Quality control? I don't see no quality control.

Less than a year after I made them, my first lace socks, the ones that started my love affair with Indigo Moon, have HOLES in them. Not little ones, from a nail snag or something, but giant gaping acreages of wear. I am NOT pleased. I can't figure out why the purple ones are still going strong (yes, I am totally jinxing myself) but these are crap.

Are my expectations out of whack? I don't think it's unreasonable to expect socks to last a while when it takes me MONTHS to knit them.

The picture of the heel (on the right) does not do the hole in the heel justice and the one of the toes is the toe I have not fixed yet. The other one was WAY worse.


I have decided subtlety is not the way to go. I'm fixing these puppies with something that shouldn't wear out so fast: the lovely and talented Noro. Cool colours and has the added bonus of reminding me, every time I wear them, not to use 100% wool for socks... ever.

I am very pleased with the final result, but it was a total pain in the arse fixing the heels. Picking up, short rows, math. Feh. I haven't worked up the strength to do the other sock, but I will. Someday.

Is it karmic justice that I was knitting these exact socks for the owner of Indigo Moon when mine imploded? We shall see how hers wear...

Sylvi is out of the "rest" pile and back on the needles (it was frightening how long it took me to find her - stuffed behind the couch in the pile of wool Jack likes to sleep on). It must be the warm weather threatening to appear before she is finished.

Quirky Nomads (or QN as it's called now)? Best podcast ever. She is so funny!

On a more interesting note, I think Lulu may be trying to make a reappearance. She's decided that "relationship" may not be for her, but is willing to give it a week or so of serious attention before she slinks sluttily back to orange. Troglodytes beware.