knitting olympics win…and fail

Friday, February 26th, 2010 | design, finished object, knitting, socks, sweaters

Win:

I finished my socks! As I predicted, once I got down to it, the second one only took about a day and half to finish.

Fail: I was motoring along on my black Terra sweater, getting ready to finish it up tonight and block it so I could wear it tomorrow. Body and sleeves totally done, one buttonband done. Fits awesomely. I go to get the last skein of yarn to wind….

…and I left it at work. Booooo.

I guess it’s being left behind while I take off to Boston for a week!

12 Comments to knitting olympics win…and fail

1 April
February 26, 2010

Boo on missing yarn!

Congrats on finishing the socks though.

2 Rose
February 27, 2010

Ooh, so sad. Oddly enough, I was worried about leaving my sweater at work yesterday too, but my OCD kicked in and I remembered it!

3 Jane
February 27, 2010

Awwww. If it helps, the yoke on my sweater is taking forEVER, I’m so not going to finish by Sunday.

Have fun in Boston!

4 corinna
February 27, 2010

nice nubby socks

5 Wendolene
February 27, 2010

Augh…at least you got in a pair of socks *and* a pair of gloves–that’s way more than I could have done!

6 Maryse
February 27, 2010

Nice green socks! Sorry for the yarn left at work… I thought I’d finish my ravelypics socks tonight but my eyes are burning of exhaution… I’ll finish tomorrow morning. So close…

7 allison
February 28, 2010

Sorry about your “fail”, but those socks are just fantastic! I love that variegated green

8 Dianne
February 28, 2010

We’ve watched all sorts of unexpected things derail Olympic hopefuls in the past two weeks–bad coaching, fog, broken shoe lace, crashes, etc. Forgotten yarn is another to add to the list. Sorry. Love the socks.

9 Seanna Lea
March 1, 2010

The socks are glorious. Such a beautiful color.

A black sweater should be on my to do list, because it is the color I wear most often. Do you find knitting with black a little bit more difficult than knitting with a lighter color?