needles & vectors

I frog things a lot. Blame the fact I tend to start four projects at a time and won’t finish something if I think it’s not going perfectly right. I don’t quite know how to tick back to mistakes so I typically just restart altogether. But this has got to be the first time I have ever frogged three things in one day.

Item One: Blue Waves Clapotis

I forgot to take a photo before frogging this so just imagine a 1/4 done Clapotis in colonial blue. The yarn makes me itch like mad and didn’t get any better when I washed a swatch. Yet I stupidly decided “ooh, this would make a great scarf that I’d have right by my face!” I decided to frog it a few weeks ago at Sitch n Bitch but didn’t actually get past the removal of the needles until today. The yarn will be given away to someone in my SnB.

Item Two: Amaterasu Sock

These are being made for Dao who has rather small feet. The 36 stitches per side are, well, quite big. I was almost to the heel turn, too. Thankfully I can restart the sock just as soon as I finish frogging it.

Item Three: Sidewinders Sock

I got gauge, I followed the pattern, I measured my foot twice. I finished knitting the sock and had already Kitchenered the main part of the sock. Then I tried it on to realize that the foot is too short and the leg portion too loose. Sure, I could re-knit it in a better size but decided not to. Although there’s a certain interestingness factor in its construction, I don’t much like the look of my finished sock.