Finally…Bumble Bee Socks FO

I believe this makes the third pair in February. I’m tellin’ you, Second Sock Syndrome exists, with gusto, I might add. And it’s not that I put the needles down after sock #1 of the pair and didn’t cast on for the 2nd. I did…it would just take “forever” to complete.

While picking up stitches on the after-thought heel at 6am this morning, before heading off to work, I noticed I screwed up “big time“.

Here’s why: I originally started, two socks, top down on two circs. I prefer dbl pts (I have this thing about “the old ways”, like handknits and handquilting), so I took one sock off the circs and put onto the needles. This was one of those huge one-skein for a pair of socks Opal sock yarn. I had one thread from the middle and one from the outside, all starting at the same color.

I had to clip the inside of skein thread as I knew there would be a tangled mess if I didn’t. Sooooo, long story short, I should have picked up the yarn from the inside of the skein to continue on sock #2 when I realized this morning I picked and knitted with the yarn from the outside.

My once matching stripes “Bumble Bee Socks”, are now off by a full stripe. Duh! I’m not frogging, I am accepting that I am human and make mistakes. I also accept that unlike some, I can live with “not perfect”.

But hey, lesson learned. I don’t care for doing two socks on two circs at the same time, though I’m sure this so stops that “Second Sock Syndrome”.

I have my Cable Vest to work on and the lovely Hip Knits Silk that I balled up tonight…wow, that was alot of work. My ballwinder was letting some of the silk slip, so I had to finish half of the skein winding by hand. Talk about “weight”. The little ball is heavy. Still looking into what pattern I will use.