Good news, bad news

Good news: I’m really digging a sock design I came up with just before Stitches Midwest. Any spare moment I had outside of class, I worked a few more rounds.

Bad news: I went overboard on the leg. It’s a good inch longer than I usually make ’em. I don’t even have a good excuse. Sure, I finished the leg and started the heel while flying to Stitches Midwest, and didn’t have a tape measure handy at the time. But I could’ve used my usual trick of comparing my knitting against my four-squares-to-the-inch graph paper, which I always have with me.

Good news: I am, apparently, an optimist. A rather determined one. I kept plugging away at the first sock.

Bad news: The first sock weighs 5g more than the remaining ball of yarn. So it looks like I’m ripping back the toe, foot, heel, and one inch of the leg.

Good news: I get to shorten the leg. And enjoy the yarn again. That’s two good things, right?

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