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Revising my thoughts and plans

I had a whole post prepared in my head about taking my time, and how I'm trying to enjoy the process and not just rush, rush rush. this was brought on my knitting the enjoyable but (I thought) slow Cassadae socks by Rachel Coopey. But they weren't slow at all, and I finished them in 9 days. Admittedly two of those days I was off work - nothing like a mid-week weekend to up my productivity.


Please excuse the photos - Leon ran the Melbourne marathon yesterday, and I felt a bit bad asking him to stand up to model socks.
Now I've got two choices. I can stick with my original plan, go steadily, knit blanket squares, be sensible. OR given that it's the 14th, which means there are 17 more days left in sOctober, I could get my head down and knit Cusp and then use the leftovers for the heels and toes of a spiral rib sock combined with the rest of the Richmond Knitters yarn. If I do that I should just have time to pop out a pair of sneaker liners with the left overs from the Cassadea socks. Hmm, it's doable and would be challenging. Also, there would be no time for blanket squares. Apparently I prefer to put (entirely self imposed) time pressure on myself than relax and take life easy. Anyway, gotta go, I've got "urgent" socks to knit.
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  1. Sonia16 October, 2019

    And there isn't even a prize for 'Most Socks Knit' ! Leon's socks look awesome too

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