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scrubjayspeaks) wrote2023-11-19 07:28 am
scrubjayspeaks) wrote2023-11-19 07:28 am
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Done This Week
I’ve been wanting to teach myself to darn socks. I like to wear eccentric socks to work, but I also wear through them at an alarming rate. This is regrettable, as fancy socks are not cheap. I had been sitting aside all the damaged pairs for eventual work. But I also kept telling myself I needed to source a darning egg or mushroom.
Then I read a tutorial that used the end of an aluminum bat, and I again remembered that rules are fake and I can do whatever I want forever. So I used the end of a Yeti water bottle I won as a prize at work and will never use because it has a screw-on lid that is wildly impractical for daily use. With a rubber band to secure the sock with suitable tension, that worked just fine.
I only had one skein of mystery yarn in a light enough weight to thread onto the darning needles. (When did I buy darning needles? Approximately eight thousand years ago and I don’t remember why.) So all socks are getting done in white. Which is fine. I can spring for some more the next time I go to the good yarn shop, now that I know this is a workable process.
My fingertips hurt like hell, but it was quite satisfying to do. I haven’t had a chance to wear the results yet, but they certainly look respectable. I mean, respectable relative to “visibly mended clothing,” anyway. :D
Lewisia: 3 new pieces, plus another bonus piece written
Day job: 44 hours
Cleaning: scrubbed down the outside of the tub and the shower curtain, dusted the top of the toilet and rearranged the soap stockpile, emptied out the cabinet under the sink and the medicine cabinet and reorganized
Crafting: darned four pairs of socks
Gardening: planted a few paperwhite bulbs, succulent club meeting
Listening: Till You Return by Teenage Halloween (a preorder that finally released, failed to catch my fancy but I’ll give it time), the eponymous album by Hozier (another “it’s about time” purchase, “From Eden” will not leave my head)
Aftermarket Parts: tried out a packer for the first time, details at 11
Then I read a tutorial that used the end of an aluminum bat, and I again remembered that rules are fake and I can do whatever I want forever. So I used the end of a Yeti water bottle I won as a prize at work and will never use because it has a screw-on lid that is wildly impractical for daily use. With a rubber band to secure the sock with suitable tension, that worked just fine.
I only had one skein of mystery yarn in a light enough weight to thread onto the darning needles. (When did I buy darning needles? Approximately eight thousand years ago and I don’t remember why.) So all socks are getting done in white. Which is fine. I can spring for some more the next time I go to the good yarn shop, now that I know this is a workable process.
My fingertips hurt like hell, but it was quite satisfying to do. I haven’t had a chance to wear the results yet, but they certainly look respectable. I mean, respectable relative to “visibly mended clothing,” anyway. :D
Lewisia: 3 new pieces, plus another bonus piece written
Day job: 44 hours
Cleaning: scrubbed down the outside of the tub and the shower curtain, dusted the top of the toilet and rearranged the soap stockpile, emptied out the cabinet under the sink and the medicine cabinet and reorganized
Crafting: darned four pairs of socks
Gardening: planted a few paperwhite bulbs, succulent club meeting
Listening: Till You Return by Teenage Halloween (a preorder that finally released, failed to catch my fancy but I’ll give it time), the eponymous album by Hozier (another “it’s about time” purchase, “From Eden” will not leave my head)
Aftermarket Parts: tried out a packer for the first time, details at 11