Picture, if you will, my child today. She is just four years old (recently turned four), forty-one inches tall and forty-one pounds. She is currently wearing the following:
- rainbow underwear, inside-out
- one adult-sized hair buckle, falling out
- one sock:
Today she decided that having a “jammy day” (which she has every day of the week) wasn’t sufficient. No sir. Today was going to be a “naked day”. I ignored it for two hours and turned down the heat, thinking that the problem might be self-correcting if no attention was paid.
Nope. Didn’t work.
Finally I fought the fight and got underpants on her. Then she got cold and put on mittens, one pair on her feet and another on her hands. I suggested clothes. I proposed jammies.
Nope. Not gonna.
So now she’s running around the house in her underwear (which is variably inside and right-side out, as she randomly removes it while playing trains or reading) and wearing one sock (which I just finished), because haven’t done the other yet. Meanwhile, I’m freezing cold, despite clothes, socks and a sweater.
Life is just so unfair.
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For those interested, here’s the Very Simple Sock Recipe:
1 ball of Paton’s Kroy (colour is “winter eclipse”)
1 set of four dpns, 2.5mm
fits a child who wears size 11 kids’ shoes and has a 6.25″ long foot
Part one:
- cast on 42 stitches, divide onto 3 needles (14 stitches on each), join carefully
- knit three rows
- next row: K2Tog, YO (repeat to end of row)
- knit three more rows
- next row: knit next row together with cast on row (the beginning row). One stitch of cast on row per stitch of next row
- knit 2 more inches (or thereabouts)
Heel:
- knit ten
- turn and purl 20 (these will be your heel flap stitches)
- put the rest of the stitches on a stitch holder or needle (I use two needles to hold the remaining stitches, half on each). These will be your instep.
- first heel row: Sl 1, K 1 (repeat to end of row)
- second heel row: Sl1 only, purl to end of row
- repeat these two rows alternately until you’ve worked 1.5″, ending with row 2
- K12, K2Tog, K1, turn
- Sl 1, purl 6, P2Tog, P1
- K to within one of gap, K2Tog, K1. turn
- Sl 1, purl to within 1 of gap, P2Tog, P1
- repeat these last two rows until you have 12 stitches remaining.
Rest of sock (gussets & foot part):
- k across 12 stitches, pick up 12 in first side of heel flap. K across instep, pick up 12 on second side of heel flap. Divide stitches so that you have 18 on each of the two sides and 22 on the instep.
- first row of gusset decreases: K to within 3 of end of first needle, K2Tog, K1. K instep. K1, Slip 2 as if to knit, knit through back of these two, K to end of needle
- second row of gusset decreases: K all needles ordinarily.
- repeat these until there are 10 on each of the side needles and 22 on the gusset.
- Knit around until work measures 4.75″ from heel to needles, or 1.5″ less that desired foot length.
Toe:
- first row toe decrease: Knit first needle. Second needle K1, Sl2 as if to knit, knit through back of these two, K to three from end, K2Tog, K1. Knit third needle.
- second row toe decrease: K first needle to three from end, K2Tog, K1. Second needle K1, Sl2 as if to knit, knit through back of these two, K to three from end, K2Tog, K1. Third needle K1, Sl2 as if to knit, knit through back of these two, knit to end.
- third row toe decrease: knit
- repeat rows two and three until a total of 12 stitches remain.
- use the Kitchener stitch to bind off.
Rinse. Repeat.
I wish I could run around in my panties, my boobies drip all over the place though 😦
Ok. That last comment was way too much info. Seriously, I think you are doing a splendid job. This way, all her peculiar little quirks will have been completely played out by the time she goes to school?? I am less concerned for her than I am for whomever she may get as a teacher. We seem to be loosing teachers at quite a rate in this province and can ill afford to have any more go screaming into the night than is absolutely necessary!
LOL well as long as she is happy !!
have a great day , hope you get some warmer weather, we’ve been having a deep freeze here on PEI as well.
Wear a warm cap. It really helps retain body heat!