A good excuse.

I know I promised that I wouldn't start any new projects until I made a dent in my list of current projects. But I am planning on starting a daisy sock tonight.





My good excuse is that I am "out of town*" on business this week and none of my current projects travel well. Right? That's a good excuse? So - new socks!

I am using Lorna's Laces Shepard Sock yarn for the first time. My Aunt picked this yarn out for my as a Christmas gift and it is so totally perfect for this pattern.


*the reason I am "out of town" in quotes is because I am attending a conference at McCormick Place in Chicago and staying at a hotel on Michigan Ave, even though I could technically drive in from home each day. It's much more fun this way. Especially with the exceptionally crappy weather we are having.

Progress

I am glad to see that I am not the only one who dislikes the new Interweave Knits layout. Maybe they will consider making some changes if the majority of readers are unhappy.

I was very excited about how fast the front of Diamonique was going. I even took this photo:





I say was excited, becuase I realized that I had been counting rows wrong for the neckline and would have to take that whole section apart.

What happened was that in between increasing for waist shaping on the outside and decreasing for the neckline on the inside, I managed to lose track of what I was doing and was not marking off the purl rows on my notepad. This means that the decreases/increases were actually two or more rows further apart than they should be. It's not really noticable right now, but it's certianly not something I can leave and hope to get away with!

I need to sit down and figure out how far back I need to rip. This is not what I call fun, so it has been sitting here all week untouched. I knew it was all going too smoothly!