avoidance behavior

there are things i should be doing (like, completely flip-flopping my bedroom with my craft/sewing room ... meaning, moving lots of furniture, books, magazines, and stash) ... but instead, i am taking pictures and playing on the net. it's productive ... because i can share my latest knitting!

... and i finished something ....


i can hardly believe i have finished another pair of socks! what's my excuse ? well, the pippi kneestockings are the next best thing to a mindless knitting project. also, they're knitted on size 3 dpns, so they're a quick knit, with 64 sts at the cuff and upper leg, and 52 sts for the lower leg and foot. fewer stitches = faster knitting.

since this was my second pair of stockings, i now have leftovers in 8 different, yet homogeneous, colorways ...


these might become another pippi-pair, or i might play with some fairisle patterning for something different.


i started this marigold sock (pdf) a couple of weeks ago. i stalled because i wanted to do a reverse heelflap. well, i could not figure the math out (not that i really dedicated much time to it), so i decided to go with the short row heel as written, following cosmicpluto's tutorial. i still am having problems making my stitches look nice while knitting the two wraps with the stitch when on a right side row. my purl side is nice and tight (as shown in above photo) ... but my other side ... not as pretty.


... what's a post w/o a fresh socken ? well, take a nice long look, because the next time i touch this socken, it's getting ripped. it's too big. the yarn is lovely (fearless fibers merino sock yarn). the pattern (scroll socks from _more sensational knitted socks_) is quick to memorize and a breeze to knit. but, i need to go down at least a needle size. i am knitting 64 sts on size 2.75mm dpns, and because the yarn is 100% merino, when the sock stretches out, it doesn't recover. so, the question is do i go down to 2.5mm or 2.25mm ? hmmm ....

it's so pretty! and i love how it's pooling!