I should have waited until today to try to finish my sock. I made the bound-off edge way too tight, I can’t even get it on! So, out that comes and I’ll reevaulate how to do the edge.
In the meantime, I can show off the sock heel I just made on my CSM. Ignore the dropped stitches. Concentrate on the fact that there is actually SHAPING in my tube, it’s not just a straight tube anymore! Inch by inch I’m getting closer to making an actual sock on this crazy machine!
Two new adventures getting started around here. One of them started yesterday with this arrival of a package from New Zealand.
Any guesses as to what it might be? Some of you will know, as I posted about it on MQResource several weeks ago. Did I post about it here? I can’t remember, I think I’ve lost some brain cells somewhere recently.
I won’t make you keep waiting, I’ll just show you what it is, after assembly:
That, my friends, is a circular sock knitting machine. It’s a brand-new one, a New Zealand Auto Knitter aka NZAK.
I’m not friends with it. But we’ll come to an agreement. It might require some bad words and some gnashing of teeth, but it’ll eventually come around and see things my way.
I’ve got another, even bigger adventure starting tomorrow, more about that…tomorrow?
TTFN-
Suzanne
Shortly after getting up this morning, I needed to go down to the basement for a minute. On the way I happened to get a flash fo something odd through the garage door window, and add to back up for another look.
What’s that I see???
Yippee!!!! It’s my NEW SOCKS!!!!
Thanks Mom!!!!
She started these awhile back, but ran out of yarn as she was nearing the toe of the 2nd sock. I had asked her to make them longer than the first pair (i.e. further up on my leg, the foot part did not need to be any more huge than it already was…). Apparently my gargantuan feet needed more sock yarn than she had initially calculate. So far she’s been very polite about not making fun of how big my feet are.
I had gotten an e-mail from her last week that she’d been to the yarn store and picked up something that she’d be using to finish the one, and to expect a surprise in my garage some morning. She drops things off on her way to work occasionally. Apparently she got to scare the bejeebers out of Mark this morning when she stopped by.
Can you even tell that one sock’s toe is different yarn? I didn’t really even notice at first, and quite frankly, I don’t even care! They are sooooo soft….
I’ll probably be wearing shoes and socks tomorrow (as opposed to flip-flops…) and when I do, I’ll be sure to make sure everyone notices my stripy socks.
Mom had some socks for my Grandma with her the other day (very pretty pink) and asked Will if he’d like a pair like that.
“Oh no!” he said. “Well, maybe if they were camouflage colored socks.”
TTFN-
Suzanne
p.s. And yes, some camouflage colored sock yarn is now on order…..
p.p.s. I was so excited to get a notice from Amazon.com that I’d be receiving my copy of the new Harry Potter on Saturday (the release date). And then I remember I’m going to be out of town all weekend!!! Ack! I’ll have to wait until Monday to read it! Ack! LOL…
