The Novel Knit Girl Blog

I made a pair of super soft gray socks. I used the My First Socks Class with Lucy Neatby on Craftsy and I made it through turning a heel and grafting the toe- which I did effectively enough, but there is room for improvement. Here they are - and here is to many more socks. (Photo note: It's more difficult than you would think to photograph your feet well).

Although it seemed for a while that I wasn't. Even though I was. I'm here. I'm knitting. This is the first summer where I feel like I've just taken on too much. I am the working mom who is barely coping - and I look like I'm barely coping. I'm so tired. No one is looking at me thinking "I don't know how she does it all!" If anything, they are whispering behind my back saying I should lay off the gin and tonics. We all have to cope somehow. So I was knitting, but in total disarray. My crazy-side took over and I suddenly had about 12 projects started and nothing finished. When this happens, I tend to go for what I like to call a small win. A smaller scale project where I can start and finish something in a few days or a week. This is good for me. A beginning with an end in sight. I had two small wins this week, and now I feel I can go back to the huge blanket that I must finish sooner rather than later. My first win.... I call this "My Som