An anniversary, some mistakes, and a new beginning

Well Wednesday was the 15th anniversary of my Mom passing away, and I had put my husband in charge of keeping me busy. So first we slept in. Then went to a restaurant called Buddy's. We had an awesome fruit and cheese platter there. Then we went to Colossal Cave and were the only two on the tour. Overall it kept my busy and not too sad. So kudos to him.


When I got home that night I decided to work on my two socks on one circular. Big Mistake!!!!! I had made the heels (short row) the day before at work and they were fine but when I did the join to start the cuff I didn't like the hole in the corner and so I tried to go back but decided I wanted to do the heels over again now that I'd had a "practice run". Well I was feeling lazy and didn't want to TINK back so I slipped them off the needle and unraveled. Here are 3 reasons why that was a bad idea.

1. I didn't pay attention to where I was on each sock and couldn't get them even. I was tired and not in the right state of mind so I kept screwing up on the counting of rows.



2. I never unravel right and always end up with freaking knots in my yarn.***



3. I couldn't get the socks back on the needles in the right orientation. I put them on and took them off 5 times and just couldn't get it right. I'm such a dope.
   

So my new beginning is that I frogged all the way back, untied knots, and started over. So the pic I am presenting is just a few inches shy of where I am today. Hopefully I'll be at the place I was when I left work on Tuesday when I get to work on Saturday and I won't have to explain this to a bunch of non-knitters who won't understand why I couldn't just sew the holes closed at the end. (That is something I have done in the past but I'm pretty sure I can do it without holes if I pay more attention and apply the right tension.)

So now on to pics.

Everyone who has seen my socks in this beginner state thinks they look like the beginning of a bikini LOL!

Isn't my Monkey so pretty? I am on the 3rd repeat of the second sock right now. Should be done by next week if all goes according to plan.

Eileen

***Any suggestions on unraveling properly would be greatly appreciated. :)