WIPs derailed
So, I was knitting away on my second sock last night when it dawned on me how addled I must be. Oh, step back a moment and inform you why I was a tad addled…we found out yesterday afternoon that we are going to be grandparents in about 8 months. Great news! I’m tickled pink. However, the news addled my brain enough that it took about half the leg of the sock for me to realize it looked wrong. Then it took me another few minutes of eyeballing the sock to figure out WHY it looked wrong.
It appears that a 2×2 rib looks nothing like a 3×1 rib. Who’da thunk it? So, yeah. I ripped it all out and will start over again. However, before I got started back on the sock, I had to do a block for the kiddo’s coverlet. I’ll take a photo tonight when I get home – don’t hold it against me, it was the first thread crochet I’d done in a while. By the end of the block I was back in the swing of things, so the rest will work out nicely. I’ll be doing 82 heart blocks and then spelling out the last name (six characters). This is being done in Filet Crochet – and I think it will make a really nice, summer weight coverlet.
Then I’ll knit up a heavier one like what we girls in the LSSK group generally make for the new babies that arrive. Very nice little blocks with feet and stars and angels and the Lone Star State (of course) all worked up and sewn together.
Yes, I’m still working on the socks and the hat. I’m pretty much done with my blocks for the crochet along, so the only thing that remains there is for all of us to sew them together over the holidays at my family’s place.
Here’s what the squares will look like – only a bit nicer since this was the first. Notice the improvement toward the end – top. Plus, it’s unblocked. I think it will turn out really nice and be easy to take care of.
