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July 28, 2006
On Socks
As I prepare to move into my cutie patootie apartment I am looking over my stash. Now I will be the first to admit my stash is large. Because of this I have been contemplating parting with some of the stashiola. And reading several books on decluttering and feng shui or whatever its called which also deal with clearing spaces. If you do not know this already cutie patootie often translates into small. Personally I am offended by the if you haven't worn this article of clothing in a year or two at most ditch it. This isn't a non-knitting post BTW. Take shawls. I love knitting them. I love the way they look. I like taking them out and just admiring them. I don't actually wear shawls. I am not giving up my shawls, my shawl patterns, my lace yarns. No freaking way.
Socks, well socks, are a different matter. I don't particularly enjoy knitting them. I do greatly appreciate warm tootsies. I grudgingly knit socks because I wear them from early fall to late spring. All those clutter type books would have me keeping my socks and sock yarn stash. But really how many socks does one person need? 8? I vote 8 if you are the sort to wash them once a week. By hand of course.
Being a knitter is not very feng shui. Sure there are the tools of the trade aka needles and a tape measure for the bare bones kit. And one could be Claudia and have zip stash. Still any wardrobe planner esp those into core wardrobes would have one with a turtleneck, an aran, a pullover and cardigan. Wheres the fun in that? So back to the 8 socks. I have finally figured out the real reason people who knit socks constantly continue knitting socks despite churning out well over the necessary 8 per year. Its not:
They love knitting socks~ I refuse to believe the second sock syndrom and going round and round and round in rib or st st is lovable.
They love washing stuff by hand. A sweater can usually get by with a end of season washing[per dame Alice and I agree in general] but socks need to be washed after each wearing or at least within a week of wearing.
Its not even that they, and this may be a sexist women perception, appreciate having to wear a full shoe size larger than if wearing flimsy machine knit socks easily purchasable for half the price at any upscale shop.
Nope the real reason we knit socks is cause of pills. Witness last nights freshly laundered socks they got dusty on my closet shelf:
OK toodles ~ happy knitting
Posted by Elka at 08:54 AM | Comments (4)