2009-08-09

owlectomy: A squashed panda sewing a squashed panda (Default)
2009-08-09 09:39 am

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The trouble with making socks is that I have to upsize them to compensate for the hugeness of my feet. But you can't just say, "Oh, my foot's 10.5 inches around, 8 stitches to the inch, so it has to be 84 stitches," since they also need to be fairly snug to stay up on your leg.

Plus, I never knit straight from the pattern -- I pick a yarn, and pick out the needles I need to use to get a good gauge, and just math it out to how many stitches it should turn out to be.

Well, nothing to be done but unravel and try again.
owlectomy: A squashed panda sewing a squashed panda (Default)
2009-08-09 09:38 pm

Bookkeeping

Sparks & Ashes --

6780 / 65000 words. 10% done!

A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend (Oh hey look! It's a title!)
In copy-edits -- 59/221 pages, 26% done!