Lots of knitting and un-knitting* of this sock.
*Note to self: Do not knit fancy stitch patterns while watching Downton Abbey.
...And what of the two-at-a-time socks...? Well, it just wasn't much fun. I had to concentrate too hard and it took the joy out of meditative knitting. I ditched one.
On a lunch break from teaching, I discovered the hidden joys of A Stitch 'n Time - the nearby yarn shop. The display and merchandising in the shop isn't a patch on the lusciously inspirational Morris and Sons, but if you know what you're looking for, the yarns are divine and the prices are super-great. I bought sock yarn in both wool and bamboo-nylon (it's LOVELY... and I'm thinking baby cardigans...) for about $18 a ball. The beautiful green Italian cotton feels almost like bamboo - it's so soft and lustrous.
And then the bloke (who came up to Canberra for the weekend with the wee girl) found this book in the Portrait Gallery bookshop. He thought there could be no better fit for our cat-mad, knitting kid.
They really are very cute...
And I had plans to work with the wee girl on something simple, like a kitten. Of course, she set her heart on the Persian before I got around to discussing the benefits of "baby steps" when one is first learning to knit.
But of course, she's a dreamer. A Visionary. She has plans of her own.....
Oh yes.... she has plans....
And so, the much-un-knitted sock remains much-unknitted, and the new yarn is still looking luscious and lustrous in it's original wrapping.
And we've started knitting a Persian cat.
