State of Denial - Part I October 21, 2006
Today, in honor of Socktober, I will be doing something a little unconventional. It is something that is unusual for me and is certainly unusual for a knit-along dedicated to the forward progress on sock knitting projects.
Here we have Chuck’s socks (pattern here, story of the lunch box here). Briefly mentioned when I first started them, and then faded into the background. They are designed for a foot that is 8.5 inches around, and mine is only about 7 inches, so i sized down the needles and went at it. The result…. they didn’t fit. too small. Everyone that i told that they fit and were just a little small…. I lied. I mean, I could after about 3 minutes of wiggling and wrestling, force them onto my feet. but that isn’t really fitting. And if you know me you know i hate ripping things out, so i have been in a state of denial.
So I am ripping them out. Liberated by socktober!
Incidentally, if you are currently making forward progress on Chuck’s socks, you should join the knit-along.
I am in a bit of a state of denial about something else… stay tuned…. there will be prizes involved.
RIP sock. It will be worth it in then end, it’s pointless being in denial about the socks fitting, you would have just had a very useless (albeit pretty) pair of socks hanging around. Good luck next time around.
Mine were just a smidge too small, I was worried about them being too big, like everything else I knit. Now that they’re finished, I can’t being myself to wear them cause they were so much work. So now they are on display at the knitting store.
Good luck with your nest pair!
Yay, you!! Free!