Can I just say I really don't like winter for just one reason... I don't mind the cold, the ice and the snow. I'm Canadian and a home-body. I'll just stay inside and knit. It's all good.
No... I hate the darkness. It's dark before 5 p.m. now. And when it is light out, it's usually dim and gloomy. (I do love bright sunny winter days when the sun sparkles off the snow - but those days are few and far between.) And aside from the fact that all that darkness is just downright depressing, it also means a season of crappy photos.
I can either take dull, lifeless photos in the weak, pathetic daylight.
And much sooner than I thought it would be. I cast these on on November 17th, and they've only been knit during my lunch hours. And I've skipped quite a few of those. I also went down to a 2.25 mm needle, but despite all that - this one seems to have just flown off. Hopefully the second one is just as quick.
As you can see from the first picture, I've opted for a picot hem instead of ribbing. But other than that and the needle size, I'm knitting it as written.
(And yes, there seems to be a bit of a red theme with my knitting lately... In fact, I'm casting on a red hat tonight... details on that coming soon.)
8 comments:
Oh, I love all the colors you knit in! As for crappy photos and crappy light. I may not be Canadian, but I feel like I understand. I'm always depressed when I leave work and it's NIGHT TIME, like spooky time.
Minnesota has the same problem. I hate it when it is dark at 4:30. Nice sock.
I am so with you...less than 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again!
Beautiful pattern ----Looks like it is a well fitting sock as well.
Well, in three more weeks, the days start getting longer. Just hang on to that thought. ;-)
Even when I take things outside to photograph in the day they have a weird tint to them. I also can't see when I'm knitting at night even with the light right in my face. Ahhh....winter. How many days until spring?
I love the brighter splashes of colour in it, but the subtlety works well for the pattern too.
Red for you, green for me, we make a Christmas scene!
The early setting sun just gets me too. I do not like it! Too much darkness in a day. Thank goodness we usually have sunny, not too many gloomy, days in winter.
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