I think that little exchange will be happening a lot over the next few months. Just heard from my brand-new Sock Wars assassin and she had some sorta good/sorta bad news… she received the SIPs from my original assassin (her target) and they were knit with yarn that was too heavy for the required gauge. Fortunately, the socks weren’t very far along. But my poor dear assassin just could not knit with the yarn. Last I heard, she is waiting for a ruling from the Supreme Commander regarding starting over with a more appropriate yarn. So, it’s good news that it will buy me some time for SIPs to get here from my target’s target in Canada… and bad news that I will probably be knitting Detonators a bit longer.
But in the meantime, I have Anklets for Meeeee! to work on. Yes, that is what I’m officially calling them. Anklets for Meeeee! Note the required five “Es” and exclamation point. I’m liking how the pattern is shaping up so far. (Click the picture at left to see a closer view.) These are by far the most fiddly socks I’ve made (I’ve yet to try Monkey, Pomatomus, or anything lacy — these are only mildly lacy). Knits and purls and K2togs and SKPs and YOs… oh my. At least on the foot section I’m giving myself a break with all stockinette on the sole. But on the instep and leg, even when it’s one of the odd-numbered rows that doesn’t have any of the fiddly K2togs, SKPs and YOs on it, I’m still messing with knits and purls. And I’m still liking the DPNs, of all things! It’s kind of fun knitting with glorified oversized toothpicks. No kidding.
