Pride Goeth
Sometimes you're knitting along and everything just falls into place. The yarn and the pattern are a perfect marriage, and the fabric that's being created is just what you hoped it would be.
The colours play nicely with each other, and you're so delighted with what you are creating that you frequently stop to admire your handiwork.
The colours are so enticing that, although you had originally intended to do a short-row heel, you change your mind midstream and do a flap, just so you can watch the colours play in the Eye of Patridge.
Life is wonderful.
You start the gusset, and then you remember why you had originally planned on a short-row heel.
You tell youself that although it looks pretty bad from close up, once it's way down there on the foot it may not be as noticeable.
That's when you discover that you can't even get it over your heel.
One of the joys of having multiple WIPs is that when one becomes problematic, you can turn to another.
Beautiful yarn and beautiful fabric, and yes , it does look a little bigger. Well, actually *quite* a bit bigger. Hmm ....
It's been one of those weeks.
49 people had something to say:
OH DAVE! OH NO...
(sigh)
What can I say??? (It was absolutely gorgeous, tho')
(((((hugs)))))
Oh no! Squiggly yarn - a very familiar sight here at BDKs! The patt on the 1st sock is perfect!
DAve
I understand... I have had the same kind of week. Sigh. I am the froggin queen.. but not to worry its a new week and payday week too! Life is looking better.
BTW nice balls :)
Oh, Dave! Sorry about that!
But the yarn still looks pretty.
NOOOOOOOO!!!!! For the love of god....NOOOOO!
What are those yarns BTW? they are fantastic!
Sorry, but I had to laugh! Nice squiggly yarn there in them balls! You have my sympathy!
oh no!! but why frog? Xmas is only around the corner. surely, someone would have fit into them?
they were lovely!
Oh no. I´ve been there and it´s no fun at all. (i´m bigfoot too) If it´ll make you happier the sock looks wonderful in the picture.
Greetings from Sweden //Anna
Damn, I hate it when that happens! The blue red yarn is just fab (think I already gushed over the other unless I've seen it on two blogs) and it looked amazing in eye of partridge. Hope it gets an equally lovely second chance.
Ouch, one of these weeks, so sorry!! Still, that eye of partridge was purty. : )
Uh-oh...
Too bad about the socks. Beauteous yarn though...
So sorry - I think it's been in the air lately - I think it's ripping season...
I hate when that happens!
Hopefully next week will be better.
ohhh butt! I hate when that happens and that sock was sooo beautiful :(
I feel for ya!
Ugh, you and I seem to have the same bad knitting mojo this week. I have reknit a sleeve four times and I totally feel for you!
Oh, bummer. Double bummer actually.
Don't worry, we all go through those phases. Good luck for the next one. It hardly can get any worse.
I'm sorry. I laughed at your pain. At least one of us is happy.
Ouch! I hope this week is better!
I admit I giggled too, but with you I'm sure :)
Oh no! But look how adorable they look now, full of new promise and hope.
oh dave. i've had spells like that too. for example, i have very bad sweater karma these days, as i have recently and extensively documented.
this too shall pass. :)
Perhaps this is God (or the FSM or whatever) telling you to gift those friends of yours with the skinniest and widest feet? That first sock is gorgeous.
(I'm wide, by the way....)
It does seem we are all frogging to an extent.
Had a similar thing happen to make. Socks, but in this case for someone else, measured the lenght (toe-up) to see when to start the gusset a la Baudelaire. Did that, made the heel, started on the leg... and then measured again. Well, that size 9 mens foot turned out to be probably a size 12 in the end... waaaayyy to long. So, measure again, mark until where to frog and rrrrrippppppp. Pick up and start again.... so... you are not alone, froggin is a way of life at the moment it seems.
Take care, Bettina
Oh Dave.... I'm (nearly) ashamed to admit I got a laugh out of your sad situation. The heel flap was beautiful, wasn't it?
Oh no! Looks like the sock mojo has left your needles for the time being! Fingers crossed it will be back very soon!!!
Oh! Been there, done that...
See now, the first one, I've done. I was too stubborn to rip. I foisted the socks onto my narrower footed sister. You are a brave soul.
Dave, I love witty Canadians. You are up there with Will Ferguson, who is my absolute favorite!
Well, poo! I really like how the heel flap looks, though. I've got some yarn that same color for socks for my boys!
Ugh. I can relate. The balled up yarns have to sit in the corner and think about what they've done until they're ready to come out and play nice. I don't think any of them have come back out yet. Evil of them, isn't it?
on the bright side, its "double the fun" from one skein when you get to re-knit with it again :)
Oh no that is way too nice to frog, find someone with small feet and they will thank you forever :)
Oh, Dave! That sucks! I've been swimming in the frog pond lately, too. It must be something in the air.
I really liked the blue/red yarn and how that was knitting up. Was that a slipped stitch pattern on the foot and ankle?
oh NO! That sucketh :o\
Oh, I needed that. So happy to know I'm not alone.
Oh, that is so sad! That eye of partridge heel looked so pretty too. . .
Some days you end up with a sock, some days you just come back with the same ball of great yarn you started with. Tomorrow is another day....
oh, the tragedy of it! ACK! my sympathies . . .
Dang it! So pretty too.
Are you planning to reknit the red/blue one in the same pattern? It's gorgeous. What yarn is it?
I really enjoy the way you tell a story.
Sob!
We knitters should unite to create a database of people with strangely-shaped feet. Then you could look up someone whose feet are 18 inches around, or only 4 inches long, and send THEM the socks.
That eye of partridge heel really WAS quite stunning.
Even though it doesn't fit, it is very beautiful work!
I love colors and the way the heel worked out.
LOL! Poor baby! The pride part I understood, you do beautiful work.
Ohhhh, poor thing... :-)
Oh, man. But that was some beautiful work you did. I'll look forward to seeing that yarn in its next incarnation!
Dave, first of all, thank you for visiting my blog! I have checked out yours and am in love with that pattern for the red and blue socks you had to rip again- what IS it? I think my current socks want to be exactly that pattern- slip stitch?? Looks a bit like it........ The sock looked so pretty...........
Ack. Truly one of those weeks. Or...hey...maybe your feet shrunk after trying on the one that wouldn't go over your heel? Bummer...
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