Knit My Dog

I started my Ribby Cardy the other day.... I thought I was being so good. I measured myself, I measured a similar sweater to make sure the size would be right. I checked my gauge. Of course, the gauge uses the larger needles. When I cast on, I neglected to read the phrase "With smaller needles, cast on..." So after about 4 rows I noticed I was holding the larger needles. RIP!!

Try number two, I knit happily along for about 5 or 6 inches and kept looking at the knitting. I know it's ribby and it will stretch, but I kept getting nervous. So I pulled it off the needles and measured. I don't think my gauge was off, but it was smaller than I wanted. You guessed it, RIP!

Yesterday I cast on one size larger and knit happily away for a few hours. It was my day off, and I think I'm getting my first cold of the year. I work as a PA in a Pediatrician's office, so I get just about every cold known to man. Yup, it's October, time for my first cold of the season. So pretty much all I did yesterday was sit around and knit. Now it's about 8 inches long and I'm not ripping again!

I also finally had daylight time to take photos of these:

Plain stockinette sock with Picot edge
Opal sock yarn, ball band long gone.
One Moebius hair right in the middle that I didn't notice until it was too late.