladies, a man who loves being given hand knit items, especially socks. Did I mention he’s single? He is.)
Anyway, so the best friend is very excited about these socks, and keeps asking me if I’m working on them and other comments that suggest he wants them NOW. These won’t be finished anytime NOW-soon. Besides being a totally custom pattern (or no pattern, either works), these are knit on smaller than my usual needles. Usually I knit socks on 2.5mm needles. These are knit on 2.25mm needles. It seems like a tiny amount, but it makes a pretty big difference. However, even though the aforementioned best friend does know how to knit, he is not familiar with sock needle sizes so is unaware how long socks take. Due to their small size, socks are able to take great joy in deceiving the uninitiated regarding how much time they take to make. (No, telling him one sock involves thousands of stitches does not help.) So, since he does read this blog, I’ve got two pictures to demonstrate the size of knitting needles used in sock knitting to him.
Exhibit A: Needles next to ballpoint pen.
For most people, this example would suffice. Those are some weeified needles. But knowing my best friend like I do, I thought of an even better example.
Exhibit B: Ctrl +Alt + Knit
Yes, sir… they are THAT small. But you could still learn to knit socks – size isn’t everything.
/innocent
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