It’s Furious Balancing

doxy (n) , pl. doxies.   1.  Floozy, prostitute.  2.  Mistress.  Etymology: perhaps modification of obsolete Dutch docke doll, from Middle Dutch.¹

I must admit that the socks from my prior post have been cast by the wayside like a used Kleenex.  I worked about 4 to 5 inches on the leg when I discovered that the yarn wasn’t up to my standards.  Oh, it had lovely stitch definition and was very soft, but the dye job was sloppy.  I encountered more than a few white spots where the dye didn’t take, or something.  If it was a less intense colorway, this wouldn’t have been an issue, but…   Life is too short to knit with substandard yarn.

I started another pair with the leftover Wollmeise I had from the Isadora Duncan Scarf.  Considering that the scarf used only 1/3 of the skein, I figured I could get a pair of socks out of the remainder.²  The Wollmeise is far superior to the other stuff, let me tell you, but it does seem to attract more than the usual amount of cat hair.

The pattern, Hermione’s Everyday Socks, is easy to memorize; the texture is a mixture of knit and purl stitches only.

The Wollmeise socks are making me quite happy, but there are other sock projects preying upon my mind.  I’ve been working off and on on a pair of socks for Teh Husband, and I’m itching to start on a Stealth Sock Project that I want to finish by mid-August.  Teh Husband’s socks are a not-tremendously-exciting semi-solid gray,³ but the Stealth Socks will be Opal Sockenwolle self-striping goodness.

That’s sport weight sock yarn, mind you, and should knit up in no time at all.  I’ve promised myself not to cast on for them until the first Wollmeise sock is done.  Maybe.

I’ve been making all sorts of bargains with myself about what is a “normal” number of pairs of knitted socks to have in progress at the same time.  Three?  That could be pushing it a little.  I’m such a tramp.

1. Source: Merriam-Webster online dictionary. [↩]
2. Approx. 360 yards or so. [↩]
3. Dream in Color Smooshy in Grey Tabby.  It’s one of my favorite yarns, but, like I said, it’s grey. [↩]

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