SewWitty » sock knitting http://sewwitty.com Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery and Sewing Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:19:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Knitting Olympics http://sewwitty.com/2010/03/02/the-knitting-olympics-2/ http://sewwitty.com/2010/03/02/the-knitting-olympics-2/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:12:46 +0000 SewWitty http://sewwitty.com/?p=837

I failed to finish my olympic challenge! I finished one sock, but I haven’t even started the second one.

Was I overly ambitious? It was certainly very hot here (it was 42° C on Thursday) which isn’t conducive to knitting. But really I didn’t put in enough time – it didn’t go well and I got discouraged.

I was very unhappy with the yarn – there was a join in it! And it hasn’t been dyed very well. However, it is very comfortable.

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I’ve knitted the band of the sock – now I need to start on the cable pattern.

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On my third attempt I managed to cast on 48 stitches and join it into a round without twisting.  Yes that’s right – my third attempt – surely I would  have been disqualified if I didn’t make it on my third attempt?

I think I’ve been overly ambitious with my plan. It suddenly occurred to me that I would need to make two socks!

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