First, the good ends…
I finished my socks! On Monday night I was just 12 rows, a heel and a toe from the end. And last night, in the sweltering heat, I finished:
Which leads to the bad ends…
As I contemplated the final step of weaving in the ends on my new socks, I decided it was time to face facts, stop procrastinating, and deal with my unfinished finished objects.
How can a “finished” project also be “unfinished”? I am talking about those projects which are done, except for those pesky yarn ends that need to be worked in. I, and I do not believe myself to be alone in this, do not particularly enjoy this step in the process (if you absolutely love weaving in ends, please tell me why). Since I’ve been making items for other people that would not be delivered until after I go back to the States anyway, it’s been easy to ignore the little dangling ends on my otherwise complete projects. But I leave in less than a week. Eep!
So I pulled out everything I’ve nearly but not quite finished in the last few months:
And wove in 38 ends. Yes, I counted. I want full credit for my labors. Just in case you think I just tucked away the ends for the purposes of photography, I have proof:
I am also struck by the overwhelming amount of purple and blue, so my next projects are going to depart from that. Instead, I’ll go for some contrast: one is about as rainbow as you can get, and the other is all natural.
The natural is buffalo and silk. If you have never knit with The Buffalo Wool Co’s “Sexy”, I strongly recommend checking it out. It’s worth the splurge. This will be TheEnabler’s second cowl from it (the first having been stolen. We are sore about this, but at least the thief cannot be accused of bad taste).
If you thought the picture of my finished objects had enough socks, you are wrong. The Undercover Otter is destined to be socks. There can never be too many socks. Now I just need to settle on a pattern.