Yes, I THINK I have a name for my purple socks. Purple Plasma Socks. I'll "wear" it for a while and see how it fits. And I've changed the name of the Christmas Monkey Socks to Christmas Monkees Socks. I've been correcting the spelling on that since I started writing about them again. Like many tweens of the late 60's I was in love with Davy Jones of The Monkees. Hey Hey We're The Monkees.
I've been doing a lot of knitting lately. Or it seems like it to me, anyway. And on only two projects. My rate of production is certainly slower than what it was before my eldabows went south on me but I'm pleased with what I can accomplish within those limitations. I don't just sit at home and knit anymore. It's knitting AND reading so I can rest my arms and wrists a bit between rounds. That way I can knit longer. The knitting output is probably higher than what it would be if I would just knit then quit when it began to hurt. The only problem with that is if I knit to that point, I can't knit for the next two, three or four days. So this is better.
I even employ it knitting in public. The other day when Sweetie had a dentist appointment, I'd knit two rounds on my Purple Plasma Sock and read a chapter, knit two rounds then read a chapter, etc. The other evening at the range, I knew I wouldn't be knitting long and I was listening to conversations around me so I was knitting more slowly. I got about two rounds in before it was time to shoot so that was OK. Besides, I'd knit on my sock all the way to the range, which amounted to five or so rounds. When I do it that way, I consciously try to knit more slowly. When I'm doing the knitting and reading thing, I don't worry about how fast or slow, I just knit.
In fact, the foot on the second Purple Plasma Sock is half complete. I've gathered up the first Christmas Monkees sock (cuff and three pattern repeats complete) and put it in my travel knitting bag. Just. In. Case. Now I KNOW it'll probably be several days or at least four or five (or more) 45-60 minute (one-way) passenger trips before the sock is complete, not including weaving in the ends. And since I probably will finish the sock on the way to or from some place I'll have the next one ready to go.
Who knows, I may even get into the Monkees Sock pattern so much it may be my stoplight knitting sock. I remember that before I stopped knitting on it because of my eldabows the pattern was very easy and easily memorized. We'll see once I start on them again and get into the Monkees Sock groove. One thing that is different is that I'm knitting them with 2.25 mm dpns instead of my usual 2.5 mm dpns. Just an experiment. These are Clover bamboo dpns. I fell in love with Suzanne's dpns, particularly the rosewood and ebony ones quite a while back. However, they don't come in quarter millimeter sizes; only full and half sizes. I already knit socks that use a thin cotton yarn, such as Fortissima on 2 mm dpns so the thinner needle is no stretch. When I pick up the Monkees Socks, I'll need to decide if I want to do a short row heel or a heel flap heel. As these ARE knit in hand painted yarn, maybe a stockinette short row heel. I've only done one of those and it's on a pair of socks I don't particularly care for.
blogging to: a quiet house
reading: Bound for Eternity by Sarah Wisseman (a Lisa Donahue Archaeological mystery)
and
Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America by Ann Coulter
and
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Parting Shot: " Gun control? It's the best thing you can do for crooks and gangsters. I want you to have nothing. If I'm a bad guy, I'm always gonna have a gun. Safety locks? You will pull the trigger with a lock on, and I'll pull the trigger. We'll see who wins." ~ Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, whose testimony convicted John Gotti
I've been doing a lot of knitting lately. Or it seems like it to me, anyway. And on only two projects. My rate of production is certainly slower than what it was before my eldabows went south on me but I'm pleased with what I can accomplish within those limitations. I don't just sit at home and knit anymore. It's knitting AND reading so I can rest my arms and wrists a bit between rounds. That way I can knit longer. The knitting output is probably higher than what it would be if I would just knit then quit when it began to hurt. The only problem with that is if I knit to that point, I can't knit for the next two, three or four days. So this is better.
I even employ it knitting in public. The other day when Sweetie had a dentist appointment, I'd knit two rounds on my Purple Plasma Sock and read a chapter, knit two rounds then read a chapter, etc. The other evening at the range, I knew I wouldn't be knitting long and I was listening to conversations around me so I was knitting more slowly. I got about two rounds in before it was time to shoot so that was OK. Besides, I'd knit on my sock all the way to the range, which amounted to five or so rounds. When I do it that way, I consciously try to knit more slowly. When I'm doing the knitting and reading thing, I don't worry about how fast or slow, I just knit.
In fact, the foot on the second Purple Plasma Sock is half complete. I've gathered up the first Christmas Monkees sock (cuff and three pattern repeats complete) and put it in my travel knitting bag. Just. In. Case. Now I KNOW it'll probably be several days or at least four or five (or more) 45-60 minute (one-way) passenger trips before the sock is complete, not including weaving in the ends. And since I probably will finish the sock on the way to or from some place I'll have the next one ready to go.
Who knows, I may even get into the Monkees Sock pattern so much it may be my stoplight knitting sock. I remember that before I stopped knitting on it because of my eldabows the pattern was very easy and easily memorized. We'll see once I start on them again and get into the Monkees Sock groove. One thing that is different is that I'm knitting them with 2.25 mm dpns instead of my usual 2.5 mm dpns. Just an experiment. These are Clover bamboo dpns. I fell in love with Suzanne's dpns, particularly the rosewood and ebony ones quite a while back. However, they don't come in quarter millimeter sizes; only full and half sizes. I already knit socks that use a thin cotton yarn, such as Fortissima on 2 mm dpns so the thinner needle is no stretch. When I pick up the Monkees Socks, I'll need to decide if I want to do a short row heel or a heel flap heel. As these ARE knit in hand painted yarn, maybe a stockinette short row heel. I've only done one of those and it's on a pair of socks I don't particularly care for.
blogging to: a quiet house
reading: Bound for Eternity by Sarah Wisseman (a Lisa Donahue Archaeological mystery)
and
Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America by Ann Coulter
and
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Parting Shot: " Gun control? It's the best thing you can do for crooks and gangsters. I want you to have nothing. If I'm a bad guy, I'm always gonna have a gun. Safety locks? You will pull the trigger with a lock on, and I'll pull the trigger. We'll see who wins." ~ Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, whose testimony convicted John Gotti
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