SOCK HOP - Day 23
John Cleese.
Now you're talking.
It's Monday. I'm running out of barefoot guys and sock stories. I had a weekend of knitting mini-disasters, disappointments, and dead ends and I need to know I'm not alone.
Please tell me you've been a Dumb Knitter once or twice yourself. Better yet, would you be willing to share the gruesome details?
Yes, I'm begging. (Hey, I'm the woman who knit four rows of her STEP socks with the tail end of the yarn instead of the working end! I know from dumb.)
C'mon, 'fess up. We won't tell anyone.
posted by Barbara Bretton at 9:03 AM
10 Comments:
I knitted 7.5 inches on the leg. Completed the heel flap, only to find it should have been 7 inches. Haven't ripped back yet. Too depressed.
You are not alone! I frogged a sock for the 3rd time. Then I had to rip out the heel flap from the second slipper for my FIL because I accidentally started the wrong pattern. Gave up altogether on the yarn for the sock. Finally got the slippers done. Seemed like I was knitting in reverse all weekend.....kept knitting, but getting further away from my goal.
What was it with this weekend???
Kim
Me, three. Or should that be four? I've started and frogged a sock so many times that, yesterday (watching the Chiefs beat San Diego), the yarn literally fell apart in my hands. That's never happened to me before and all that frayed and useless yarn was a weird site to behold.
OMG, Barbara, I was ROFL over your comment about knitting with the tail of the yarn. I have done that too many times to count! You'd think I'd pay more attention after the tenth time.
As far as socks go, well, you know my tale of woe. The socks (such as they were) are now a frogged heap of crinkled Cascade.
My recommendation: try some entrelac. That always soothes my nerves. I highly recommend the Lady Eleanor stole; it's large and satisfying.
That's why I'm sticking to my simpleton projects for the moment ;) And at that, I still ended up frogging a project that was 3/4's complete the other night.
I have unsuccessfully tried to knit the Jaywalker socks no less that 4 times. Once cuff down and the rest toe up. Some day I am determined to knit these socks!
Ah, the old knit-with-the-tail-of-the-yarn trick. I've done that one many, many times. I've started cutting the tail before I start knitting. It doesn't prevent me from knitting with it but at least I run out of yarn faster.
Wow, is it great to discover I'm not the only knitting klutz out there! I know it's been said that humans can't blush in private but I'm here to tell you that they can and I did. There is nothing like a big fat honkin' incredibly dumb knitting mistake to make your face flame.
Jean, I only learned long tail about two years ago. Up until then I thought there was only one way to cast on, the way I'd been taught as a little girl. Turns out I might have been the only one left on the planet who knew that particular weird technique. Long tail is a fabulous sock cast-on and a great cast-on in general. Nicely elastic. Attractive. And it makes you feel really cool when you whip that needle around the yarn like you're playing Cat in the Cradle.
BTW I no longer use a slip knot, just an odd little twist to start. Anybody else lose the knot?
I still consider myself a beginner. As such, I am immune to "dumb" mistakes. They're part of the learning curve. (Really!)
I knit an entire hat for Andre the Giant instead of my Dad. Pity about the floaters; they made the hat fit for Tinkerbelle. I seem to cast on Andre's hat often. I need to "exhibit learning behavior" on that one ...
Knit the tail...yep...my best trick is snagging the needle somehow and dropping 10 or 20 stitches. Sometimes it's the cat's fault, but usually it's just me being a klutz.
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