Tuesday, April 9, 2013

In-Between

I have this thing called a ganglion cyst on my left foot. I had surgery. It didn't work. The danged thing came back. So, in an attempt to extend time between draining it (gross, don't ask), I keep it wrapped in vet wrap.






Just for information purposes, they sell this stuff at farm stores about half price of what you will pay at a drugstore. It comes in all kinds of colors, plus camo and other designs. In case you want to camouflage your injury, or your horse's injury, I guess.

Anyhow, if I don't wear a sock on that foot, the wrap wads up and makes it uncomfortable to walk, not to mention not doing it's job of putting pressure on the cyst area. This is not a problem in the winter, because I'm wearing socks anyhow, but I wear FitFlops in the summer. FitFlops is a brand of shoe that doesn't hurt my plantar fasciitis. (Foot problems run in my family).

Since I'm away from my loom right now, and have lots of knitting time, I decided to make some socks for FitFlops.




Good things: I can get a pair out of a 50 gram ball. Wool doesn't make your feet hot in the summer. They're uber quick.

Next pair I will use the Kitchener stitch for the toe cap instead of a 3 needle bind-off.

But, all in all, success. I figured out the divided toe, which is a major accomplishment for this knitter. I realize the toe areas don't match, and I don't mind that. Match, smatch. How, I ask myself, can I be so obsessive about pattern balance, which is really matching, in my weaving and not care a whit if my socks match?

Still pondering questions of the universe here in sunny, windy, California.

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