Baby Tube Socks

Here's the next little sock I knit. I answered the woman who got my name in the The Knitterly Letter Swap and she's let me know that she received my letter. So now I can show the sock I sent her. I had Barbie model it for me, but it's a bit big on her. I wanted to try a smaller sock this time. Maybe I'll go even smaller...

I finished the baby tube socks. I decided not to make them wider. I don't even know if the baby will ever wear them, so if they fit or not doesn't matter to me at this point. They are done and ready in plenty of time for next winter.



I bought these two balls of cotton yesterday because I want to make some granny squares. I would have preferred black, pink and white but at 1 € a ball I couldn't resist. I'll have to look in other stores to see if they have other colours. I would have liked thicker cotton but I haven't found any.

Reasons To Procrastinate

I tend to procrastinate. But I also have two reasons why my crafts sometimes take a long time to finish. The first one is that if I'm making something for someone else and I have to ask that person something before I can continue, then I don't mind waiting until they get back to me (like N's socks). The other one is a bit more stressful. If I run into a problem, then I usually put it aside and wait until I get some inspiration to continue (which might take years). I had almost finished this baby tube sock even though I couldn't decide if it will be too narrow. I put it aside just because I don't want to think whether or not to make it bigger! I knew that it could sit it its bag until the baby is an adult and having children of his own so I bravely knit to the end. I haven't tied the end off in case I change it. Now I will probably have second sock syndrome only because I can't decide if I should make it wider. Stay tuned.

Recycling Yarn

I received the letter from the woman who got my name in the The Knitterly Letter Swap. She didn't mention if she has a blog so I wasn't able to look at it if she does. N's socks are on hold until her mother can try them on and see if they will fit. I had to undo the ribbing because it was a bit tight. So instead of using K4 P2, I'm doing K2 P2 K2 P1. I can get it on my foot, so I'm hoping it will be OK.

When A was small I knit these mitts for him to wear under another pair. There was a slip stitch row on the back of each so he could see for himself if he had them on the wrong hand. I'm recycling them into two projects, at least I will if there is enough yarn. It's the first time I've tried recycling yarn into something.

A Slump

My life is in a slump. Nothing I want to make. Nothing I want to read. Nothing I want to do. Sigh.

I did make this mini sock for my The Knitterly Letter Swap pal. Being internet-stupid I hope she can't find me because I looked at her site! If she can, she'll see this before she gets it so I hope she can't.

The other day when I was looking at two old sock pamphlets I have, I started to try to remember where I had got them from. I assumed from my mother but I'm not sure. So I asked her if she had ever knit socks and told her why. She asked if it had an argyle sock pattern. One of them does and she said that she knit argyle socks between the ages of 18 and 22. But because of the thinness of the wool they wore out easily. I'm so glad I thought to ask her!