A toe is a toe is a toe.

So here we are.  It's Monday again.  Wasn't it just Wednesday?  

I kept working on my Farmer Sock sweater.  

 I have two more increases to go before I can scoot across to join both fronts.  I am trying to make a more open neckline so I can have a wider ribbed neckline.  We shall see how that plan goes.

On Sunday I did not want to think.  So I didn't.   I was so lazy I did not even dig in the WIPs bin for an ongoing project.  I grabbed the sock yarn bag and started a new sock.

First yarn at the top was some Kroy.  Too bad Kroy is now shipped from the US. It has been one of my favourite sock yarn and  I don't buy from US sources these days.  I haven't since 2016.  I try to stick to European makers instead.  

I didn't get huge amounts of work done, but a toe is a toe is a toe.  Good enough for me.  I kind of like the way this colourway is working up.  It is so much nicer looking than in the skein.  The only part I don't really like is the grey.  It just feels wrong with the richness of the browns and oranges. Too bad it isn't a deep purple.  Still, when it's all done up it might be just right.  We shall wait and see.

And that was my weekend.  I need to go back to one day a week for socks and working on a different sweater on the weekends. It will keep my mind fresh and strong and vibrant.  I am going to try that this week.

The long way

I am almost finished with the first front piece and I am miffed.

I need to pull it back and redo.  Le sigh.

I did a ratio of neckline increases that doesn't work.  I debated doing a shawl style collars but that is not what I had in mind for this sweater.  Back to the drawing board.  I have also realized that I don't really want a v neck either.  I want a nice crew neck.  A workman type crew neck.  Something simple to show off a good work sock edging with a nice clean red stripe.  

So if everyone else is going forward with their knitting, great.  I am too but I am taking the long way around to get there.

No crochet yet.

I am fed up with all the stuff sitting beside me.  There are 2 buckets, formerly ice cream pails, filled with the appropriate colours for the current chair pad.  There is a large container with the rest of the Palette yarn awaiting being turned into chair pads.  There is a mess of project bags and charging cables, my needle case, and a couple books on the sofa, tumbling down into that container.  It's a mess I live with until I can't anymore I I finally tidy up.  This is different because I don't want to put the big container in the yarn closet.  That might feel like giving in and thinking of the Palette as stash again.  

No.  No.  No.

I tried crocheting yesterday but it was a no go.  The small movement from crochet are still exacerbating my arm pain.  On the upside, I figured out what I am doing to cause the pain and I am working hard to get it healed up.  

I can still knit, thankfully.  I hardly move my arms when I knit so no pain.  I got a fair bit of knitting in yesterday too.  

See how nice that slightly wider edge on the shoulders looks?  

I will continue working on this today.  I might also pick up some socks.  I could use a few more pairs of socks this fall.  There is a Musselburgh I would like to finish up too.  

Lots to do.  Lots to make.  Lots to dream on.  No matter the troubles in the day, it is a pretty good kind of life.