Kiss My Knits!

I’ve got a long to-do list today, and more than half of it involves getting packages ready to mail out. Non-Jayne packages, too, although I’m really excited that the http://www.wearwithstyle.com waiting list is very close to coming down under 20, which would mean the wait would be more like 4-5 weeks. I like having a little breathing room.

I’d like to use that breathing room do work on other things, like figuring out WordPress. I have a new and catchy little domain name that I’d like to move my blog over to, but I don’t feel like I can publicize it until it looks better. Part of the reason for the move is that I have a few simple free patterns I’d like to put up on a sidebar. I can’t do that easily on LiveJournal. just got her knitblog set up over at JetsyKnits and it looks spiffy. I, meanwhile, can’t even upload a two-column theme. I need some time. And possibly a “For Dummies” book. And maybe a screwdriver. The kind with orange juice or the kind you take things apart with, take your pick.

But before I launch into boxing things up and running all over town, here’s the progress on the Rainbow Socks. Normally I’d link to the MagKnits pattern there, but MagKnits is no more and I don’t know if the author has put up another copy somewhere. Thank goodness I printed the pattern out before I started.

There’s visible laddering on the front, but I find it kind of interesting since it shows the meandering path that the stitches take as the short rows are knit. Turtlegirl, I know you can’t see Flickr pictures, so I stuck an extra pic here.

Some who have seen the sock in person say that it looks better than it did in that poll with the post and have switched their votes from “Meh” to liking it. I didn’t show them this fishing net gap at the heel. Serves me right for not paying attention. I’ll have to go back and reinforce it, since the heels are always the first thing to go in my handmade socks (did I mention the striped socks got their heel caught on a nail sticking up from our floor last week?) and I don’t want these to suffer that fate. Note to self: buy darning egg.

Next time, we’ll talk about the weird medical mystery involving my mouth. Insert your own joke here.

Later!