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I think I have finally found “the” pattern! I want to make these Wrist Warmers for when my classes are freezing cold. [via Chickybabe’s Drive-by Knitting.]

I am also considering Eris for my first sweater. I love the cardigan version! I will admit that I am scared by the fact that the pattern is 40 pages long.

I think I should show up at my Biology final sporting the DNA scarf and the Flying Spaghetti Monster hat.

So I want to knit all of these things and so much more. Oh, did I mention that I can’t knit on anything larger than a US 2 needle right now? Anything else causes quick hand numbness? So … yeah. But a girl can dream…

I’m really annoyed at my Trekking XXL 100 socks right now. I was so inspired by Liz’s Trekking socks, I bought the yarn months ago. I am not sure if I had even knit a pair of socks yet when I bought the yarn, but I loved it. The colors of her socks were bea-u-tiful!

Mine? Well, they started out similar to hers. Very bold. Mike called them vivid. I was happy. It is a fun, easy knit in a k3-p1 rib. Then I turned the heel on the first sock, and there was a knot in the yarn, where it changed. The colors completely changed at that knot. I’m bitter.

I knew the socks wouldn’t match. I’ve been telling myself that since I was about 1″ into the first sock. (I like to make my stripes match, so I had to convince myself that this was ok.) But this goes beyond the stripes not matching. It looks like they are knit with two completely different colors of yarn. Grrrr.

The only thing I can do, I think, is to take the first sock apart – I’ve already closed the toe and woven in the ends – and reknit it. I will have to frog the second sock as well. When I knit them again, I’ll have to alternate the yarn. Mix it up a little. Hopefully they won’t look so bad then.

I’m a bit crazy and slightly eccentric, but I don’t want to look like I’m wearing completely different socks. I just can’t do it.

(I’ll add photos later tonight, once I figure out how to get the card reader to work on this computer.)

I should be studying, I know. Instead I had to hunt for the DNA Scarf pattern. See, Daysies has become hooked on fiber (which is entirely my fault! Whee!) and she called me with fiber questions. So we were going through sites, and you know how it is … one thing leads to another, and before you know it I saw that some other blogger was knitting this scarf.

Now I can focus on knitting a double helix while I study for my Biology test. See, completely appropriate. I wasn’t goofing off at all.

(There are a lot of links to other patterns at Knitting Pattern Central. There is even a page just for the scarves. Daily Knitter has free patterns also.)