Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Long Time, No See

First, if there is anyone out there, sorry about the obnoxiously long break. Life got a little crazy. OK, a lot crazy. Between getting a new teaching job, leaving the old one, having a bridal shower and trying to buy a house, the blog went by the wayside. But, summer vacation is here as of tomorrow, and so is more regular blogging. (I say as I cross my fingers, knowing that in preparation for the move, I'm shutting off my Internet is about a week...) On to the important stuff, socks!! Above is my second bff sock. I'm loving the way that this is turning out! And I think I may have bought a second skein of jitterbug for nothing, but better prepared than not!! (After all today I was honored by an Eagle Scout as being an Eagle Scout mentor, so I guess the Always Be Prepared thing now applies!)
I've jumped on the monkey bandwagon. I'm liking the way this is turning out. It's Regia Cotton for a friend in a very warm state where wool just will not do. I'm going to need to block this some how before I gift it, but without a sock blocker I'm not sure about the best method. Any advice out there?
This is the Uptown Boot Sock from Interweave's Favorite Socks. I tried my hand at dying with Kool-Aid, and I'm pretty happy with how it came out. Luckily the person I'm knitting this for has extremely skinny legs and feet, cause I know this sock will not get on my foot. Note to self: when you knit your own Uptown Boot Sock, use a much larger size. (I should have known better, all those cables, of course there's not going to be too much give...)
And I'm not sure what these are yet. I think I'm going to rip this back and make it a Cable Rib Sock. Just once, I'd really like it if I could make up my mind about what I was going to knit before I started. That really would save so much time.

So why all of the socks? Well they are presents that are all going to be delivered on one day in August. That means I have roughly 2.5 months to finish 5 pairs of socks. Totally a reasonable goal, except the whole moving into a new house and starting a new job thing. Oh, and I'll be on the road with my drum corps for a month, and two of the people that will be receiving the socks will be with me. Here's what I have accomplished so far...

BFF Socks - 80% finished
Monkey Socks - 25% finished
Uptown Boot Socks - 30% finished
Cable Rib Socks - negative 5% finished
Still undetermined socks - not even conceived yet...

Wish me luck, and speedy knitting!!
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