Remember three days ago when I said I wasn’t going to buy any more yarn until I knit up what I had?
I lied. Seriously. I haven’t bought any new yarn yet, and it might not be awhile until I do, but I am definitely going to buy yarn as soon as I find the perfect yarn for the pattern I just had to buy this morning.
I’ve been coveting Eunny’s “Deep V Argyle Vest” pattern ever since I stumbled across her site. And since there was money in my PayPal account, I thought it was high time to splurge the $6 it cost for the 32 page pattern.
That’s right. This pattern totally beats Rogue for length. And there are no cables and no sleeves, either. Not that I’ve started on Rogue, either, even though I love the cables, love the pattern, and have the yarn. No, that didn’t stop me from getting this new “must have” pattern, accumulating it with the intention of knitting it some time before I die.
Just wanted to update you all on the fact that when it comes to yarn, don’t believe a word I say about whether or not I’ll be accumulating more yarn. I’ll always get more yarn if I have the money to do so.
—”If You Can’t Leave it Be, Might as Well Make it Bleed,” A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar: Dashboard Confessional
As I’ve been searching for the perfect sock pattern for my perfect yarn, I’ve come to a startling discovery.
I apparently have rather large feet for a woman. I knew this already. It was quite evident to me at thirteen, when I had to buy size 10 shoes. Especially when there were no cute shoes left. I think this gave me a slight loathing of shoes.
Anyway, all the patterns I’ve been looking at list the size as for an “average” woman’s foot, ranging from 6.5 to 7.5 inches around the foot. Which is depressing, since my foot is 8.5 inches on a good day. I suppose I really shouldn’t be surprised, but still, it would be nice to knit a pattern without trying to alter it for size.
I suppose I should go look at the patterns I’ve already knitting (Broadripple and Jaywalker, for example) and see what they list as the “foot size.” If it’s the same as what all these patterns are telling me, then I’ll be fine.
If it’s different, then I might just have to cry myself to sleep tonight, because I think I want to knit the Fancy Silk Sock from Nancy Bush’s Knitting Vintage Socks, and it says that the finished sock has a foot circumference of 7.5.”
Update: Oh, I checked alright… Broadripple doesn’t post a target foot circumference, and Jaywalker lists its as 8 inches. Well, I wonder just how much that half inch matters?
— “The Patron Saint of Liars and Fakes,” Take This to Your Grave: Fall Out Boy
