I finished my Skew socks! One of the key contenders on the Finish-Before-The-Move knit-list, I love these socks. I thought I cast them on the day they came out, but they’re from the Winter 2009 Knitty, so that surely can’t be right. Anyway, I love them. I did not, however, love the process of trying [...]
Also tagged FO Report, socks, The Big Pre-Move ChallengeSo I mentioned before that I’m using my forthcoming Moving Day (just under three weeks now) to light a fire under my reading list — trying to get all my half-read books completed before the day of the shift. Well, this is part of a broader plan to really get stuck into my To-Do box [...]
Also tagged Mossy Tendrils, Silver Sands, The Big Pre-Move Challenge, yarn teaches hard lessonsI spent far, far too long mulling over titles for this entry. “Sinews of Skew”; “Contin-skewed”; “It’s just Skew and me, baby”; “Skew-whiff” [not a good one when we're talking socks]; “The Skew from Here”…I don’t know what it is about the word Skew that I like so very very much, but it seems to [...]
Also tagged socksIn the midst of bags and Recovery Knitting, something odd is happening.
I cast on Skew within days of it coming out: it hit me right at an auspicious time, when I badly wanted something challenging (but not too challenging) and had just discovered and lovingly balled some sock yarn that I had forgotten I bought. [...]
