Knitting Deconstruction!

 Several days ago I was working at organizing/removing things from the workroom closet.  I found a pair of socks that I had knit some years ago following someone's rather unusual pattern.  I did not like how the first sock came out so I knitted a second one with two strands of the yarn held together.  That one was WAY worse.

What do you do when that happens?  You pull the socks apart.  It took a while to deconstruct the first sock, but was readily do-able.  The second sock...well, that was a different story but eventually I did get it pulled out.  

You can see the yarn being wound off the sock and onto the notebook on the right side of the photo. You can also see why I was dissatisfied with the sock.  I think when I knit it up again it will be a plain vanilla sock pattern, i.e. just stockinette stitch the whole sock except the top ribbing. (I just found a Twisted Sisters Sock Book online which has some really good sock-knitting info.  I look forward to getting onto the socks THOUGH I have started Christmas knitting so it will be a while before I get to socks.  Oh, and I agreed to do another test knit, this one a blanket to use up my Hilda Yates yarn.  The gauge is not right so perhaps the designer will cancel me out.  That won't be a problem...!)

To make the second sock frogging work I used a three-ring binder and had both yarns being wound on it at the same time.  (You see, I DID learn something that last time I pulled out a project and left one strand of the grippy yarn in a big pile in the sink!  That was a NIGHTMARE to untangle and turn into a smooth skein.). It worked pretty well. I think Dear One went through at least two Netflix shows before I got it finished.

The three yarn hanks have soaked overnight in the sink and now are hanging in the bathtub with the makeshift yarn dryer/stretcher.  I think it will be ready to wind up into cakes in another two or three days!

NOTE:  Here is the apparatus I mentioned above.  I probably posted it before but...here it is again.  It works. And was free!