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Sock monster says hello.

...Well

I'm basically done, I just need to graft the sides together. Yes, I did a lot of knitting today. No, my wrist doesn't feel too much worse for wear. Most of the knitting happened during battles while I was playing games. Which means I knit for a few minutes, picked up the controller and went back to wandering around trying to figure out what I need to do to save the world. (What video game doesn't have you save the world? Though right now I know what I need to do, replaying though I've never actually beat the game.) Which means that I really wasn't knitting for long periods of time, unless you count boss fights. Also? in the interest of showing the most blob like pictures of this sock look below.

Ever so timely Christmas

So, when I went to Lincoln to pick up my sewing machine and the sheets I also took my brother and his girlfriend their Christmas presents... after my brother's birthday. We aren't always a timely family. (which reminds me, I need to send off my parent's Christmas presents.) To the left we have the scarf I made for the girlfriend. I know she likes blues and scarfs, and I was tempted to try "new" yarn. Wasn't really all that hard, just had to get into a good rhythm for the knitting. It certainly wasn't completely mindless knitting for me. I jokingly call it "The million ruffle scarf," partly because I feel like it has close to that many.

For my brother I just made socks. I was kind of rushing at this point, and had started with a fun cable pattern then my gauge shifted on me and I didn't want to mess with it. So, yeah, plain socks for him. Not that he really minds, They're socks, he'll wear them. That's about all I care about.

Bright Blessings!

Voice Free

At least for now. I was able to get several rows done today without much discomfort. I'm two ridges away from starting decreases. If my wrist was feeling better I probably could have gotten a lot more done, but as it is discomfort means that knitting stops until it at least passes. I do have an am wearing a brace at night to at least help keep things from getting too bad. Plus, I'm not likely to get bored enough to go pestering the pizza people tomorrow, or feel secure enough to go to a spot where I can't really see my register.

Also, I just realized because of the curve of the needles it just looks a little blob like and not really much like a sock. I could always flip it over to where the heel shaping is, but I'm not sure how much that would help. Might just be a funny shaped blob of knitting.

Bright Blessings!

Out and About Again

So I've finished the heel turn and am working on the leg. I do let myself pull this out once a week and work on it if I don't get a chance to work on it during the week, which tends to happen a lot. So, not a lot of progress will show from week to week. Then again, it's not something you'll see every day.

I managed to get my wrist to get ouchy in the last couple of days. (16 inch pizzas from work are a bit heavy to carry, I think that's what did it.) I'm going to be nice to it, but it will cause productivity and progress to dip a little bit. (I do have something in mind that will cover one day if I don't feel like I have much progress to cover.)

Bright Blessings!

Sorry

I have a cuddling cat whom I don't have the heart to disturb. See for yourself.

Another block

I really should get around to getting the block pictures before it gets dark, I think the flash on my camera washes out details. Anyhow, this is harris tweed. Seems like another good pattern for a scarf. Heh, just to prove that I just looked and I took the picture of the side that I would think of as the wrong side. I couldn't tell without finding my cast on edge. This one isn't all that hard. You have your blocks and then the strips between are either knit a row, purl a row, knit a row, or just the opposite. Nothing too bad. The one I'm working on has twisted stitches, nothing too horrible, but I'm not pushing it. My wrist was acting up at work, so it's good not to push things.

Bright Blessings!