Craziness

There's been a certain amount of craziness going on at work that has somewhat limited knitting/blogging/general computer time. I get home from work so completely brain-drained, that the effort required to even answer emails can be beyond me.

So, rather than deal with more thoughtful projects, I've just been working on socks...and not even complex socks, but generally, the basic stuff. With a little help from the lovely Rowanette Caroline, I'd managed to get enough of Jaeger MMM 4 ply to finish the Fancy Silk Socks for a child of 5 or 6 from Nancy Bush's Vintage Socks Book. These Weldon editors were really imaginative with their naming!

The pattern is lovely and the lace stretchy and accommodating. It's a much nicer pattern that the photo in the book would lead you to believe. The photo is a bit dark and the prettiness isn't obvious. I didn't bother with the scallop cuff because I thought that it would lead to a tighter cuff than I would like. These scallop cuffs can be a bit tricky to get right.. not at all forgiving like a 1x1 or 2x2 rib.

Somehow, all the planets managed to align themselves properly because the yarn that Rowanette Caroline sent, happened to be the same dyelot as the skein that I had. I was only short a few grams but alas, we all know that running short is a sure fired way to having a long standing UFO.

I took these photos late in the evening without flash and was a bit surprised at how the plum-miness of the purple was lost. The photos from here is much more indicative of the hue.