Yes! It’s my first Monkey! It’s a nice pattern to knit, though I’m concerned that the sock might be a bit big on me. I can (and will) shorten it to my foot length, but it still might turn out a bit big around. We’ll see. Can always be house socks, if nothing else. Mmm. House socks.

Anyway, I’ve ripped out the last Clay sock (actually, that’s a lie - I have not actually done the ripping yet - I may not need to, with my small feet - may have enough yarn between what’s left of my two balls to complete a second sock without it, so I’m waiting to see) to make these Monkey socks. Why? Because the sock I made before just isn’t good enough. It’s nice. It fits… decently. But I started the toe too soon, and so it’s a /bit/ snug up there in a bad way. And the heel isn’t right. And the leg isn’t as long as I’d like. So hah.

Monkey, here we come.

Also, I’ve begun this:

It’s a Luna Moth Shawl, with Elann’s Callista yarn, in copper. Gorgeous. Soft. I love this yarn. I can’t even begin to say how much I love this yarn. I’m not loving knitting it on size 8 needles, though. They feel huge to me. Especially with this thin yarn. Especially after knitting socks on size 1s. Eep. I’m trying to tame my too-long circ cable by trapping it with heavy objects. I’ve heard rumors that you can like, steam the cables, and make them lay flat, but I’ve never had any success with such things. I hate circ cables. Hate. Especially long ones. Garr!

Was going to knit up a new kitty hat in some lovely Paton’s chunky shetland tweed ~ brown ~ but… I’m not sure how it’d knit up on size 7s (Maybe stiff as iron? Or maybe just cushy and plush? Wil have to to /swatch/ for the love of god….), and I seem to have only a circ (no dpns) in size 8s, and only dpns (no circ) in size 9s. Wtf? *lol* Need to stock up on needles next time I have any spare cash whatsoever, clearly.

In other news, I tried desperately to get a photo of the waning crescent moon last night, as it shone so brightly next to what I believe was Venus, but… I can’t hold a camera steady quite long enough in the dark for that, and my tripod quick release thingie is… missing. Gone. Who knows where?

Damn. Another thing to add to my list - new tripod. Then I can get better photos everywhere, since I live in the dark.

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1. Here is a great idea. Janna loves socks. Janna would love socks for Christmas. Janna would in turn pick up some cool yarn in Billings. Tempting, yes?

   Comment by Janna — October 8, 2007 @ 1:07 pm

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