Good Day!

Hi. I'm happy today. I did three jobs at work today, I was covering a lot of people's positions, but I really felt like I was productive today. Tomorrow will be a busy day!

This evening is what I am happy about. I made a really good dinner, I made my own alfredo sauce! I finished my food off with a cold white peach. It was so good and juicy! Then, well I didn't get to knit, but I was able to wind up my yarn for a baby sweater I owe a mommy.

My evening closed with the nicest 30 minute walk with Lucy. Not only was it a cool, beautiful evening with the nicest golden sunset; Lucy was really good on her walk! She hardly pulled at all.. and she listened to me! When she was pulling, I would give her a little pop with the leash and make a negative noise at her. She would listen and watch me, and she was still enjoying herself.

Then I watched my husbando and Lu play with her fuzzy buddy toy on the carpet. They are both so cute to watch!

Goodnite!

Witch Socks

So, last post I wrote about my Elf Socks I am making for an Auntie. I had a little problem.. When I read the directions for closing the toe, it said something to this effect: "Round 1, Knit. Round 2, Decrease at the beginning and the end of Needle 1, and then at the beginning and end of Needle 2. Round 3, Knit. Repeat rounds 1 and 2 until there are 14 stitches per needle." So here is where I end up making Witch Socks. I knit with my socks on 4 needles, not 2. So I decreased on my 4 needles, and then I suddenly had 14 stitches on each of my 4 needles. Then I began to graft my sock toes together, and well, they look a little flat. They look like there isn't any place for toes to be in these socks..


Have you ever seen the movie or read the book Witches by Roald Dahl? It is a children's book that used to really freak me out. The witches pose as everyday people, but they don't have toes. They turned some kid into a mouse and wanted to destroy all children. But the scary part is the no toes. I made Witch Socks! Oh, and the witches wear wigs because they are bald, scary, demony, hags.


So after I grafted my sock toes together, I lost a whole hour of time ungrafting them and then reattaching the yarn ends and completing the sock until the toe looks like a toe actually fits inside it.



That's all.

Lazy day

Today was so NICE. Oh my goodness, I have been working wayyy too much lately. I just found out this week that I will be taking over a supervisory position at my work, as well as keeping my regular 40 hour job. So I will need to learn to do my job faster, and will probably be more tired than usual! The nice thing is that I get to take some days off, AKA this weekend is a Four Day Weekend! Oh joy! Oh relaxation. Oh, I have so many things I need to get done but I have no inclination to get off the couch.. That is how this weekend is going. Here was my schedule for today:

5am- wake up and take Lucy the pup out. Go back to sleep and snuggle with pup.

9am- wake up. Wake Lucy up. Have breakfast. Chef Michael's and some dry kibble for Lucy, this really good pb&j-'dilla with sauteed Jazz apples for me. My really cool friend Maida has a vegan blog site, and this is one of her recipes. You should check it out! It was gooey and really like comfort food, a nice way to wake up

Afternoon: Watch the Food Network, and the movie Rudy. Have an unremarkable but large lunch with Husbando, and watch Ghostbusters.

Late Afternoon: Nap with Lucy and let Husbando do the mid-month bills. Wake up at around 8pm. Today was kind of like being in Spain. Siesta just went a little long.

8pm and on: No dinner, still full and it is too hot to eat. Take Lucy on a walk. Protect Lucy from the 60+lb Husky down the street from us that got out. He was just a big boy, only 1year old, but he was looking too big off his leash for me to deal with. I put Lu in the house and put the Husky on Lucy's tiny little leash and took him to his home across the street. Then we got barked at by a German Shepherd and a Springer Spaniel, and sniffed rather thoroughly by a Sottish Terrier at the park. It was an eventful evening for Lucy, she crashed after that.

Good news, I got some knitting done, even with my hectic and totally busy day. Hehe. I have to say, I loved what I was working on today. It is called the Rivendell Sock, by Janel Laidman. I am creating this sock out of a Knit Picks yarn called Dolphin. It is a pretty, dolphin blue color made of 70% Merino Wool and 30% Silk. It is actually left over yarn from my time with the Apres Surf Hoodie. I way overbought, I have 4 hanks of this Dolphin yarn left, but it is cool, I really love it.

I will be giving these socks away to my Auntie who thinks she is an elf. No, she isn't mentally unstable, she just really likes the movie of the Lord of the Rings. After the movies came out, she kept saying she was part elf because her ears are a bit pointy on the tips, and she likes archery. So she needs elf socks.

Well, its time for me to go to bed (again- I did a lot of sleeping today!), take care!

Fun weekend

Hi all, just here to say that after the week from heck at work, I was ready to have a great weekend, and I sure did! Husbando and I took Lu the wonderpup to Jackson Ranchoria RV park. Husbando's parents (I guess I could say parent-in- laws, so if I interchange, you will know who I am talking about) go RVing alot with a fun group, so we made it into a day trip for lots of good food and relaxation.

Also, it was kind of a reunion for Lucy; she got to visit her two sisters Lexie and Lacey. Of course, gratuitous shots of them all playing. They all have their own little personalities, and are all adorable, but Lu is definatly the most laid back and biggest of the group, so when the other puppies got too nippy or bouncy, she just pushed them over or sat on them.

I was hoping to get a nice nap on the way down and back to the RV site, but on the way down I was the Navigator and Puppy Holder as well as Puppy's Favorite Nap Lap. Naturally, those titles were joined with Knitter. Yup, got to knit on the way down, and a little at the site when everyone went to the pool. Unfortunately, not much to look at yet, just 8 inches of a 36 inch round tube..

It will eventually be the Knit Camisole top from Romantic Style, great book, 1920's, 30's style knitting and crochet with lots of frills, lace and feminine pieces. I really like this book; if you like detail, working with smaller needles and lighter weight yarn, this could be a great book for you.

I actually got Romantic Style originally for The Butterfly Dress (on the book cover). I have the yarn for it and I think my skill level is there to make this dress, but I want to be in shape for it. So I keep putting it off. I think I should start making the dress and then that will make me start working on the dress! The yarn I got for it is really pretty. It is a lace weight yarn by Knit Picks, it is called Midnight. It is blue-black with a hint of green in it, it has a lot of depth to the color and I bet it will look great over a long black slip. Maybe this will be my next project! Who knows?

This week, in honor of my finding out there will be a New Book in the Series (!!!)I am on a Diana Gabaldon kick with her Outlander Series. Tonight I am finishing off the second book, Dragonfly in Amber, and tomorrow I am going to start Voyager. I listen to these from audible.com.

Well.. I hope you all have a great week! -K

Knitting Again

Hi All! Just dropping in to say I am knitting again. The house is almost, Almost done. Lucy the puppy is Almost potty trained. I am tired. I have been working on a little sock, just in my spare moments. It is a Reversed Monkey Sock. Why reversed? Well.. a regular monkey pattern goes this way:

(The pattern spreads to the bottom of the sock)

These reverse monkeys are made toe up, and I didn't change the pattern, so it is backward:

I really like the colors. They are nice to work on for my lunch break or when my car pool buddy is driving. That is the only time I have for knitting right now, mainly because Lucy the carpet shark keeps me so busy.

I got brave and downloaded The Shining to my iTunes. I don't particularly care for Mr. King, but I really liked this one.