Houston, We Have a Heel

I finished the gusset and heel turn on my sock today. And I rewound the washed yarn from the frogged sock so it's ready to reknit.

That's about all the knit-related work I accomplished. Unless you count the past-midnight yarn order I placed last night.

I got the bright idea that instead of ordering a few sweaters from Scotland like I have every year for a few years now, I should knit some nice basic v-necks and cardigans in solid-colored but yummy yarns to take their place. So I ordered the yummy yarns.

The fact that I probably missed the opportunity to place a sweater order this year through my usual shop likely had less to do with this purchase than did stumbling onto a good on-line sale of some yummy yarns. That and the fact that I've started to feel like I haven't knit a sweater for ages. And the fact that I actually haven't finished a sweater for ages.

The boxes of yarn I already own had no impact on this plan. In my favor, my stash of really nice yarns mostly contains finer-gauged things. I ordered all DK to heavy worsted weight so simple things should knit up relatively quickly.

 Oh, I did wind another skein today; one of the yarns I bought at the Madrona Winter Retreat last February. It's the first wound of the many I brought home from there. It's also the only heavyweight Bluemoon I bought. I'll make a simple scoop-neck with some picots.

Or maybe I'll finish my 3/4 done cardigan first.

I had a plan.

Comments

[RobinH]

It was a yarn-buying kind of day, I think- I was down at the LYS taking advantage of a sale myself.

And plans? Do not survive contact with the enemy. (I'm not sure who the enemy of finishing knitting projects is, but when I find him, we're having words!)