I'm In?

Both of the Talia's Wings socks are done. Here is the proof. Two unblocked socks on two very hairy legs. The son thinks it is really funny to pose for me. From the looks of this photo, he is right.
Oddly, I made it through round three of Sock Madness. I cannot figure out how that happened. I took Monday off to spend the day being drugged and going through an MRI. I needed the drugs to dull the pain while laying still in a tube that pounds, beeps, whistles, chirps, grunts, gasps, burps, and drums. Why do MRI's make so much noise? After it was finished I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening in a stupor. It was a good thing they did not let me have my dpn's in there. Not enough room. The cousin suggested googles but I could not find any. I would have liked a photo of that though.

Right now I am enjoying really warm weather along with relaxing between contest rounds. For someone who is not competitive, why did I sign up for this?

It must be insanity.

Talia's Wings1

Talia's Wings1
Originally uploaded by elanath_inis

Only the first sock done. It has taken three days. The Trekking yarn has been misbehaving. It has tangled and tangled some more. I tried two circular 16" needles in 2.5mm. Then I tried dpn's. Then I tried magic loop. I finally ended with the dpn's for the ribbing. In spite of the errors in the pattern, this has been an interesting knit. I won't buy Trekking yarn again. But the pattern is inventive and fairly easy to memorize. Now I have to hussle and get the second sock finished. Why oh why did I pick a sock knitting contest while on pain medicine?

Oh yeah. I didn't pick the pain. It picked me. And it is still picking on me. But I will have the victory. Some folks get needles stuck into their bodies (acupuncture). I only stick myself with needles accidentally. That has happened a few times because I am just not very sharp right now.

I just love really bad puns.

Tokena Done

Tokena Done
Originally uploaded by elanath_inis

Ah. Finally the Tokena set is finished. My left pointer finger is showing the wear-and-tear from so much knitting with sharp pointy dpns. I knit these on wooden dpn's and went up to size 3.25 to get a gauge of 9 stitches per inch. I knit much looser with wooden needles but still needed larger than normal needles for this pattern. I am very glad I tried stranded knitting. And very glad it is DONE. Whew. Now the son has new socks and I am taking a sock-knitting break.

At least until Round 3.