Well, the first Summer 2008 Sock is finished. Considering I started the first sock over a 3-day weekend and it took me until this past Friday to finish, and I only just finished the toe increases on the second sock a few minutes ago, I’m not confident that I’ll have this pair done in time to enter the second biweekly drawing. Looks like maybe I’ll have two pairs to enter for the third drawing. My next pair of socks will definitely be simple ones! Maybe even just basic stockinette.
I managed to stop in at the LYS, Yarns R Us, for a few minutes yesterday before golfing with Mom (and getting a mega sunburn on my arms and chest/neck area). Kim had ONline sock yarn on sale for nearly half price so I picked up a couple balls. It’s the self-striping Supersocke 100 Cotton Summer Color, the same kind I used for my Spiral Eyelet Socks but in different colorways, so it will lend itself well to simple patterns or stockinette. I think I’ll have to try something from the 2-At-A-Time Socks book by Melissa Morgan-Oakes next and learn that technique.
Still plugging away on the can’t-blog-about-it-yet-secret-birthday-gift-for-Mom project, too.
And those Anklets for Meeeee! are still hanging out in my knitting bag — I managed to knock out a couple more pattern repeats on the foot of the second sock this weekend. Just a few more and I can start the heel on that one.
I think I’m getting over my fear of having too many WIP at once… it might be nice to have a variety of things to choose from to work on. But I do still have this nagging feeling that if I get too many more WIP started, there will be that many more projects with a chance of never getting finished. Yikes, I need discipline!
