Speaking of resolutions, this isn’t one, but I was actually quite domestic tonight and am unjustifiably proud of getting many loads of laundry finished as well as dishes and making an apple crisp. Actually I accidentaly put in too much butter, but I think it will turn out tasty nonetheless.
I’m not sure I can promise to be chock full of sweetness and light since I think it might be cathartically fun to be cruel for no reason, but the chances are good that I won’t try it. And speaking of nice, did I mention there’s no comics content here? None!
Instead I’m going to take advantage of our new digital camera to show off what I did knitwise in New Orleans and on the plane to and from, and this is another thing I plan to continue in this new year. [Kelly, I warned you not to look. Recall this.]
This is the first of a pair of Retro Rib socks from the latest (Winter ‘04) issue of Interweave Knits. I made them an inch or two shorter than the pattern suggests, but otherwise didn’t change anything. I used Silja Strompegarn superwash wool (color 331) on size 1.5 US needles. It’s a rough machine-washable yarn, and I like it a lot. I’ve made several pairs of socks before, but this will be the first for me to keep.
The flash made these colors much more washed-out and yellowy than they appear in person, but they also look amazingly garish under fluorecent lighting.
The color is more true here, where I give a closeup of the heel. I haven’t made this stretchy slip-stitch heel before, but it seems comfortable so far. And see, this proves I can knit and take photos of my feet! Well, proves it if you believe I did both those things, which I did. So there!
