Languidly Knitting

2008. Really, already? I really hope anyone who keeps up with this blog reads on an RSS feed monitor because I’m terrible about updating.

I spent the first day of the new year cleaning. I cannot decide whether that is an auspicious sign or not. I’ll be optimistic and say it means I will have a cleaner house by the end of the year.

I think I kept one out of my four or so resolutions last year. In lieu of introspection (my navel is probably linty because I never gaze at it), I will barrel on to this year.

Alex’s 2008 Knitting Related Resolutions

1. Post in the blog once a week. Fifty-two posts in one year; it’s possible.
2. Finish up Christmas presents by February (more about that later)
3. Finish up UFOs such as the Norwegian Stocking, Angie, Salina
4. Stash controlling diet (more about this later too)

I’ll leave you with a picture of pretty yarn. More Zen String Serendipity Fingering, which has been officially crowned “Most Numerous in Alex’s Stash.”

November (Poseidon) and October (Morocco) Zen String Sock Club

Happy 2008, everyone! Best Wishes!

So Crystal asked me if I’m a perfectionist. I normally answer comments by e-mail, but I thought this would be a good opportunity to post since I haven’t got much on the progress front.

Exhibit A:

See that incongruent line of brown near the bottom of the picture, 4 inches from the needles? That’s an example of when I inadvertently zoned out and messed up the color dominance.

Exhibit B, two minutes later:

Yes, I am a perfectionist.

The title of this post is the title of the automated entry that WordPress puts in their blogs. I think it’s corny, but it works.

The Waving Lace Socks were all the rage when Interweave Knits Spring 2004 came out. I wasn’t a sock knitter then. Here I am now, though, to jump on the bandwagon.

One down, one to go.

Socks are how I started knitting again. I’d learned in the spring of 2003, to knit a Harry Potter scarf. After knitting copious amounts of color block scarves and a few more complicated projects here and there, I lost my inspiration sometime in 2005. But, in August of last year, I grabbed some Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn, Addi Turbos, and a copy of Interweave Knits, having decided to make socks. Out of this, my first ever finished pair was born. (You can see them here.)

So that was that. I’ve been churning out the socks since, without a sign of slowing.