lame knitter

No, I'm not injured (not counting my poor sunburned--from spinning outside the tent at last weekend's little fiber event--arms--I think I know how grilled meat feels--or the cooking burn on my middle finger)...I'm just kind of stuck on lame knitting.

I made this little i-corded bag so I don't have to keep fishing for my phone in the bottom of my purse...

Sure, it's knit from spindle spun mohair locks. But still, for a 30 plus years of knitting knitter, it's kind of lame.

And this...a sock for my son's external hard drive (part of his graduation gift laptop package--damn, I want a gift like that!)

Also knit from spindle spun yarn. And sure to be greatly appreciated by Alex, who requested it and chose the yarn. But still, pretty lame.

I've started a Clapotis (which I swore I'd never knit because I really don't get the whole idea of knitting all those stitches just to--!GASP!--drop them)...twice. I kept kfb in places where I was meant to ktbl. I dropped down and fixed a few of them, got hung up on the irony of dropping down to fix stitches I was just going to drop--all the way--down later, frogged, and started again. Not far enough started to even merit a pic.

Remember these Monkey socks? (huh, check the title of that post--the lameness has been going on even longer than I thought) I'm at the toe decreases. I've been at the toe decreases for weeks. I've knit a whole lot of things in between starting these socks and getting to the toes. I think? OMG, have I knit anything other than a phone bag and hard drive sock since I started the Monkies???