Summer isn't quite over, but I did not achieve KAL participation greatness. Ah well, it seemed so rosy at the beginning. I had some snafus with my very first Tour de Sock (TDS) submission. I started later than most and really got off track at the gusset. I thought I'd get it fixed when in Georgia, but my knitting mojo completely abandoned me and I just couldn't face fixing that sock! I eventually fixed it and got it off the needles. Now I'm working on the second one and it's going so much better than the first in that I really really know how to knit this pattern. I'm not at the gusset yet, but since I virtually knit the first one twice, I feel pretty positive about it. I will pursue KALs again though, because if I don't encounter to many complicated problems, I can achieve KAL greatness one of these days.
I don't think I'll knit all the TDS socks even though I have the patterns in my library. For now, I will stick to simpler patterns and dabble in self-striping vanilla socks and maybe slippers and felting. I like making baby things because they are small and easy to finish. I might try a shawl. I also need to give actual blocking a whirl.
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One thing about knitting is that I feel I learn something with every project.
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