Thursday, November 22, 2007

Last minute knitted gift

  • Roughly one month ago: Received invitation to dinner with the girls to celebrate birthday girl on Fri, Nov. 23.
  • Last weekend: While travelling to Fair realized Gift is needed for said birthday girl. Decide to knit socks.
  • Monday, Nov. 19: Realize that despite rather vigorous shopping at said Fair (see below) no suitable yarn for birthday girl's socks is found in stash.
  • Tuesday, Nov. 20: Decide koolaid yarn is the thing. Dash off to closest supermarket to buy a ball of grey Novita Nalle (pictured left). Spend the evening inhaling cherry and tropical punch fumes.
  • Wednesday, Nov. 21: Wait impatiently for grey-turned-variegated-cherry-tropical-red (much prettier in real life) yarn to dry. Eventually heat sauna and hang yarn in there. Wind dry yarn into ball pictured right.
  • Thursday, Nov. 22: Cast on 9 to 5 socks (pictured center) at noon using 2,5 mm needles. Make note to self to never buy Novita Nalle again after this project, feels like knitting plastic. But the color is nice.
  • Thursday, Nov.22, midnight: Blog about said project rather than knit heel flap.
Question: What are the odds there will be two finished 9 to 5 socks by 6pm Friday, Nov. 23?

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And because I can't be bothered to write a separate post about the Fair, here's what I bought:



Ornaghi Filati Merino oro: Teal and Brown
OnLine Supersocke Silk
Katia laine nylon
Wetterhoff Sivilla

1 comment:

Maud said...

Nä, oddsen är nog inte höga ;-)men färgen är härlig, och dina garninköp ser superläckra ut.
Lycka till med sockorna, oberoende av när de nu blir färdiga.