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I love Martha's comment on the blog post last week:

Don't you think that socks are the pacifier of knitters.
 They keep us happy, are not necessarily too creative 
but necessary for the excess energy we have to knit?
 Of course we always have one going.   

That is perfect, Martha !

Speaking of socks...I finished up Tiffanys' footies..

Elan Esprit yarn....

She tried them on for the photo shoot, and has not taken them
off.

The fit turned out great...wish I could make sweaters fit this good !

LOLOLOL

They were so fun, and quick, I started another pair of footies for my
little friend Lauren, who will be 12 end of June. 

I hope they fit her ok.  Model is Tiffany.
I made them a little narrower, I have no 12 years old models to
try them on !

Elan Esprit yarn....

With a double stitch heel.  The first part of the heel is colored, and 2nd is
plain....

Ruth finished up her Catawampus socks..look how nice they are.

She is starting a sweater, more news on that next week.

They have such nice detail!

Martha was quiet this week, but both kids are home from college so
I suspect she is enjoying her time with them.

So on Thursday I woke up to this....

yes, that is the yarn for Tiffany's socks, 
here is the other end.....

ME:  Mickey did you bite my yarn?
Mickey:  Who me?  ummmm I forgot...
ME:  Mickey...I know you did it....

Mickey:  maybe it was Abbey
Abbey: Mickey you know it was not me. I stopped eating yarn when I was 6.
ME: Mickey I know it was you...don't do it again.
Mickey:  Abbey, I know you told on me.

Abbey: Mickey, I do not know if you did it or not, but I do know that
           on Thursday morning, you walked by me and gave me a little
           kiss instead of batting my ears...so I knew you were up to
           something !

hahahahahahahah

Check out this picture I got of Mickey today. He was behind the window
shear sitting on the window ledge....

 Have a fun week....next weekend is memorial day.  Yeeha!@

Mixed bag

Mixed bag of stuff to post about. That is another
way of saying my knitting has been dull. I've worked
a little (very very little) on brown socks.

Finished up the first footie sock for Tiffany.
56 stitches, size 3 needles.  1" ribbing.

Double stitch, which I LOVE LOVE LOVE....

Ruth has buttons for the sweet baby sweater she finished a while ago.

Here are the socks she is working on....

Catawampus pattern by Sock-A-Holic Katie. 
 Yarn is Alpaca with a Twist Socrates. She loves the yarn.

I like them a lot...

Martha made a cutie pie hat to go with her baby outfit.

 She is also working on socks:

 The Spun Monkey Dyeworks, Monkeysuit Here an Oink, color.
The sock pattern is Waving Lace Socks by Evelyn A. Clark,
 published in book Favorite Socks by Interweave Press.
She is  very happy with this combination of yarn and pattern.   I like it too.

I should go back thru the blog and count the weeks that one
of us is not working on a sock...I bet it will be very few posts...

I need to start something a little more exciting. I really enjoyed the
sweater I just made.  I am having fun with  Tiffany's little socks, but they
are hard on the hands because of the elastic.

Have a great week. It is brrrrrr x 100 cold here today...


p.s.  I get to see Ruth on Tuesday....YIPPEE !!!!

This and That

Spring is here, so not a lot of knitting going on. Work
has been a challenge this week, so brain was not fully
engaged to knit.

2nd brown sock is started, but I'm kinda bored with it right
now. 

Tiffany requested another pair of ankle socks made with
Elann Esprit yarn. Same thing as Cascade Fixation, but about
$2 per ball cheaper.

I used the double stitch heel, which I like a lot.  I also
like that I could make it from memory!  LOLOLOL

Buttons finally on the sweater.

I added a button on the back for stability

Found some embroidery floss that matched the button perfectly.
I split the floss and use three threads.  I really love it to sew on
sweater buttons.

I like the slight contrast of the buttons

this picture is probably the most accurate color of sweater and buttons

My family still hates the sweater color, but I think I'll be in style when
fall rolls around.

It is slightly tight, and I will probably never trust a swatch that has been washed
again.  The swatch went from 4.5 unwashed to 4 washed (stitches per inch).
had is trusted the 4.5, it would have been a better fit.  I like that I made
room for my hips, and all in all like it.....inspite of the color.

I will admit, the knitting is not my best work. Close up you can see the mistakes....

Ruth finished up her sweater...look how pretty it is and how nice it fits...Irish
coffee pattern...

She is working on some nice socks. Look at the patterning...

 Socks are knit from Alpaca with a Twist Socrates sock yarn. Baby alpaca, merino, bamboo and nylon. Yummy. 

 Martha is working on another baby sweater..check out the fun colors.
She sent this a few days ago, so I suspect it is  nearly done by now.

 My spring flowers are soooo pretty this year. I don't ever remember this
many tulips in the yard.

 Close up of intense color...

Hard to believe some parts of the country have tons of snow. We are having
warmer than usual weather....Happy Spring dear blog readers....

Buttons

Ruth and I attended a Polymer Clay button class
last Friday.  It was a lot of fun.  Here are Ruth's buttons:

I like all of hers a lot.

My pictures are lame. I was having major technical difficulties yesterday, so
feel good I even got these to come out.

The class was a little long, I got bored near the end, but the possibilities
are endless.  I realize now that store buttons are not that expensive.
It is costly to make them, too.


I finished up the first sock...well sorta.

I had a epiphany that I should stop while I had yarn left.  I used the yarn
scale and wound the yarn in two balls, so what if I goofed? I can see myself
knitting along and finishing the first, and only having 1/2 a leg for the 2nd.

So I did 1.5 inches of ribbing and put the socks on smaller needles until the 2nd one
is this far along.  So far the 2 nd one is still at the toe increase stage.

Ruth finished up her sweater...look how nice it is. I was lucky enough to see it
in person Friday. It is a perfect yarn/pattern combination.

 Lucy likes it too.

Here is Martha's latest baby set.  Don't you just love the colors !

She was traveling this weekend, so I don't know what she is working on now.

In other news....Mickey was going crazy trying to get Tiffany to play
Lazer with him. 

And Abbey just sits there and thinks he's a dork....

I better go outside before it rains...have a great week...

Sockin along

My current sock is moving along, slow but sure.

 About another couple of inches and I will be ready for ribbing.

 Ruth is working on the sleeves for her sweater already.

 Check out this perfect fit !

Martha finished up the baby blanket. 
Before felting...

After felting - 42" across.

I like the very different things we are working on.....

Joe and I went away this weekend to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary.
My little friend Lauren made us this cute card:

 

 We went to this cook steak house (ate seafood...LOL) that was

very interesting inside.

They gave us cake...yum

I love to have fun....