Finally had time to make some progress on my socks. Two at a time on two circs, toe-up, gusset, slipstitch heel. Decreased from 60 to 56 for the leg, which will be 2×2 ribbing. This is the first time I’ve done a gusset toe-up, so I feel good about that.
The yarn is Louet Gems, handdyed by me.
The picture, while nice, was better in idea than in execution. I looked like a contortionist on the dunes trying to keep the sand off of my feet.
I’ll be uploading a bigger version of this pic when I’m at home with my lovely lampshade Mac.
Weather’s beautiful, wish you were here!
After knitting a few rows, I figured out yardage on that blue scarf I posted a couple of days ago. Turns out I’ll be 170 yards short if I go by the pattern. Oops. I’m going to rejigger the math to make it 1/3 skinnier, since that yarn cost $20 and I’m not spending another $20 for another skein. Anyway, the yarn store didn’t have another one in that colorway, so there.
Even less awesome, this afternoon Em started asking me what could get rid of cavities and probing one particular spot in her mouth. Then tonight, she came out of her bedroom and said she needed to brush her teeth again to make her cavity go away. On her way back to bed, she said, “I’ll floss in the morning.”
I know a little girl who’s going to the dentist tomorrow. Poor kid.
A couple of weeks ago I had to spend the morning in line at the auto registration office and pay an ungodly fine for getting my car inspected late a couple of years ago.
Was the morning a total loss? Of course not. If I was going to put that much time in queueing up to pay fines, by cracky I was going to turn it into a positive experience. Check out what arrived in the mail today.
WIN!!!
Swatch for Twisted Sisters’ “Eve” scarf. Swatch knitted on size 6 needle in Fleece Artist Woolie Silk 2ply. I’m getting proper gauge, 6 stitches and 8 rows to one inch, but it feels loose. You don’t want it to be tight if you’re going to be doing cables, but still. I may go down to a size 5 needle.
ETA: Correction. I checked again, and I was using a #5. I’m sorry, but I have a psychological barrier to knitting a gigantic scarf on size 4’s, so I’m sticking with the 5.
Em is fascinated with miis, which are the little characters on our Wii. When we run using the Wii Fit, she gets very excited to see which mii we’ll pass next. When I was done running today, she decided to take a turn on the Island Lap so she could see which miis came up. I’d be hard pressed to get her to run long distance outside without complaint (especially in our 90F heat), but she really enjoyed this.
Disclaimers: If I’d known we were going to be doing videos, I would have vacuumed. And picked up things. And bought a new couch. Also, my overenthusiasm is meant to encourage her to keep exercising; I don’t always sound like I’m hopped up on the happy juice.
Thanks again, Dad!
No Couch to 5K if it’s more than 80 degrees outside. I could tell my body wasn’t working as hard (good, it means I’m getting more fit) but there were rivers of sweat pouring off of me. I kid my husband that when he comes in from one of his 30 mile bike rides, he smells like the ocean. Today I smell like the ocean. Yipes!
Maybe I’ll move up a week on couch to 5k – in Autumn, when it’s not like a cross-country race on Mercury.
Good: Down a little more in weight.
Bad: Red blotches still there.
Good: Almost done with June Jayne hats.
Bad: GOING CRAZY FROM KNITTING JAYNE HATS.
Good: About to go to sleep.
Bad: Being up this late in the first place.
My natural optimism will carry the day – it’s been a good one, and I know tomorrow will be even better, because:
Good: Em has a morning camp tomorrow. Yay!
Night, y’all!
