FO: Sanity-Saving Socks

Having a blog is good motivation for finishing things. The last couple of rows of the last sock, plus weaving in ends, totally got pushed to the wayside as I started on some basic stockinette socks as well as worked on Henry. Today, though, in an effort to combat 1/2 hour of boredom, I decided to be productive and do something, instead of just sit at the computer and stare at things. And so I finished the last three rows, bound off, and wove in all edges. Yay! One less WIP to stare at on my Ravelry page. (I don’t know, I guess I can only keep up with 2 WIPs—one basic sock/portable project and one “large” one to work on at home.)

I had no idea before this how HARD it is to take a picture of yourself. I put up a whole Flickr set of “blooper shots”. Probably won’t be doing that again though. I had no idea you were only allowed 3 sets as a Flickr free user. I guess I’m going to either have to redo my sets to include a crafts section, or only rely on tags. I really don’t want to pay for the pro account. I don’t have an income, being a student, after all. But I’m also getting a lot closer to 200 pictures than I thought I would (only 65 to go?!), even though I don’t ever hit anywhere close to the monthly upload limit. (I do resize the images before uploading, if that counts.) So, I am going to have to figure out if it’s something I want to spend my precious money on.

This is why my dad started teasing me about the lure of money attributing to getting a job… Argh. I know I should get a job, but I just don’t want to be an unenthusiastic worker drone (and employers don’t want unenthusiastic worker drones, either). I wish I knew how to make money by doing something I liked. I wish I didn’t have to worry about it.

But more sock pictures:

I know, the “sprung” pattern is pretty much impossible to see, in any photo. I’ll work on that: time and practice will get it, after all.

Sanity-Saving Socks:
Pattern: Foot: Back to Basics; leg: Sprung Socks.
Yarn: Claudia Hand Painted Yarns Fingering in Argyle Socks.
More, more, more pictures!

Yes, so, I combined the two sock patterns rather than knit just one at a time. I don’t like short row heels, and Sprung Socks used them, and I wanted to try Back to Basics but didn’t want to have to knit ribbing for inches and inches. Fantastic solution! The construction of Back to Basics around the heel, though, while looks neat, is harder to tug on than a normal sock. It feels really good once it’s on the foot, but I always have to tug it to get it there, because the extra bit of fabric is not in the heel area but rather on top of the heel area. I’ll live with it, but probably won’t use it again. The toe, though, I’ve already used once and definitely like better than a standard increase-on-both-sides toe. It just looks cooler.

And why Sanity-Saving Socks? Because, well, I started these when I was starting to get even more anxious about my music class last semester, in the final weeks before the 10-pg paper and evil final rolled around. I’d take them to the music class so I could do something other than fidget during the lecture. They saved my sanity during that time, and they’ll save my sanity again and again once winter rolls around again (will it ever? ugh, this house is hot).

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