{"id":64,"date":"2007-08-30T11:07:20","date_gmt":"2007-08-30T18:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stringpage.com\/blog\/?p=64"},"modified":"2007-08-30T11:56:42","modified_gmt":"2007-08-30T18:56:42","slug":"the-knitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/?p=64","title":{"rendered":"The knitting"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have finished nothing. On the other hand, I have started nothing, despite the allure of freshly-dyed sock yarn. (I want extra credit for willpower!!!!)<\/p>\n

I finally gave in to the hive-mind and put in for a Ravelry<\/a> invite. (What can I say? I’m slow.) Er, yeah…<\/p>\n

* You signed up on Today
\n * You are #29977 on the list.
\n * 18923 people are ahead of you in line.
\n * 0 people are behind you in line.
\n * 35% of the list has been invited so far<\/p>\n

I could start a betting pool: The person who picks a date and comes closest wins…. alluring dyed sock yarn, of course. Of course, it may be a loooooong<\/i> time before you get to collect your prize! Actually, that sounds kind of entertaining – if you want to play, leave me a comment.<\/p>\n

And here is a swatch in one of the drool-inducing sock yarns. Yes, I dyed it myself, but I like quite a lot, and find it drool-worthy even if that may be somewhat immodest.<\/p>\n

\"Knit<\/p>\n

That is a small piece of the grape ikat<\/a>, knit up on size 1 needles, and if possible I like it even more knitted than I did as yarn. I didn’t take a photo of it skeined, but I should, since it looks quite different than it did when in its ikat-layout. The ikat stripes are just a few stitches long.<\/p>\n

I’ve been knitting on the never-ending jaywalkers. I swear I have! These are the socks of Sisyphus! But I think the second one might<\/i> be getting longer. Right?????? How do people just whip these out?<\/p>\n

\"jaywalkers\"<\/p>\n

Another Sisyphean effort: I’ve spent more time ripping out this purple wad that’s supposed to be a tanktop than I care to think about. Or maybe Penelope is a better role model? I haven’t yet made it past two inches. This was supposed to be my easy<\/i> knitting.<\/p>\n

\"tank<\/p>\n

When I pulled it out of the bag to take a picture, I discovered that the ball of yarn had spontaneously self-destructed. See the tangled mess on the right? I’m determined, though – a ball of purple yarn (or several) WILL NOT WIN. This will be<\/i> a tanktop. Someday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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