I have come up with a handy coping mechanism for my wicked case of “second sock syndrome”--or in this case, “second leg-warmer syndrome.”
When I bound off the top of the first leg-warmer, I was NOT ALLOWED TO GET UP OUT OF THE CHAIR until I had cast on and accomplished an inch of the second leg-warmer. As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t allow myself to seam up the first piece until I’d done an inch of the second. Sort of the knitting version of Mary Poppins’ adage “well begun is half done.” Now that I’m started, it doesn’t seem like such a monumental challenge to keep going.
Will they end up on legs? Or adapted to be sleeves? I don’t know yet. I do know, however, that there’s now a halfway decent chance that there will be TWO of them.
And that’s a victory.
2 comments:
Haha! Cute story! What kind of yarn do you like to use for leg warmers?? Friend of mine is asking me to make some for her daughter and I'm looking for ideas......Thanks!!
Last Six: These were done in Noro Sock yarn, but I also think the Anzula's Squishy superwash merino from the Purl Soho episode (here's the url: http://destiknitions.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-york-city-part-two-soho.html
would work nicely, too. The secret is to have enough elasticity, either through the yarn or through lots of ribbing.
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