Congratulations...it's a sock!
2 weeks on set and all I got is this lousy sock. Unfortunately lousy. But the next one will be less lousy, and the one after that may even be lacy. Or a jaywalker.
I would be farther along with this whole sock thang if not for two factors:
1) night exteriors
2) heel/ankle trouble
3) I can't count to 3
It's hard to knit outside at 4 a.m. in February. For one thing, it's dark, 10,000 watt lights notwithstanding. Video village, where I hang out, is usually kept somewhat shaded -- real nice on a hot day, not so nice at night -- for easy viewing of the monitor. And even in LA, it's cold. When you've been sitting still since 1 a.m., it's cold. And your knitting fingers freeze up.
Then there were the long dark nights of the soul (or in this case, ankle) wherein I couldn't get the first couple of rounds of ankle pattern right (you'll laugh when you see it). And this was after five attempts at a short-row heel, so I was feeling understandably angsty about the whole thing. The sock looked like ass, and I still couldn't get it, so the sock was exiled for a few days.
Then my fingers started to itch again, and the DP kept asking me how I was coming on the other four toes, so I picked it up again and began the Firefighter's Sock ankle pattern. This is how you're supposed to do it:
Round 1 - *k1 p1*
Round 2 - *k3 p3*
Easy, unless you can't count to three:
Round 1 - *k1 p1*
Round 2 - *k3, p2, k3, [Wait, there's four stitches left, and I'm only supposed to p3...okay, let's count...yep, there's 12 total on my needles like there should be...CRIKEY, I PURLED TWO!!!] tink, tink, tink, p1, k3*
Sigh. I don't think I'm ready for jaywalkers yet.
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