Firestarter

I wish I could say this pattern lit a fire in me, but instead I strongly suspect it as the cause of my knitting funk.  Started way back on April 7, this was to be a “travel” pair of socks.  In the beginning, they didn’t see too bad.  Pretty colors and an interesting pattern knit toe up kept me happy for a while.  But somewhere in between the toe and the heel I began to hate these socks.  Doing tiny one stitch cross cables SEEMED like it should be pretty easy (especially since I cable without a cable needle) but it really hurt my hands with the metal addi turbos.  Instead of putting myself out of my misery and ripping them out, I continued to plug along.  I worked on them solely on the plane or in the car.  Pretty soon though, I wasn’t working on them at all…or knitting anything else for that matter!  They stayed in back of my mind, lurking and causing me knitter’s guilt for not finishing them.  To make matters worse, I like to knit until I run out of yarn which makes really cute knee socks.  I finally decided they just weren’t worth it and finally cast off.  I feel like a weight has been lifted off my knitterly shoulders.  Now what to cast on next?!?

Stats:  Firestarter, magic loop on addi turbos US 0, Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock Multi Color 204 Daffodil 76 grams