knitting school dropout

i'm heading out the door in a minute, but here's a quick update:

i am on my way to developing a single sock problem.

yesterday i had every intention of knitting #2 of my elfine's socks. it wasn't meant to be. i was distracted instead by the monkey pattern and some great koigu sitting in my stash. by the end of the night, i was past the heel:

previous to this i had been plugging away at one of clementine's baltic socks. i had to knit the pattern after i fell in love with this temptress' version. i've run into a few problems though. i am so not in love with the lorna's laces i'm using. although it's the perfect yellow, it's super thin and feels like cotton on my hands. my first attempt at this sock came out way too small, so i ripped and reknit, casting on more stitches. i'm having a hard time doing the sl3k and k3tog with my blunt size 0 addis too, so the knitting has been going slowly, and hasn't been very enjoyable. the pattern is great. it's easy to follow and the results are pretty, but i think i'll be ripping this one and starting in a different yarn and i'm pretty sure my addi lace needles will help me out with the rest.

say goodbye to the yellow sock!