Sock knitting mojo seems to be a fragile thing, not to mention easily misplaced. I don’t say lost as I’m sure its around here someplace, but mislaid somewhere.
I’ve started and tossed aside quite a number of socks recently using a number of patterns and several yarns. For one reason or another, none have quite cut it.
What’s here? Working right to left:
1. Duet Skinny in Sailor Girl, pattern currently is my plain vanilla sock recipe with just the coordinating color on the toe. There’s nothing wrong with the yarn, it just isn’t rocking my boat, though it has been my ferry knitting as of late.
2. Union Center WhatNot Sock in Kitty’s Eyes. Not in sock or to-be-sock state at all. I tried a couple of patterns including Anastasia and my vanilla socks. Either the color, the split/pattern and/or size were wrong. Which is odd because I like the colors. I might give them another attempt using Monkey but then again, the K2Tog with Anastasia had me rip out half a sock. Sigh.
3. Fearless Fibers (etsy) in the Chocolate Pink Cherry, just past the heel on the first Monkey. This sock was tossed aside when SOS started. I went back to it this morning, but maybe its me. I’m just not feeling it. Seeing half a plain foot in the project bag from the other end of the wound ball reminds me that it started as a plain vanilla toe up that just didn’t grab me either.
4. Lornas Lace Shepherd Sock in Parfait. Started Saturday as a vanilla but then ripped after the toe to then become Monkey’s. I tossed it aside last night while watching a super funny episode of Top Gear. I’m not liking how the colors appear. This seems to be another example of when I like a yarn better in the skein.
There might be another couple of socks-in-progress-but-not-loved somewhere around here. I just can’t remember them at the moment.
I’m not entirely sure what to do now. Did I burn out on socks over the summer? Maybe. I think I lost my mojo for a bit then too now thinking back. Freaked my SnB buds out that night, but was able to recapture it ASAP. Do I try something else with one of the existing non-favorites? Do I try a different yarn from the stash (of which there are plenty)? Do I go with a yarn I know I love (a solid Louet) and work a new pattern? I do have Wendy’s Asparagus Cable socks and a Claudia Handpaint in a tone-on-tone nearly sock of Lipstick. I also have a semi-solid Yarntini also in a red. I’m just scared if something new isn’t successful, the mojo might just be gone for longer.
Bah.
Craft on!
