It's here! I am going to revolutionize my, and my family's s--k issues. I just got in the mail Personal Footprints for Insouciant Sock Knitters by Cat Bordhi. I am going to knit s--ks.... and they are going to fit, they are not going to pool around my ankles, and best of all, I don't need to turn a heel. That's my kind of s--k!
A few years ago I knit my first ever pair of s--ks and somehow, when I got to the heel, I got lost in the instructions and ended up just winging it and doing my own thing for the heel.... it didn't look like anything you've ever seen in your life resembling a s--k, but when I put them on they fit! After I wore them once, Teapot put them in the wash and felted them and now they look like they would fit a fairy. (I can't really blame him since he's never had to worry about felting s--ks in the washer and dryer before, we always buy cheap cotton sport s--ks). So my s--k experience has never really been very good. Last year, I took a three day workshop on how to spin great yarn for s--ks.You'd think that my relationship with s--ks would be getting smoother/better. Well, it's not. After the 25 pairs of store bought funky s--ks that the Daughters gave me for Christmas (that tiny word is whispered so I don't scare myself and have to go lie down again), I decided that I actively had to try to become normal (if that's possible) about s--ks. I am thinking about offering a s--k loving workshop and how to hug a s--k. I've bought the rosewood dpns that will make knitting anything, let alone s--ks, a wonderful experience.... and I've bought the little nifty dpn savers from Knitpiks so that I can carry my s--k projects without the tips of my awesome rosewood dpns getting broken.... and I've bought the book that will revolutionize my s--k experience. So I'm all set for some wonderful s--k knitting.
Quite frankly I had given up.... I had finally come to grips with the fact that s--k knitting and I just weren't going to be mates. But then I went to Olds this summer past, and while I was back in our apartment on the second day, my roommates (all three of them) were taking a sock building workshop with Cat Bordhi... (the traitors)! When they came back from their s--k workshop they were all, "oooh aaah s--ks, oh Frankie you should have taken it.... it was the best workshop ever...... (forget the cotton one we had done the day before)...... oooh aaaah s--ks, ooooh aaaaah Cat Bordhi..... ooooh aaah," ( I thought that were going to have an orgasm right there (oh gross!!!!). I kept my mouth shut and pursed my lips.... but then they showed me the s--k that Cat Bordhi taught them.... she casts on at the toe, increases as the foot requires it, slips a bunch of stitches onto a holding thread knits another row slips the same stitches on another holding thread, and decreases for the heel. Then she goes back and takes the stitches off the holding thread and picks them up on her dpns and knits the leg of the sock.... simple?!.... right? Yeah well you don't know me with my attitude towards s--ks.... I bet I'll screw it up somewhere along the way... but that is just not the right attitude is it? I will hug my s--k and I will get through it and in no time I will be a professional s--k knitter/lover.
I think God made Cat Bordhi just for me.... (no, not you... me!)
S--ks.... here I come.....
2 comments:
You go Frankie! I spent COUNTLESS HOURS washing, carding and blending BFL and mohair for socks for my L3 50-hour project. Then spun a three ply. Turns out the three ply is to heavy for socks (AAARRRGH), but I'm so determined to spin good sock yarn that I started over with another BFL fleece. Now I'm combing it and hoping that I can spin it correctly. I won't stop til I spin sock yarn, then do a Cat Bordhi sock (I started one months ago and go messed up at the heal and just left it). So keep pressing on, we'll eventually get there.
Try a little silk in with the BFL. Even though BFL is not considered a fine breed it is still fairly fine and does not stand up well to the wear and tear that we give socks. It also helps you to make your spinning finer because the silk is so strong and will stand up to longer drafting. 6 t.p.i. is supposed to be the best for socks. Remember, Michelle's in depth study was on socks... she was the one who came and taught us spinning for superior socks last year... awesome workshop. If you get the chance to take that from her then go for it.
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