{"id":986,"date":"2016-03-11T18:06:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T01:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zardra.dimmet.net\/?p=986"},"modified":"2016-03-11T18:07:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T01:07:09","slug":"decisions-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zardra.dimmet.net\/?p=986","title":{"rendered":"Decisions, decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Got February&#8217;s plain socks done by the end of the month, no problem.  Haven&#8217;t been able to take any photos of them because the grey, rainy days have been making my apartment too dark to get good shots.<\/p>\n<p>I did get a couple of shawls that I finished awhile ago finally blocked and looking good.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/moon-shadows\" target=\"_blank\">Moon Shadows<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zardra\/24465110534\/in\/datetaken\/\" title=\"Moonshadows shawl\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1574\/24465110534_67b9775176.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Moonshadows shawl\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/ashton-shawlette\" target=\"_blank\">Ashton Shawl<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/zardra\/24727961699\/in\/datetaken\/\" title=\"Lace shawl\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1695\/24727961699_8c043bc221.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Lace shawl\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, I&#8217;m not sure what to do about this month&#8217;s socks.  It&#8217;s a pattern and yarn that I cast on about a year and a half ago.  It&#8217;s toe-up and I stopped just before where I believed I needed to start the gusset (I&#8217;m not as schooled in toe-up socks as I am top-down).  One of the issues is that the yarn I&#8217;m using is knitting up at 9 stitches and 14 rows per inch while the pattern is written at 8 stitches and 10 rows per inch.  So, I had originally cast on enough stitches to make the sock fit rather than what the pattern called for and now that I&#8217;m beginning to do the increases I have a feeling the difference in gauge is going to be a headache.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m seriously considering ripping the sock out and starting over.  If I do that I need to decide if I just want to use the same stitch pattern but knit it top-down (it&#8217;ll look different from the pattern as it&#8217;s a slipped stitch pattern and the stitches will be pointing in the opposite direction), or I could just pick a new pattern.  Right now I&#8217;m leaning towards just doing it top-down because I do like the stitch pattern.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Personal Stash Sock Club<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><del datetime=\"2016-03-12T00:44:48+00:00\">January: Finish Thujas<\/del><\/li>\n<li><del datetime=\"2016-03-12T00:44:48+00:00\">February: Plain socks in Yarn Pirate Superwash BFL, Calamity<\/del><\/li>\n<li>March: Finish <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/scylla\">Scylla socks<\/a> in Dizzy Blonde Studios Mean Girls Yarn Club Ep. 4 &#8211; Sock, Baroque&#8217;n Hooker<\/li>\n<li>April: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitty.com\/ISSUEspring09\/PATTabsinthe.php\">Absinthe socks<\/a> in Dizzy Blonde Studios Mean Girls Yarn Club Ep. 3 &#8211; SOCK,<br \/>\nHoar Crux<\/li>\n<li>May: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/cersei-3\">Cersei socks<\/a> in Dizzy Blonde Studios Mean Girls&#8217; Yarn Club Ep. 6 &#8211; Fingering, Wineaux<\/li>\n<li>June: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/primavera-socks\">Primavera socks<\/a> in Trekking XXL, 168<\/li>\n<li>July: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knitty.com\/ISSUEsummer08\/PATTziggy.html\">Ziggy socks<\/a> in Noro Silk Garden Sock, S87<\/li>\n<li>August: Finish Broken Chair socks in Blue Ridge Yarns Footprints, Wild Cherry<\/li>\n<li>September: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/transitions-sock\">Transitions socks<\/a> in Blackberry Ridge Silk Blend Sport Weight, Campfires<\/li>\n<li>October: Socks for the husband in Dizzy Blonde Studios Mean Girls Yarn Club Ep. 4 &#8211; Sock, Hoar&#8217;s Yer Buddy<\/li>\n<li>November: <a href=\"http:\/\/knitty.com\/ISSUEwinter06\/PATTmonkey.html\">Monkey socks<\/a> in Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Mediumweight, Pink Granite<\/li>\n<li>December: Plain socks in Fleece Artist Blue Face Leicester Socks, Marine<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got February&#8217;s plain socks done by the end of the month, no problem. Haven&#8217;t been able to take any photos of them because the grey, rainy days have been making my apartment too dark to get good shots. 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