It's difficult to believe it's taken almost all of today to get to this point. Had to make a guage sample to make sure that I have the correct number of rows and stitches for when I actually start making the socks. If you don't get this part right, you end up with midget socks, or giant socks. IT's close - not perfect, but it'll do. And it took three efforts to get to this stage - and ultimately involved a run down to the flea tables in the market place to see if anyone happened to be selling five double-pointed needles for a song. They did! But if I'm going to get this shadow-show on the road I really need to ramp the pace up a little…
