Second Sock Syndrome
I am usually very skeptical of such conditions. Everything, it seems nowadays, is either a syndrome or a disorder and before you know it, it’s been given an acronym and a pill. So of course I scoffed at the idea of Second Sock Syndrome (SSS, no less, on the Knitter’s Review forums), but I’m now thinking there might be something to this. It’s identified as the boredom that strikes one after completing one sock, and the consequent postponement/abandonment of the second sock, leading to miserable failure in completing the sock project. So is that why I want to desperately move on to something else, now that I’ve completed one sock of the Knitpicks Dancing?
Oh, who am I kidding! It’s no syndrome-shyndrome, I just don’t want to knit with this stupid yarn anymore and I’m looking for an excuse for not having finished the pair before my niece’s birthday. I didn’t realise KP Dancing has some elastic in it, and what’s more, it has it twisted around hte main yarn, which makes it a pain to knit. It tends to split. It’s not very soft on the hands. Plus, (and this doesn’t have anything to do with the yarn) doesn’t the size look weird? The 2×2 rib makes the cuff look very small compared to the foot. As if my niece’s feet were like birds’ feet. And I messed up the toe by making it too pointy and now I have to undo it and regraft it.
About the only positive thing here is that grafting is now a breeze, thanks to the excellent instructions and video at Amy Finlay’s Knitting Help site. (scroll down for "Kitchener stitch"). The photos in most books make the stitches look so flat and cooperative, which anyone who’s tried to graft two edges together knows is NOT the case. But after seeing that video, I can do it without any problems.
Has anyone seen the Banana Republic ad where a woman drops a red accessory in the snow and the guy picks it up as an opportunity to talk to her? In the ad they call it "a lost mitten." If that woman really does know a thing or two about clothing, she should turn around and tell him, "no, stupid, that’s a glove you’re holding." So how many knitters are going to write to BR and tell them about this gaffe?