compensating?

Daylight, my knits, my camera, and myself have finally aligned, and today, I can bring you photos! Lots and lots of photos! This is the summary of what I've been working on for a while. I've been shopping online a lot, and as a result have mounds of variegated, teal sock yarn (two balls of which have turned into Jaywalkers), two books, and 5 skeins of Blue Sky Dyed Cotton. I can't seem to write a coherent entry right now, so I'll let the photos speak for themselves.

First, Jaywalker #1, which has been finished since the beginning of April.


Second, Jaywalker #2, which has been on the needles for a week or two. The hardest thing about knitting this one is trying to make it match Jaywalker #1.


To conclude what's on the needles right now, it seems I've almost completed my first pair of socks! Soon, I'll just need to block them, because they're wrinkly little suckers.


Next on the needles, Blue Sky Dyed Cotton:


What will it be? This adorable eyelet cardigan, which came in a sale kit from kpixie. Alas, it's not on sale anymore, but I couldn't resist!


And to round everything out, here's a photo from the archives. This was taken when I first began Clapotis. I think I was sitting in the upstairs lobby of Palazzo Maffei Marescotti when I took this.

well that explains it

You know what the problem is? Making the socks match. And hoping to catch good daylight to take pictures ... if I could find my camera? I'm such a bad blogger.

why?

Why is the second sock the more difficult of the two? Is it because I'm not toting the pattern around with me like another appendage? Is it because I can't keep decrease rows and pattern rows straight? What is it? Jaywalker #1 never gave me this much trouble!

I'm done ranting for now. Please return to your regularly scheduled programming.

deja vu?

Jaywalker #1 is done, thanks to my mother's darning needle. Now, I have turned to Jaywalker #2, and by that I mean that I believe I've been trying to turn the heel of Jaywalker #2 for about 12 hours. I've lost a stitch. I've broken the pattern. I've counted multiple times. I'm sure I have everything. All I really want to do is turn the heel. then I can start on the rest of the sock. Then my poor little lonely Jaywalker #1 can have its sole mate. It's noticeably darker sole mate. That's all right. It'll just mean that the socks are handknit. For sure.

I really must take pictures.

Update: The heel has been turned. It's a 3 AM miracle. It just needs to stay that way.