I think I have finally gone off the deep end. I have just spent about 30 minutes trying to figure out why the turning of the heel flap of my Monkey sock wasn't working out. I started over the turn twice I still couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. I finally figured it out. I DIDN'T READ THE PATTERN RIGHT. Do you want to know the sad part??? I have made this pattern before. I knew it was the operator and not the pattern, almost anyone who knits socks has made this pattern. I just felt really dumb. I kept slipping the first stitch when I was just supposed to knit the 17 stitches. Oh Well, you live and you learn I suppose. It might be that I stayed up way too late Saturday night but that is an entirely different post.
I thought I would show off my first handspun yarn. It has issues. It has spots where there is no spin and spots where there is too much spin but I am really proud of it. I have thought of using it to make a little scarf that would just fit in the top of my coat but I think I might just save it as a momento. I still have to get better at plying too.
I also have been bitten by the dyeing bug. I am really enjoying dyeing some of the roving and top I have purchased. I dyed the pink that is in the first handspun and I dyed this Friday morning. This is some Corridale, I am practicing on some more of this top and then hope to spin the top that I dyed into something I can use to make something for me.
4 comments:
Your Monkey sock looks great!! Every time I turn that heel I have to read and reread the instructions!!! Too funny! Your handspun looks great. I have my first handspun on display... I just love the look of it, quirks and all! And now you're dyeing???? What fun!
Yeah....don't ask me about ripping the Clapotis a couple of times before I got it right....
And the roving looks great! We already talked about the pink yarn. You know you need to make something special with it, right?
abandon all hope. Dyeing is at least as addictive as spinning which is at least as addictive as knitting . . . never again will you have enough time to spend on any one favorite pasttime. :-)))
You are not alone; I've made mistakes before on the second time around...need to pay more attention to a pattern even if I have done it before - can't assume anything ;) Nevertheless ...your monkey's look great. I love that pattern :)
happy knitting :)
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