Raining all day

I heard that we had an inch less rain today than we usually get for a month. I know that's a confusing sentence but it's true. Then Jesse Walker,the weatherman, said "Just think had it been snow!" Blessings come in big puddles. It's not that I don't like snow,but spring is just around the corner. And I say let it come!Here! I ate at Mom's after school. Taught sewing today and had a girl run a needle through her finger. All she said was "I'm bleeding." Calm.That's the way to do it. Anyway I finished another sock at Mom's. Now I hope that there's enough yarn for its mate. I love orphan balls of yarn.These are Matt's socks with a co19 on size 3dpn. They are as long as my index finger. All our kids' feet were,so I'm assuming his will be too. I loved the remnant basket in the quilt shop, ergo orphan balls.

What More ????

On the cocoa swap, we have homework!Isn't that cool! I think so. Anyway there were 15 questions and you had to hunt for the answers. May I say right up front the questions were not in blog order. So I looked. I found a lot of in common things. Things like most could knit and crochet but preferred to knit. No reason. They just did. A number are going to school or back to school. Some liked exotic animals like turtles and pigs and sheep to name a few. And not one said that they tasted like chicken, the animals, not themselves. They are just serious enough without being hard on themselves,like admitting cocoa with schnapps is good. It is,too. But Irish creme is better. Then the snacks like candy corn.hmhhmmhm!My mom's favorite. The ones in warmer climates had no problem with winter.No surprise there. Notions aren't the big thing in life but NEEDLES seem to be. Even the ladies across the pond (age is showing) like a good bargain. I was surprised at the youth of the fingerless glove knitter. I wrote the answers down, but in paragraph form. AH! Rats!

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Mine is hidden in paragraph form. I guess I've graded too many English papers with just answers so force of habit. Complete sentences.But now I understand. This is not class work.

Read on. It's goin get better.

So much for snacking and posting

I did put a picture in for that last description. Alas! The best laid plans of mice and men sometimes go awry. So here on this post is the 4 strand baby yarn pair.
My new favorite snack is golden raisins and cherries dried with a smidgen of Hershey dark on the side. Gotta learn how to post and eat at the same time. (Muslin in quilt is really natural.)

More socks??

Yes it is true. There are still more undocumented socks in my house. Looks like these are doing ballet. Talented socks!!This particular pair has the TOOFOOTSIE cuff that Jonelle had me try with a size 1 needle.ARGH!! Those stitches were so very hard to see. It was like knitting dental floss with toothpicks.I'm really quite proud of myself for using a 3. Although, in my youth I probably did use a 1. I've had entirely too much fun with 35's of late though. Not for socks however. Shrek's wife ,Fiona, would use a 35, if anyone, for socks.

The cuff is a k2,p2,k2,p2 all the way for 10 or so rows with a co of 31. That makes the rib sort of spiral. The socks are mates. I just didn't have enough variegated for both heels. Or so I thought. Both bodies are the same measurement. Funny how the dark heel makes a shorter look. Anyway,they fit. I really should lay a ruler next to them someday.

This pair I did with 4 strands of baby yarn. They are chunkier and not so comfy in CROCS. They are so warm though just by themselves. The tops are shorter than I like, but I really thought that I was going to run out of yarn. Not totally! Just this color combination was not even a full ball on the winder. I made the quilt in the background 10 years ago.

No allergies here

Dh said that maybe I should develop one. An allergy. I think he means to yarn. Hey I've known him since I was 10. He was so cute. One of my little brother's classmates. No I did not rob the cradle. He was 8. His brother was in my class. So 12+ years later we marry and much later we celebrate 36 years of sharing and raising 7 kids, 5 homemade and 2 storebought. The storebought were first. Special needs kids. They went beyond what was expected of them. Our homemade have either graduated college or are in college. Teachers or medical people. We watch movies together now. The boardgames have long been put away. I saw an article once where a lady made a purse from a Monopoly board. Now how cool is that. Anyway dh just looked at me and frowned. Maybe someday.

These are his socks on his feet in Cody's room watching tv,him not the socks. They're 3 strands of worsted on size 11 dpn with a co of 32. Yes he is bigger than I am; by 12 inches and a 100 pounds.But he does love us all-socks,too.

Why not funning?

This is the same pair of socks,because there was enough green yarn in that GW box last winter to make two pair and I did. One belongs to someone else now. I love a 25 pound box of yarn to chase winter right into spring. This is 2 strands on size 6 and they feel really well, too. Oh there's more yarn left and there are more things to knit. Like shawls from Debbie Macomber's books. Have to find the Rosewood Lane hardcover on Ebay.

I was wondering as I said to someone that I was working on another sock-please I do know that there is knitting outside of socks,honestly-anyway back to my original comment I think knitting socks is fun,so why do I say working on instead of funning on?Beats me but could be interesting observation to ask an English class of middle schoolers. I love to make them think. Last month I told them that I have no blahs after the 22nd of December. I got some quizzical looks and don't you mean..... My reply ,"The days get longer then and spring is coming." This spring Matt will arrive and I gotta say that I'm pretty psyched for that event. I thought about a puppy this spring. Not sure though. Another Great Pyrenees would be neat. Besides Matt needs a dog. At least we'll get kittens if everything keeps the same.