My knitting mojo has left the building. If you see it, send it back to me.
I managed to rip the Mosaic sock back to the heel and reknit that section. It’s back on track now. The gusset is finished and I’m ready to begin the foot.
I made a special note on the pattern chart that the “blue” was the black yarn (Main Color) and the “white” was the blue yarn (Contrast Color). Maybe you can see how I got those mixed colors up when I let the project sit for two months before picking it up again. Blue yarn = blue boxes.
Now that I see my progress, my knitting mojo might be back. It must have been hiding in my knitting bag!
Have you ever lost your (knitting, crocheting, needlework, painting, quilting, etc.) mojo and how do you find it?
I love knitting socks and have knit dozens of them.
When I wash them, I try to keep them separate from the rest of the clothes so I put them in mesh wash bags. I bought two of the bags (I make my own now) and could never find them when needed.
Magnetic hook to the rescue.
I now keep the bags on the front of my washing machine so I can always find them when I wash my socks.
I air dry my handknitted socks so the bag makes to so easy to find them mixed in with the other clothes when transferring to the dryer.
Obviously, I dropped the ball with blogging. In fact, I forget how to make a list here. OK, I found it.
February – I was so enamored with the Mosaic socks that I couldn’t stop knitting but I did. I decided to have a party* in June and needed to deal with a lot of stuff.
March – I wanted new carpeting for the stairs and second floor but first wanted to stain the stairs a darker color.*
April – I was still working on the stairs and encountered a problem during the process*. To clear my head, I visited my BFF in Ohio. We had a wonderful time!
May – I finally finished the stairs and had new carpeting installed*. We went to our oldest grandson’s high school graduation in Michigan. Then a surprise retirement party for my sister-in-law.
June – Cleaned, cleaned, cleaned. We had our family reunion and anniversary party.*
July – Hot, hot, and more hot! I went to my first Book Club meeting*.
August – My neighbor and I decided two months ago to have a combined yard sale so that occupied most of my time. It ended up that I didn’t have as much to sell but still made $101 plus I got rid of stuff. Most of what didn’t sell went straight to Goodwill and not back into the house. As you might know, having a yard sale is way too much work for very little return. After that adventure, I finally got back to my socks and discovered a BIG mistake.
Well, of course, I discovered a BIG mistake.
Here I am past the heel and gusset and two pattern repeats into the foot section.
The leg.Something happened here.
You can see where the heel begins on the far right where the red arrow points.
The row right there is where the BIG mistake happened. The chart was wrong (or so I thought) so I redrew it and went right on knitting the gusset and foot.
When I looked at the sock, something wasn’t right. I know it’s there but you might not be able to see it. It finally dawned on me that I reversed the Main color and the Contrast color.
Could I live with the sock being wonky and wrong? With that busy pattern, who could tell it’s not correct?
Me. That’s who. I am my grandmother’s granddaughter. “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right.”
*More to come (at a later date) about those other projects and events mentioned above.
I recently read an article about a family who started eating dinner by candlelight. The kids were calmer, less distracted, and more open to talking and sharing thoughts and feelings. Being calm and less distracted sounds like a good idea for meals.
#2
Thou art dust and to dust thou shall return
Today is also Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Lenten season.
#3 I couldn’t wait to begin something new as my knitting mojo went on vacation with Pepper’s sweater so I started a new sock! It’s the Easy Mosaic Sock by Winwick Mum. It looks complicated but only one color of yarn is used for each row except one. To get the two-color look, a stitch is slipped from the previous row onto the right needle without knitting it and continues with the row pattern.
I’m using Regia 4-ply tweed yarn in charcoal and Knit Picks Chroma Twist in Surf’s Up (discontinued yarn).
The pattern is free and Winwick Mum explains the process much better than me.
Are you doing anything special for Valentine’s Day?
How do you observe Lent or is it just another usual time?
Knitting In Flashes 