Deadline looming

I know it's been a long time since I posted but all I have been doing is knitting socks and more socks. A couple of weeks ago, I shipped off a box with seventeen pairs of socks to my editor and another box with seven more pairs is going today. I have twelve more socks to knit for the book and have five of them on the needles right now.

Unfortunately, two pair that have to be done are very fine fingering weight yarn and I have to make knee socks! My eyes are giving me fits these days from staring at the tiny stitches. I believe one of the patterns has 32 different rows and one has 24. I have what was "stable" macular degeneration but I'm suspicious that it has become unstable at this point. I'm seeing the eye doctor next week.

I received yarn for two more pairs this week and both yarns are heavy worsted weight. Apparently, my editor feels that people don't want to just knit socks in fingering and sport weights. I believe that at least five of the thirty-two patterns will be worsted or heavier at this point.

My original dealine to have everything done was August 1 but since it is the editor holding things up by adding patterns and changing yarns, it is being moved. I have three editors at this point - one who edits text, one who edits patterns and my primary editor who oversees it all. I sure hope that this book will be a success as it's really been a lot more work than I expected.