Day 10

I didn’t get around to the Arne and Carlos KAL yesterday. I was busy with one thing or another then too tired in the evening to even knit. 

I had stopped into the local public library to pick up some DVDs to have a little filmfest with myself this weekend. 

One of the DVDs was too annoying to watch. I couldn’t get the captions to appear on the screen (I usually have the captions enabled) and the ongoing comments by the actors and director did appear on the screen. So ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ went back in the case. 

‘The Manchurian Candidate’ was the next choice - and an interesting premise. I have three others to pick from before I return them all at the end of the week. Netflix and Prime Video are definitely my preferred entertainment sources.

I just finished Days 9 and 10 of the KAL. After Day 8, waste yarn is knit on half the stocking stitches. I used a nice, slippery bamboo yarn (the singular pink row of stitches in the green area) that will pull out easily when removed to free up the stitches above and below it. The stitches are picked up in the round and the afterthought heel is then knit. This type of heel is a really good option when knitting a particular pattern that you don’t want interrupted on the front of the sock at the fold of the instep. 

So the rest of the sock will be knit as a big tube with the toe at one end and the cuff at the other. And the heel will be added last.

I’m now planning what to take to work on at the Peel Stitch In next weekend. I can get a lot of work on Kathy Barrick’s Merry Christmas Wishes.

I’ve taken an inventory on Hazel and Clovis from Stacy Nash’s Animal Crackers series. I’ll buy the missing threads and get them kitted up to start at the Stitch In.