my latest endeavour

before i get to the awesome kitty pictures (that i know you are just *dying* to see...) i have to talk about my latest endeavour...

the skull socks.

except they are not red, they are going to be light blue. no, there aren't any pictures right now because... well because i have a story that goes along with it.
so i started with the pattern and as you can see at first it says

cast on 52 and work 1x1 rib for 1.5" and then start stockinette stitch for another inch before working into the pattern...
so yea i'm workin away with my little needles and i really don't like working with four needles but i hate even more working with a round needle, so i like, can't win. but anyway. i think it was probably too loose (the rib) but i continued with it cuz really it's my first sock ever and everything and i'm allowed to make mistakes... so blah blah blah i get a lot tighter with the stockinette and things are going smooth until i start adding in the white for the pattern.
yes. well. i did it wrong obviously. cuz i didn't know what the hell i was doing, i just switched right into the white without doing anything (maybe i knotted it i don't know) and then when it was time to switch back to the blue i just switched back to the blue.
1st mistake- i fucked up the pattern
2nd mistake- because i was carrying the stupid yarn over and making the damn thing too small and tight and especially loose so i said frigg this and i pulled it all out and started again.

so i figured the second time around i would just read my little stitch and bitch and figure out how to do intarsia... so i read the instructions and yea. didn't understand. so did what i thought was right and again. completely wrong. now instead of having attached loops of yarn bogging down the inside of my sock, i have tassels! lots and lots of tassels! hideous! because i'm just cutting them off and leaving tails that i can weave in later. hideous!
and then i realise... wait. why don't i just... yes that might work.
i carried the white over the blue and knitted over the strand so it stayed nicely and neatly in place. no fuss, no muss, no making it smaller or holier. better.

half of the sock looks *beautiful* and the other half was a horrible octopus mess. and i'd fucked up the pattern by not counting and forgetting just at what point i was at in the pattern.

so last night, instead of finishing, i cut off my strand and started again. i'll do that a lot. :D

since blogger is being a bitch again today i wont be able to post the pictures of the kitty that i wanted to... they're so cute too and i really wanted to show him off a bit.
whatever.

stoopid booger... i mean blogger.