#cyclic groups

a sock with some fair isle decoration at the top of the leg! this is the first fair isle piece i've done, and mostly to learn how to do it, so i'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. the pattern makes the cuff a little tighter this way, which isn't a bad thing, since it helps the leg stay up better

this is also my first experience working from my own pattern in excel. it's a really basic pattern, because i am but an egg, but it helped make the whole process less intimidating. made me think about my long ago number theory class, since a pattern that is relatively prime to total number of stitches will eventually cycle through every position on the needle, and one that isn't will stay static, like this. i don't know what if anything to do with that, but it was fun to think about, anyway

Like dead serious. This test is going to kick my ass.

The professor was telling us about it, like, "Okay. This class is such that sometimes you look at a problem and you have no idea where to start. If that happens on this test, just move on to the next one. When you come back to it, you might just find that it's not as bad as you thought. Back when I was in grad school, [anecdote, anecdote]. So really the most important thing I can tell you is don't panic. You might think you don't have enough time, but trust me, it's better to do nothing for a minute than sit there staring at the problem panicking."