It’s not that I haven’t been knitting, or even having some FOs. It’s just that I’m not excited about the quality of my knitting. My mojo? It’s gone. For example, my Koigu Monkey socks. Gauge off, recently frogged. Or these:
Fingerless gloves for a friend. I ran out of yarn. Again. I just don’t have the strength to frog two things in one day.
You’d think an FO would make me feel better.
Pattern: My own (losely based on Minty‘s Anastasia socks)
Yarn: Knitpicks Gloss in “dusk”
Needles: Inox US 1.5 (2.5 mm) dpns
Thoughts: Well… I love the idea of these socks. I’m not loving the Gloss so much right now. It shows every. single. mistake. Really. It makes me feel like I can’t knit to save my life. (see the uneveness below? Yeah. That’s on the TOP of one foot. After blocking. Ugh).
But the pattern? I knit the first of these on the flight to Hawaii. Despite a minor setback, I finished the second several days ago. I love that the mirror each other. I love the continuation of the eyelet spiral onto the heel flap (this was Jenfee‘s suggestion… she’s smart). I think they’re sexy (well, sexy as far as handknit socks go).
Here’s to hoping my mojo comes back soon. I’ve got a week to get a lot of Christmas knitting done. Not to mention that thing they call a dissertation…
