why did I not heed standard knitterly advise and buy an extra ball of yarn? I’m halfway thru the foot of birthday sock #2 and I’ll be lucky if I can get 3 rows out of the yarn that remains. I attempted to count, and I need about 20 rows plus the toe decrease rows. *sigh* wouldn’t be nearly as bad if I didn’t have to concern myself with the Yarn Focus Challenge (I used my April free day last weekend). even still, I still would be annoyed that I had to buy a full ball of yarn when I’m only going to need like 1/8 of it.
oh, well. I did post a request on a couple places, and someone on the sockknitters group said she has some that she can send me. *happy dance*
apologies to the birthday girl, who’ll be getting her socks a little bit late.
since I’m stuck, I decided to cast on a new project. I’m making another curly-q scarf. this time in Bernat Frenzy - Panic Pink & the light blue. for future reference (I have more Frenzy and may make another from it): CO 73 sts on Denise 15s with the 52″ cord (which probably still won’t be long enough.). I’m 4 rows in (halfway, row-wise) and am a bit annoyed with it. the yarn keeps slipping off the needles [insert wish for bamboo interchangeable set here]. also, cuz of the taper of the needles, I have to make sure I finish each stitch (especially the increases), otherwise they end up too small and won’t slide past the tips to the bulk of the needle.
oh, on a positive note, one of the moms at dance last night admired the socks and offered to pay me to make them (she said she can think of 4 pairs she’d want). will have to ponder this - not sure if I want to knit for sale (deadlines and other pressures), and if I do, I’ll have to sort out what to charge and how long this pair took so I can give a good estimate. I’m tempted to do it (after I make sure that what I’d want to charge would be reasonable) - the socks are kind of fun to make and it’d be nice to have some extra yarn pocket money. I might try to find a different lace pattern to work between the beads, for something different.
