Wow! Life’s been hectic the last few days!
I stayed up late Friday night and finished the first Tidal Wave sock.
I had to try it on, even though it’s a little too big since Chicklet’s friend has 9 1/2 size feet!
When I turned the heel, the yarn either changed colors or appeared to because of the slip-stitch heel called for in the pattern. I don’t know if you can tell, but the yarn, at this point, is absolutely vibrant — totally different from the leg.
I fully intended to spend Saturday and Sunday knitting up the mate, but regular house work got in the way.
Whatever would AuburnChick be doing that would take her away from knitting, you might ask. Well..enter in Mr. AuburnChick
Why, oh why, do men think they can go for years without caring one iota about the yard and then, Presto, Change-O, in one fell swoop, stick their noses in and wreak havoc?
These…
used to be here…
and here…
I didn’t get a picture of the mini-tree-like-things that were also in these flower beds. Mr. Chick went out, bought a saw, and cut them down to nubs and attempted to shovel them out. In the process, he managed to pull something in his back, leaving one huge hole and a mess that, guess who, had to clean up.
Grrr…
Yes, folks, I had to use my pristine knitting hands to finish what that over-ambitious man-thing had started. I even told him that I had better not mess up my knitting hands…I had a sock to finish on a very short deadline.
No such luck.
My hands were a wreck afterwards. I had to dig moats around each plant, breaking as many of the roots as possible before partially disabled He-Man could pick up the shovel and finish the job, with me lifting each plant, allowing him to strike at the remaining roots, freeing them one-by-one.
I was done knitting for the next two days. My right palm was very bruised.
Sigh…
I did pick up the sock today and managed to finish almost two full pattern repeats during Littlest Chick’s athletic awards ceremony. The pattern is so easy that I have it memorized. I’ve decided that I won’t have time to block them. I’ll simply be thrilled to hand them over when I’m done. I have lots more projects in the works!
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I love that sock pattern, must do!
LOL your day of work sound so familiar to me!! Not really now but growing up with dad and some how we all ended up in the middle of it lol… : )
LOL! I remember, as a teen, hiding from my mom when she got that “work” look on her face.
I remember that too…when the yard tools came out (especially rakes), I suddenly developed either a raging cold, a ton of homework I’d forgotten about prior to that moment or somewhere I had to be…never worked. Ever. Now I get the ‘pleasure’ of rounding up the kids when we get out the yard tools…hee hee hee…life DOES come full circle, doesn’t it???
Hope your hands are better. I just finished a mosaic flower pot project where I had to scrape the excess grout off the tiles so I feel your hand pain literally…
Those socks look great! The pattern is just beautiful! Good job! You are such a generous knitter – making beautiful things for others!