You know that partly knit chocolate sock? Frogged. And reknit.

Being a luscious, robust yarn it’s a bit thicker than the Patonyle I designed the pattern with, so the sock was coming out a bit big. Then I realised I’d been knitting the chocolate squares with four rows rather than five. I would have kept on. Neither were fatal oopsies. But I am supposed to be testing the pattern. It kinda has to be right.

So I ripped, and reknit using 2 mm instead of 2.5 mm needles. I only have 2 mm in metal unfortunately, and I find them quite hard on the hands. But I reckon I’d break bamboos that thin. It’s coming out the right size, though very densely knit.

But boy do my hands ache.

The other oopsie I discovered today isn’t mine. I’ve ordered some sock yarn from the USA. When the order confirmation email came through from the shop everything looked fine. Then the USPS shipping notification came through and appeared to be right. I always check the street address, as it sounds like a person’s name but isn’t spelt that way, and there is a street of that person’s name in the same suburb. It was fine.

But today I had a quick look to see if there was any indication of a delivery date, and something else caught my eye. The USPS order was headed for Canada. The shop’s confirmation order said Australia, so I know their order form didn’t malfunction.

I can’t help imagining someone in the US postal service thinking: “Victoria – that’s a city in Canada, not a state in Australia!”.

The poor shop owner has emailed to say she’s going to see if she can chase the parcel down. I have my fingers crossed for her. (Well, for short stretches, because they still hurt.)