It took me the better part of six weeks, but I finished the Chat Noir socks today!
I have never *actually* finished a knitting project before. I've started a ton since learning in 2018, but I've never actually completed anything before today. I love knitting, but ADHD is really harsh when it comes to sustaining interest in projects. I'm great for ideas, but I'm not real a follow-through-and-finish type.
I got the idea in mid-October while feeling like I wanted to try knitting again. I saw this collection of cat inspired socks and had the idea of Marinette/Ladybug making some for Chat Noir for Christmas then discovering Adrien is Chat via seeing the socks. So I made a poll for others to vote on exactly which pattern, ordered my yarn, and started knitting the winning pattern (PolkaCats) the first week of November.
I learned a lot while knitting these socks. I watched way too much TV*, learned how to do stranded colorwork knitting, how to knit a sock from the top down, how much colorwork actually affects the stretch of the socks, how to knit heels, and how to meticulously un-knit several rows to fix a mistake I made rather than just getting frustrated and giving up.
My ultimate goal was to be able to wear them on my birthday, which is this week. First time I've actually met a goal in a pretty long time. I was really worried I wasn't going to make it because of all my various health issues and the ADHD hyperfocus dropping off sharply around the heel of the second sock.
So here they are, my Chat Noir socks. I'm washing and blocking them to improve the fit, but these are when they are just completed.
Still writing and editing the story, which will have two parts. I hope it turns out well.
*I learned very quickly I cannot read and knit at the same time. So I put on Ouran High School Host Club, Cowboy Bebop, Spy x Family, the Great British Bake Off, multiple documentaries on cults, The Crown, and Avatar: the Last Airbender. I literally finished knitting and weaving in the ends as I watched Sozin's Comet, my first time ever watching AtLA. I found it poetic.
