Texas Member of Team Boston Runs Out Of Steam...and Yarn #$%$^&@!!!
This participant's worst fears were confirmed during the women's skeleton, when she realized she was only half way through the foot of sock two, AND THERE WAS NO MORE YARN. As planned, she is going to go to LYS first thing tomorrow and purchase plain dark sock yarn for future heels, toes, and ends-of-feet. Nevertheless, the judges are likely to be unsympathetic. She should have known that DH's feet were only slightly smaller than Bigfoot... and would require $40 worth of yarn rather than $20. (Why didn't she start out with KnitPicks? As a first time particpant, it's unlikely she'd have been faulted for caution.
Well, as one of the non-medaling Skateboard Cross competitors from team USA said,
"Go for a wreck, or Go for a win... it's all the same."
Coincidentally, there is no longer any chocolate, cake, or snack worth it's calories in the house. How I would LOVE to switch to Team Chocolate. Maybe tomorrow. It is suppose to be tres cold here over the weekend. Who could stand to be "iced in" without chocolate?Since I didn't want to completely waste a day of competition, I did cast on for Sock 1 of Pair 2. This pair is for yours truly and slightly smaller than Yeti Sized socks for DH. I'm still in the "EASY" pages of Sensational Knitted Socks, but will go for the garter rib pattern rather than baby cable. If I am still friends with DPN's after Pair 2, I may try a toe up sock with a 5 stitch pattern. At least I didn't hagve to swatch, because I'm using the same brand of yarn and same size needles.
If all else fails, I will ask for mercy from Team Overwhelm and just lie idly on the couch for the rest of the month.
4 comments:
I don't knit...never learned but Team Chocolate sounds like a place I could hang out in...
Keep on Knitting!
Howdy. So I seem to remember that you were going to knit DD some socks...do I get to make a request? Remember those piggy socks...? KIDDING, Mom!
Team Chocolate sounds wonderful. I am a member, as I stopped at Dairy Fresh Candies for some fudge last night. Yummy.
Great post! My Olympic knitting is going just as well. I didn't even know there was a Team Chocolate - it would have been an excellent excuse to indulge ("I'm doing it for the team....") Speaking of Skeleton - did you catch the pregnant woman?!! My yelp of disbelief brought the whole house running to see what had happened to me.
Wenders-- DD's pair is Pair #3. Good thing you are kidding about the piggy socks... At least THIS go around.
Rose-- I might have been able to slide down on my belly when I was pregnant, but surely not on a skeleton OR on international TV.
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