Don't worry, I've been knitting in addition to slowly consuming all that is Ravelry. Here is my meager progress on Glee:
Knitting goes slowly when you're doing it on size 5 needles--plus, this top-down business? I think it might be for the birds! I will admit that I've gotten very comfortable knitting raglans from the bottom up--just make three simple stockinette tubes, join at the armpits, decrease until you can't decrease no more. Easy-peasy, right? Watching this grow at such a glacial pace is excruciating, but there you go. (Pls note: tiny dachshund stitch marker and coordinating beaded stitch markers from the Craft Pirate, so cute! I never get tired of using them.)
I'm also trudging along on a Monkey sock that might become arm-warmers instead:
My gauge is further off than expected and they're a wee bit tight around the ankle--but resizing the lace would be a) difficult and b) time-consuming. I think I'll just rip back to the last stockinette round before the heel (by the way, did you notice my beautiful heel? There is great joy in the successful turning of a sock heel, I must say), slip one lace repeat onto a stitch holder for the thumb gusset and move on. That sounds fun, doesn't it?
And if you think my knitting blabber sounds forced, that's because it is. I am in a mid-summer knitting rut! Too many choices, not enough time! I'm sure it will get better, it always does...and in the meantime, there is Ravelry. If you're on there, my username is my real name--let's be pals, eh?
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