Turning the Heel
I have successfully turned the heel on my baby alpaca sock. I’m just barely beginning to understand the heel turning process meaning that at this point the technique appears to be a magical transfiguration. As soon as I give my eyes a little rest from staring at tiny DK weight stitches, I’ll be set to pick up stitches and finish up the first sock. Hopefully Yarnworks will be open for business tomorrow morning so I can grab up another skein of alpaca wool.
Socks aren’t nearly as scary as folks make them out to be. Once you get comfortable with circular knitting on DPNs, you’re at an acceptable skill level to start with socks in my opinion. I think I’m a born sock knitter honestly because I’m having an absolute blast. This ranks somewhere up near playing Final Fantasy 7 and listening to The Cure on the fun scale.
More businesses are open today, and Allyson and I saw quite a bit of damage while motoring about Gainesville. The University in particular has a fair bit of cleanup to do in the way of clearing downed trees and repairing/evaluating infrastructure. It makes total sense why they’re closing tomorrow as well. I can’t wait for tomorrow though. I’m betting that most stores will smell the capitalist equivalent of blood in the water and will be ready to snatch up the dollar of folks who have been cooped up. Hell, I’ll give someone a dollar or three for a nice steaming cup of full-bodied coffee and a place where I can knit in peace amongst throngs of money-spending bodies.