Knit. all. the. things!

Have I been knitting! I'm slowly making progress on the vest I'm designing, slowly.  It isn't really speaking to me at the moment and when that happens it is better to pick up something else, right?! Knitting and designing should be enjoyable activities and I'll do my best to avoid feeling like it's a work of duty instead of passion.
Thus I grabbed some stash yarn, cast on for a pair of socks and paused.

My knitting time is fairly abundant at the moment, since I'm still on vacation. That ends Monday really, so I have to keep in mind, that my knitting time will be very limited soon.  Instead of finding a sock pattern to knit, I decided to try my hand at designing one.

Out came the paper and I was staring at it, utterly mind blown by all the possibilities in front of me. I had to find a starting point, something to guide me as I knit each stitch. That is when I recalled this picture.

Ahhh, the summer that seems to have already turned to fall here... I just had to try and translate that into a sock.
Knitting one round at a time, I quickly had a repeat worked out. With much apprehension I began the second repeat of the sock and to my amazement it worked out perfectly, just like I had envisioned. That was a proud moment for me, a moment where I actually felt like a designer, not just some silly woman impersonating one. Needless to say I'm tickled pink by how this design is working out so far.

Now I'm back in that odd place of trying to share pictures of my knitting with all of you without revealing too much, until I'm emotionally ready for the ensuing ridicule storm of compliments.

This, however, isn't all that's on my needles as you may know from Instagram, so check back in on Wednesday for the second thing I cast on...