October's Almost Over Already

I'm still working on things.

I have a timeline. I get some things done some times.

Other things, well...

My October socks may be in trouble. This is only the first one, and I had to rip out about five rows. Why am I not able to read the chart for the foot of the sock? I tend to knit along, all cocky and full of misguided confidence, and all of a sudden I realize I've sailed past the part where the chart goes off the chart a bit. (Don't worry if that bit doesn't make sense. If I can't pay attention to it, I shouldn't expect you to.) I am pretty sure I did the same thing on the pair I made last year.

(Speaking of, something horrible has happened to last year's pair. If you're up for scary, disturbing, potentially upsetting knitwear pictures, click here. You've been warned.)

The stripy thing, which is the only other project due by the end of the month, is... well... still stripy. I may be running out of stripy steam.

I may have turned elsewhere to console myself.

I may have started a chevron scarf from Last Minute Knitted Gifts with a skein of Fleece Artist (left) and a skein of Cherry Tree Hill. I may have come to the conclusion that the deep green in the Fleece Artist overwhelms all the other colors in a way that does not please me. I may have to knit a few more inches to know for sure. I may have to scrap the whole thing to go a whole different direction involving some Claudia's handpainted.

I may have started the entrelac socks from Interweave with some solid purple Opal and a variagated purple Trekking. I may have started them even though there's no way they could be quick enough to be November socks. I may not have actually started them at all. The jury is still out. I'll never tell.

I may have disregarded the order of the timeline in favor of a December store-sample project. I may be quite taken with this particular December project, so much so that it tends to be the first thing I pull out of my bag when I want to knit.

I may be so distracted by these two skeins of PacaPeds alpaca sock yarn that I can't think of anything else ever.




On the other hand, maybe everything's done and I'm just not telling you about it.

Or maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part.