Rip & resock

Gaining sock mojo, not to mention general knitting mojo, is an adventure best not undertaken by the lily-livered.

One of the most difficult things to do is ripping out several hours, or even a whole day’s worth of knitting.  But being able to do so, and doing so without feeling awful or regretful, is ultimately rewarding, I find.  I believe it’s part of becoming more of a balanced knitter –focusing as much on the process of knitting as on the end product.

All of this philosophizing before tea.. must make tea.

I did end up ripping out the 3 inches or so I’d knit on Wednesday because the actual mid-sock circumference was turning out humongous.   So I remeasured according to Miss Bordhi’s architecture as layed out in her New Pathways for Sock Knitters: Book One, and instead of size 2.50 needles and a mid-foot stitch count of 72, I started over with size 2.25 needles and a mid-foot stitch count of 68.  So far so good (she says a bit guardedly).