SE5 (Yes, Really); and, Tiny Balls
If you've been reading me for any length of time, you may have noticed that I frequently make a decision, then change it. Like deciding yesterday that there are no more sock experiments.
I actually consider this confident willingness to plunge forward with a new plan to be a strength of mine. It overrides an inborn timidity that once kept me from trying anything new, and it helps me avoid one of my foibles - thinking things through so much that I never take action.
The danger in it is when you find you haven't thought things through enough. The secret is to A) be very attentive to what's going on; B) be willing to admit promptly when your initial plan turns out not to be correct; C) be very, very flexible about changing your mind; D) be prepared to deal with people around you who have trouble keeping up.
Why does all this come to mind today? Because as I knitted away at my latest sock, I thought about my declaration yesterday that I was beyond the experimental stage - and I realized how very untrue that was.
Here I sit, working on my first ever toe-up sock. My first in a yarn other than Sockotta (Lion Brand Micro-Spun, which is a sportweight yarn). I thought I'd be following a pattern verbatim out of Cool Socks Warm Feet - instead, to put together the types of toe and heel I want, I'm making it up as I go along (with guidance from two sock books and some online toe-up patterns).
Sure sounds experimental, doesn't it?
So, Sock Experiments are still the way of life here, and I realize that everything I do with knitting is an experiment of one kind or another.
That being said, allow me to introduce you to SE5:
SE5: Lavendar Toes
I'm not 100% certain about the fit yet, but we'll see. Part of my flexibility (see "C" above) is a willingness to frog back as far as I need to and try again, knowing that some of the details will only work themselves out if I actually knit them and see what happens.
Today has otherwise been a dull, ordinary day. We worked out the weekly budget details, did the grocery shopping, and picked up some prescriptions at the Target pharmacy. While at Target, I finally succumbed to The One Spot's tiny balls of yarn, and picked up a representative sampling of the colors that appealed to me.
Cheap Yarn
I've been reluctant, even though other knit bloggers have sounded like they've been draining the bins of the stuff, because, well....truthfully, I'm kinda appalled at how little yarn is in each of these things. The rags'n'thread looking stuff on the bottom (I don't know if there's an official term for this variety - it's not an eyelash, not a ribbon) has about 90 yards. The fuzzy stuff at the top, only 65 yards. 65 yards? I'm sorry, maybe I don't knit with the modern, flashy, trendy, "yarns" enough, but that seems like too little to count as a ball to me.
What sucked me in, really, were two things. The colors are gorgeous. And the fuzzy stuff - we're talking soft like you're petting an angora bunny. I didn't want to lose out completely, so for $1 a ball, I decided to at least get these samples.
All bets are off when they're ready to clear it out at two for a dollar, though. And if it's still there when they get down to four for a dollar - don't stand between me and The One Spot!
A-hem.
Consider yourself warned.
I actually consider this confident willingness to plunge forward with a new plan to be a strength of mine. It overrides an inborn timidity that once kept me from trying anything new, and it helps me avoid one of my foibles - thinking things through so much that I never take action.
The danger in it is when you find you haven't thought things through enough. The secret is to A) be very attentive to what's going on; B) be willing to admit promptly when your initial plan turns out not to be correct; C) be very, very flexible about changing your mind; D) be prepared to deal with people around you who have trouble keeping up.
Why does all this come to mind today? Because as I knitted away at my latest sock, I thought about my declaration yesterday that I was beyond the experimental stage - and I realized how very untrue that was.
Here I sit, working on my first ever toe-up sock. My first in a yarn other than Sockotta (Lion Brand Micro-Spun, which is a sportweight yarn). I thought I'd be following a pattern verbatim out of Cool Socks Warm Feet - instead, to put together the types of toe and heel I want, I'm making it up as I go along (with guidance from two sock books and some online toe-up patterns).
Sure sounds experimental, doesn't it?
So, Sock Experiments are still the way of life here, and I realize that everything I do with knitting is an experiment of one kind or another.
That being said, allow me to introduce you to SE5:
SE5: Lavendar Toes
I'm not 100% certain about the fit yet, but we'll see. Part of my flexibility (see "C" above) is a willingness to frog back as far as I need to and try again, knowing that some of the details will only work themselves out if I actually knit them and see what happens.
Today has otherwise been a dull, ordinary day. We worked out the weekly budget details, did the grocery shopping, and picked up some prescriptions at the Target pharmacy. While at Target, I finally succumbed to The One Spot's tiny balls of yarn, and picked up a representative sampling of the colors that appealed to me.
Cheap Yarn
I've been reluctant, even though other knit bloggers have sounded like they've been draining the bins of the stuff, because, well....truthfully, I'm kinda appalled at how little yarn is in each of these things. The rags'n'thread looking stuff on the bottom (I don't know if there's an official term for this variety - it's not an eyelash, not a ribbon) has about 90 yards. The fuzzy stuff at the top, only 65 yards. 65 yards? I'm sorry, maybe I don't knit with the modern, flashy, trendy, "yarns" enough, but that seems like too little to count as a ball to me.
What sucked me in, really, were two things. The colors are gorgeous. And the fuzzy stuff - we're talking soft like you're petting an angora bunny. I didn't want to lose out completely, so for $1 a ball, I decided to at least get these samples.
All bets are off when they're ready to clear it out at two for a dollar, though. And if it's still there when they get down to four for a dollar - don't stand between me and The One Spot!
A-hem.
Consider yourself warned.
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