Spring is here!
In Ireland, spring officially starts today, the 1st of February, which is the Pagan festival of Imbolc, transmuted in the Christian era into Candlemas, St Bridget’s Day, Lá Fhéile Bríde.
And look! My birch is budding!
But that’s not why I’m slapping this streak of incoherence across your internets. No, friends, for there is a miracle far greater than the budding forth of bare branches.
(Actually, really not. But work with me here.)
MY SOCKS!!!
Yes, I finished my Spring Forward socks, just in time! The plan, of course, was to finish in daylight, when I could have taken some half-way decent photographs. But dusk drew in as I reached the toe decreases, and I conceded that it just wasn’t going to happen.
Which is why God Bríd gave us motion-sensitive floodlights, right?
I grafted the toe around 21:30. The moment I’d woven in the ends, I pulled the socks on and headed out into the garden, where I alternated trying to compose usable shots with flailing wildly at the light to turn it back on.
Never let it be said that I am not dedicated.
So there you go. Spring Forward socks from Knitty, finished in time for spring. Result! Tomorrow, or possibly the next day, I’ll post some better pictures and give a full debriefing on the project.
Lovely socks! Great job – socks take me too long, I admire people such as yourself who are able to get them done so quickly!
They’re lovely socks. And I didn’t realise today’s the first day of Spring. Perhaps that’s because it’s snowing?
@Erin: Heh – whereas I, in turn, am in awe of the “real knitters” who can knock off a pair of socks in a weekend!
@Laura: It’s only officially the first day of spring in Ireland, as far as I know. And I’m pretty sure I saw some snow on the Dublin mountains the other day, too