Happy Friday Everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving to all my new American blog friends. I hope you all had a relaxing holiday and filled up on the turkey 'n' fixin's.
Tomorrow I should have some new pictures of Madeline's felted clogs. I'll wait for some natural light for taking piccys. They are pretty cute - I just hope she wears them! She's a typical kidlet. She wants you to make something for her, wears it a couple of times, and then really doesn't give it a second glance. Ergo, I will not be making her a sweater anytime soon. I figure there's no sense putting blood, sweat, and tears into something she really won't wear more than once or twice. She always says she will...but never really does.
On the sock front things have gone from ugly to worse. I tried to knit a pair of socks sort of improvising with a basic pattern. The sock yarn I bought was Regia 4-Fach Haltbar in a light denim blue (varigated). Really nice stuff, but the mini-cable pattern I chose does not look good. It keeps twisting the leg part (when it should be straight). Plus the foot part seems too small. It's hard to tell from the picture, but it looks like it should fit my 7 yr old daughter. Darn it that's so frustrating! 
I also previously tried the Jaywalker pattern, but it was so tight, I couldn't get my heel through the leg part. You can also see along the vertical stripes, I have these gaping holes. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong!!!
I am not sure what I did, but they are not as nice as my self-striping socks. I find the Regia yarn is quite stretchy. Perhaps I just need to do a plain pattern with the stretchier stuff. Any advice or feedback would be welcome. This is only my second pair of socks that I've tried to knit. Yargh! I am so frustrated!!! They were supposed to be a Christmas gift, but now I am sure I won't be able to get them done in time for shipping (sorry mom...maybe for your birthday). I'm totally bummed!
Well, I better get going. My hubby took my daughter out tonight and so I have a couple more hours of quiet knitting time to myself (eeeeeeeeeeee!!!). Maybe I'll pop in a movie and finish Madeline's clogs (will post pics tomorrow). So many choices, I'm not sure what to do. Until tomorrow, keep knitting!
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