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This site is a member of WebRing. To browse visit here. Tuesday, August 28, 2007 More finished objects Baby sockies! It's a good thing my niece likes bright colors! Opal Mosaik in blaring red and white, the leftovers from Kay's socks, plus a half skein of leftover yarn from the very generous fellow sock knitter (thank you, Tamra!) who responded to my plea for more of this yarn if anyone had it, and refused to let me pay her for it. I was concerned that Lucinda would already have outgrown these, and decided to make the second one larger and then ravel the first one back and make it larger too. I carefully checked where the toe shaping began and worked four or five extra rounds on the second sock before beginning the toe decreases. But when I had it finished, and held them both up together, you really can't tell that it's any larger. It is larger--that four or five rounds did make a tiny difference in size. But not enought to warrant ripping out the toe of the first sock and making it longer. So off they go tomorrow, and if Lucinda has already outgrown them, they'll have to wait for the next little one.These are the finished denim socks, almost but not quite identical. Another issue with toe decreases. I didn't have the first sock handy when I was getting close to where I needed to start the toe shaping, and unwilling to just put them down and wait, I guesstimated. Oops. I worked about two rounds extra on the second sock, enough that the lighter blue turned into a darker blue before I got to the last couple of rounds. So there is more dark blue on the toe of the second sock than on the first one. Kate allows as how that probably won't make it unwearable. And of course it is about a quarter inch longer, but I don't think that's going to be a problem either. I have to remember to measure these before I deliver them, so I'll know exactly how long to make the next pair.Now I can finally get back to the Sockotta striped socks I began in January. Uh, no. Have to finish the ducky blanket for my grandson first. I just counted, and I've made eighteen items since the middle of last year. Except for dishcloths that I haven't given away yet, sixteen of them were for other people. There are several other unfinished items that I will keep for myself, but even so, this is ridiculous! I'm not the only one whose output goes mostly to other people. There is even a group on Ravelry dedicated to knitting for oneself. But of course when you make things for other people, you get to make things that you'd never consider for yourself, so there is a certain selfish aspect to it. posted by Liz @ 7:21 PM | The template is set to display 10 posts. To see all the posts for this month, click on the month name in the Archive section RSS Feed PERSONAL Send email toliz at life-as-a-spectator-sport.com Home I'm a mother, grandmother, a computer professional, Democrat, Christian. I welcome politely worded comments and email, my spam filter throws the rest away, so don't bother to flame me WHY 'LIFE AS A SPECTATOR SPORT' "If you're lucky not to live in the gutters of a slum, but still can't afford to take vacations in the Alps, you're part of that enormous middle class who lives life through the medium of the television, further separated from "real" life by air conditioner, by automobile, by dishwasher, microwave and ice-in-the-door refrigerator, by automatic washer and dryer, and all the other appliances and conveniences that make it possible for America to live life at second hand. I'm not sure why Americans decided that televised drama was better than the real thing, that cardboard microwave food containers were an adequate substitute for real dishes, and their contents for real food, or that cooking, dishwashing and face-to-face conversation wasn't worth the effort and time it required. Someone fed this nation a plastic crate of out-of-season tomatoes and told us it was life and we took them at their word, and we're so much the poorer for it that it's hard to know where to start to list the shortcomings." I wrote this a couple of years ago, but I have to admit it's much less amusing than I thought it would be to see the artifical construct falling apart. 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Baby sockies! It's a good thing my niece likes bright colors! Opal Mosaik in blaring red and white, the leftovers from Kay's socks, plus a half skein of leftover yarn from the very generous fellow sock knitter (thank you, Tamra!) who responded to my plea for more of this yarn if anyone had it, and refused to let me pay her for it. I was concerned that Lucinda would already have outgrown these, and decided to make the second one larger and then ravel the first one back and make it larger too. I carefully checked where the toe shaping began and worked four or five extra rounds on the second sock before beginning the toe decreases. But when I had it finished, and held them both up together, you really can't tell that it's any larger. It is larger--that four or five rounds did make a tiny difference in size. But not enought to warrant ripping out the toe of the first sock and making it longer. So off they go tomorrow, and if Lucinda has already outgrown them, they'll have to wait for the next little one.These are the finished denim socks, almost but not quite identical. Another issue with toe decreases. I didn't have the first sock handy when I was getting close to where I needed to start the toe shaping, and unwilling to just put them down and wait, I guesstimated. Oops. I worked about two rounds extra on the second sock, enough that the lighter blue turned into a darker blue before I got to the last couple of rounds. So there is more dark blue on the toe of the second sock than on the first one. Kate allows as how that probably won't make it unwearable. And of course it is about a quarter inch longer, but I don't think that's going to be a problem either. I have to remember to measure these before I deliver them, so I'll know exactly how long to make the next pair.Now I can finally get back to the Sockotta striped socks I began in January. Uh, no. Have to finish the ducky blanket for my grandson first. I just counted, and I've made eighteen items since the middle of last year. Except for dishcloths that I haven't given away yet, sixteen of them were for other people. There are several other unfinished items that I will keep for myself, but even so, this is ridiculous! I'm not the only one whose output goes mostly to other people. There is even a group on Ravelry dedicated to knitting for oneself. But of course when you make things for other people, you get to make things that you'd never consider for yourself, so there is a certain selfish aspect to it.
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WHY 'LIFE AS A SPECTATOR SPORT'
"If you're lucky not to live in the gutters of a slum, but still can't afford to take vacations in the Alps, you're part of that enormous middle class who lives life through the medium of the television, further separated from "real" life by air conditioner, by automobile, by dishwasher, microwave and ice-in-the-door refrigerator, by automatic washer and dryer, and all the other appliances and conveniences that make it possible for America to live life at second hand. I'm not sure why Americans decided that televised drama was better than the real thing, that cardboard microwave food containers were an adequate substitute for real dishes, and their contents for real food, or that cooking, dishwashing and face-to-face conversation wasn't worth the effort and time it required. Someone fed this nation a plastic crate of out-of-season tomatoes and told us it was life and we took them at their word, and we're so much the poorer for it that it's hard to know where to start to list the shortcomings." I wrote this a couple of years ago, but I have to admit it's much less amusing than I thought it would be to see the artifical construct falling apart.
THE NON-ELECTRIC HOME
Cleaning, 1 Cleaning, 2 Cleaning, 3
KNITTING BLOGS
Extravayarnza Knitting Heretic Mind of Winter Pie Knits Persistent Illusion See Eunny Knit The Keyboard Biologist Taleweaver's Ramblings TECHnitting Wendy Knits
FINISHED PROJECTS
SELF-RELIANCE AND THE FUTURE
POLITICAL BLOGS and SITES
BOOKS I'M READING
How to Grow More Vegetables, etc. Small Scale Grain Raising
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