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I’ve been starting tons of little projects in the past week or so. I seem to have no patience to finish anything.

This is the state my second sock has been in for days and days and days. It would be laughably easy to finish it. But no. There it sits, broken-hearted.

My feet are all, like, “What’s up? When are we gonna feel the warm softy goodness?” And I’m all like, “Dude, I don’t know, get off my back!”

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This is a pattern you may be familiar with: “Backyard Leaves” from Scarf Style. Except I’m knitting it in smaller, cotton yarn (size US5 needles). Ooo, this lace pattern is fun.

(Yarn is prettier than it appears in these pictures - the light is dreary today.)

The only downside is you have to follow the chart because the pattern is impossible to memorize. Which, of course, is enough of a pain in the ass that I’ll probably not finish it for weeks and weeks. So… yeah.

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Last, and definitely not least, are the Norwegian Stockings. I got this yarn which is actually sport weight, and adjusted the pattern to deal with the bigger gauge. That way they will go much faster. Because I *definitely* would never finish them if I were knitting with 7 or 8 stitches to the inch. (Actually, I did start these with a smaller gauge - you can see them under my “Works in Progress.” And, well, I haven’t finished them yet).

I have two more projects started, but now I’m embarrassed, so I’m not taking any more pictures. At least then there will be no physical evidence (on-line, anyway) of my craziness.

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Congratulations to Sophia, who correctly guessed the name of the comedy sketch program, Mr. Show! She will be receiving a lovely yarn prize for her effort.

Thanks to all of you who commented on my last post. I feel not-so-alone now about these yarns with many colors. Apparently I had been reading the wrong blogs, and was starting to feel like a freak for not loving the various-colored stuff. On a more positive note, I have decided what my favorite kind of yarn is (I think) - and I’ll have pictures of some of it next post…

I’ve mentioned before that I’m not crazy about the idea of knitting socks. This is mainly because socks in general don’t excite me. They do the opposite of excite me. (I guess that would be “bore.”) The idea of socks drives me to apathy. I was raised in a warm climate so I have no fond associations of nice warm socks by the fire, that kind of thing.

Now, I’ve made a pair of socks. I got this yarn as a prize, and my dad told me he wanted some, so I made them. And it was exciting, finishing that first sock - mostly because I wasn’t sure if I would ever get the thing to fit or look right. And then it did, so I was happy. My first sock! Yay.

However, I have found, since then, that my general apathy toward the sock continues. I no longer have actively *negative* feelings about knitting socks (as I did while attempting the ill-advised “blue-sock project” on Size Negative Three needles or whatever - that’s never going to happen, by the way). But I’m still not converted. I probably have similar feelings about the subject as Eunny - in other words, I say I don’t like to make socks but will ocassionally do so, anyway.

Case in point:

Um, yeah. I’m making another pair of socks.

So here are the two great things about hand-knitted socks: they are super comfortable, and they make wonderful knitted gifts (for people that like socks, that is). After trying on my dad’s socks, I decided I wanted something super-comfy, too, man! And I know a few people who would appreciate having some soft hand-knit socks for their vewy ownz.

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But here’s my next complaint: what is up with this self-patterning, self-striping, multi-color whatever yarn?! This sh*t is crazy! I mean, about 95% of the time, the colors look amazing, gorgeous, or even just really pretty, when they are in a ball or skein. Observe:

Isn’t this nice? I received this in the mail, and thought: oh, so pretty! I want to make something with it! Those colors *are* just like a spring garden!

But then *this* is the result:

!!! That’s just wacko. To the point that it’s approaching circus-clown-style. Maybe I’m weird, because I’ve never seen anyone else complaining about this. But I do not like how multi-color yarn looks all knit up in rows together. The self-striping yarn is okay, I guess, but I still think that stripes you make yourself look way better.

End of rant-thing. I don’t even know if that qualifies as a rant. So. I’ll let you know when I finish the other sock.

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No one has of yet correctly answered the prize-winning question I posed in my last post. That really doesn’t surprise me, because it is fairly tricky. But I wanted to see if anyone could get it, regardless. The prize is still up for grabs, and I’m going to put another clue in my next post, so stay tuned!