Persistent, or Merely Obstinant?
If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking. ~Buddhist saying
I’m applying this thought to my knitting today. I’m at the very beginning of two rather lengthy projects and need the Positive Self Talk.
Project One is the new incarnation of Socks for The Husband. The first attempt was too loose after the calf, so I frogged it. I hadn’t gotten very far along when I (wisely) thought I should have him try it on. Since I’ve only knit socks for myself, I kept looking at the few inches of ribbing I’d done, thinking — This looks awfully big. Is it really big or do I only imagine it’s too big because he’s got Giganto Feetz? When in doubt, try the thing on. Ripping back part of a sock is much preferable than ripping out an entire sock.
This new sock-knitting attempt is from a recently published pattern — Oliver — that I discovered when catching up on Franklin’s blog. There’s some unique shaping going on in the gusset and arch that is supposed to help the socks “fit like a glove.” I can get behind that. I think it’s worth $7.00 if I get a pair of socks that actually fit him.
I’m currently in the “work in k2p2 ribbing until leg measures eight inches or desired length” bit. This is my mindless take-to-work knitting, or the designated project to work on while surfing the Innernets/watching a DVD/sitting in a waiting room.
Project Two is Hanami. This is going to be a Magnum Opus. I’m 13 rows into what’s an approximately 500-row pattern. This is fussy lace knitting with lots and lots of charts. If I can work a few rows each day, I’ll know I’ll get an FO out of it eventually — a drop-dead gorgeous, awe-inspiring, phenomenal FO at that. I’m glad I gave myself a self-imposed time limit of a year to complete it.
Yep. Put one foot in front of the other. Lather, rinse, repeat.
