Witchy Stitchin'

Isn't it cute? It's my project back for sock knitting to take on vacation. I traded a gift certificate for KnitPicks I had that I had originally traded a small wooden swift I had. In addition to the bag, I got a skein of gorgeous Merino sock yarn that's in Tinkerbell colors. Light blue, light green and some white. They'll be socks for my daughter the Tink freak!

I got it from White Willow and if you're looking for a project bag, hers are great. The only thing they don't have that much more expensive others do is the swivel hook. However, I have half a dozen of those laying around and can put one on myself.

Now I just need to get the socks CO so I don't have to fiddle with trying to do that in the car and I'll be ready to go! Oh, yeah, guess I should pack a couple changes of clothes, too!

I made great progress on 2nd Son's birthday sock #2. I went from almost done with the heel decreases to almost ready to do the toe decreases. Those should be done today so there is one more thing to cross off my Christmas list. That leaves a pair of fulled Mary Janes, a pair of child's slippers (both started), a pair of these really cool mittens, and two "unknown" gifts left to do for family. There's the extraneous gifts for those outside the family, but.... that's too much to think about right now.

F got the magnetic tow lights fixed up for us to use as rear lights on our trip. Of course now we've decided to drive over during the day, but hey, we need to have rear lights regardless. Got the right front turn signal fixed, too, so we're pretty much ready to go.

These really inexpensive sock blockers were discussed on The Knitlist this morning. " I bought 4 pair of those sock blockers. They are great. They're white, not bright blue, and they have lots of round holes for ventilation instead of long cut-outs. Oh, and they're longer than the fiber trends, which I appreciate since I have large feet and long legs. I bought the large set which fit my socks, shoe size 11, and the small, which looks like an average woman's foot. There was no medium size when I purchased. They're so cheap, I can give them as gifts along with the expensive socks I knit for friends and family. The price is $1.88 per PAIR." Then someone else piped up and said they make theirs out of two pieces of cardboard taped together. Yes, they get damp but still work for several pair. I still think these are the prettiest!

March 14, 2007

My Honey did some Honey-do's!

First of all, that's a picture of all the Alpaca I got spread out on my table! That's a lot of carding. It's really very clean even though I can tell it's right of the beast. I think I'll card, spin and then wash to get the dust off.

F is my Honey as it applies to the infamous Honey Do List. Well, Honey did yesterday! We had been given one of the shower heads on the hose. F installed it so we can now more easily give the girls a bath. Included in the group of "the girls" is my dog. It's soooo hard to use a cup to rinse her off. The moveable shower head is such a helpful tool!

F then helped me get the stuff together to put my window air conditioner in. (Yes, it's hot enough here for it. The days are in the 80s and the nights in the 40s.) However our bedrooms are on the second floor so by the time bedtime rolls around my room is just too uncomfortable for me to sleep in. Now, the problem is, my room is on the front of the town house and windows facing the front are not allowed to have a room air conditioner hanging out. We needed to come up with a solution. F did, and we bought most of the necessary stuff to do it. One more trip to Home Depot and we're ready. Now I have to rearrange my room to accommodate the new air flow. No biggie. My son and I are going to do it today. In another language it's called "Spring Cleaning."

So, next F fixed the screens so the kids/cats couldn't push them out. Very important as this is a very dangerous area for cats on the run.

And he made me a dozen sock blockers!

We finally found plastic coated wire hangers at a local dollar store. Twelve for $1.00! In about 20 minutes they were all done!

I have enough for all the socks I've knitted and as I don't generally wear socks in the summer, I'm going to hang them on my bedroom wall as a decoration! Pics to follow!

So, I didn't get any knitting done to speak of. Just managed to pick up all the sts for the afterthought heel and knit one round. But my day was productive in other ways. Not that any of them are nearly as important as knitting..... but they do have to be given some attention once and awhile!