{"id":582,"date":"2010-10-23T22:20:36","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T02:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/?p=582"},"modified":"2010-10-23T22:20:36","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T02:20:36","slug":"sock-rut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ahtilden.net\/knit\/?p=582","title":{"rendered":"Sock Rut."},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been in a sock rut. I will admit it.<\/p>\n

I knit Jaywalkers, and 3×1 broken rib socks, and stockinette socks. It gets a little boring sometimes. So when Jen gave me a spectacular skein of Tanis Fiber Arts Blue Label Fingering Weight<\/a> in Harvest for my birthday, I decided maybe I should shake it up a little.<\/p>\n

\"Birthday<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a pretty intense yarn, and it deserves a pattern to show it off. So I went with the Herringbone Rib Socks, which was published in the Knitting Socks with Handpainted Yarn<\/i> book that came out about a year ago (and was also released as a freebie through Knitting Daily). I cast on for the small size, knit the leg and heel, and tried it on… and discovered it was too<\/i> small. To the frog pond it went, and we cast on again<\/i> for the large side. <\/p>\n

A whole month later, I finally have a finished sock.<\/p>\n

\"Herringbone<\/a><\/p>\n

Now that I have got a sock (and a half) of this pattern done, I finally feel like it’s clicked. There was a lot of tinking involved, which makes me feel kind of ridiculous, because it’s only a two-row pattern, for Bob’s sake, but it took a long time for me to feel comfortable with it. I think I’m finally there, though:<\/p>\n

\"Herringbone<\/a><\/p>\n

I have already cast on the next sock and it’s going so much faster now that I finally know what I’m doing, but I keep stopping to put on the first sock and admire it. <\/p>\n

Perhaps I should stop doing that and knit faster, so I can wear both<\/i> socks at once? That would be too easy, wouldn’t it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been in a sock rut. I will admit it. I knit Jaywalkers, and 3×1 broken rib socks, and stockinette socks. It gets a little boring sometimes. So when Jen gave me a spectacular skein of Tanis Fiber Arts Blue Label Fingering Weight in Harvest for my birthday, I decided maybe I should shake … <\/p>\n

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