Should I or Shouldn't I

start this thing over?? I've been so annoyed with this blog that I don't even want to post. I can not figure out what the heck I did to mess it up so bad! I keep going back to the template looking around~~but I have no idea what I'm looking for! I'm afraid to do anything else~who knows what the hell I'll do next!
On a better note I have been doing some knitting!! I'm caught up in the washcloth/dishcloth fad. I joined another group MonthlyDishcloths@yahoogroups.com this has been fun. At the beginning and middle of the month you start a new design. Each day you get so many rows in your inbox until it's finished. Of course while knitting it everyone is trying to guess what the finished design is going to be. I haven't taken any pictures yet but I'll try to remember to do that. I like doing these~~cotton yarn(inexpensive) quick and portable! There are many,many free patterns on the net that could keep you busy indefinitely! I'm already thinking Xmas!!
See this??? This is so not good~~ it leads to this
Now I'm sure there are some of you that already know what's coming~~but for those of you that don't you'll just have to check back to find out what's happening next!
KK's has been off last week and I thought we were going to get so much done around the ole' homestead~~wrong again! Who needs molding when you can spend the afternoon having coffee and checking out all the new knitting books at Barnes&Noble. Why paint the porch when you can take the day with dd and partner and drive to Pa. to go to the zoo and beach??
A drive to Rochester to the fabric store or cutting the grass and weeding??? Tough choice there~~hmm, let me think~~
So that's how the week went~~it was fun, tiring but fun.
I did get the dresser done~~wait, you don't know "the dresser". About a year and half ago ds and girlfriend were going to move in together~~that didn't happen(that's another story) but a friend of ours who works for the city housing dept. called and told us of a dresser that was left in one of the apartments. We could have it for ds if we could come get it the next day. KK gets a truck from work and goes to get "the dresser" It's nasty~~old ~~he lugs this thing home and into the garage from hell it goes. I'm thinking~~ok, it won't be there long the kids will take it when they move. Well since that didn't happen said dresser was shoved back further into the garage and forgotten about. Last summer KK took "the dresser" when he did his flea market adventure.
Whatever he didn't sell he was leaving there~~yeah!!! Clean garage,dresser gone what could be better??? yeah, I knew it was too good to be true~~at the end of the day in all it's glory sat "the dresser" I was speechless~~not entirely~~ I think I do remember mumbling something to the effect "wtf is that doing back?" KK had an answer all ready~~people really liked it~~it's a depression era piece~~huh??? Well, if they liked it so much why didn't they buy it?? Maybe because it's nasty, dirty,chipped,scratched and did I mention ugly? He said quite a few people were interested but they didn't have any way to get it home! So now he thinks it's worth something! Oh pluuussseeee~~~get rid of it!!!
So now fast forward to this summer ~~ugly dresser looks even worse after it's winter shoved between bikes,tools and all that stuff that keeps multiplying in that garage! The bedroom a/c sat on it all winter and when they put it on the dresser last fall they must have pushed it across the top because there were some major scratches that weren't there before. So one afternoon Kk is fiddling around in the garage and pushed the dresser out of his way. Now after all the complaining about this thing I'm looking at it sitting out in the driveway and I'm thinking those really are two huge bottom drawers and those smaller top ones would hold a lot of odds and ends! hmmm, wonder if I took some Murphy's Oil Soap if that gunky stuff would wash off?? After about 45 minutes and some elbow grease it was much cleaner~~still ugly but cleaner. Next thing I know KK is checking it out saying how much "stuff" I could put in it. Yes, I could but it's so scratched up on top and it's ugly. I've got things to do inside and it's too hot outside now so in I go. Wait, what the hell is that noise? I look out and see a cloud of dust and in the middle of it there's KK sanding the darn dresser! yea gads!! I bide my time and casually go out and ask him if he'd like a drink and by the way what the hell are you doing?? He says " I thought you could use this in your craft room for some of your stuff." Now I am speechless~~
Not to make a long story longer I'll just tell you "the dresser" now has it's own special spot in my craft room! I admit it~~it's still rather ugly but after staining and polyurathaning (sp?) the top I'm becoming rather attached to it! It's not all redone. I left the front and sides "as is" but clean and polished~~I mean after all it has character, it's old, a depression era piece~~it must be worth something??
Off to bed~~

The Invitation

I am thinking about all the invitations I have received in my life..There are some I couldn't wait to participate in...I looked forward to the event with glee, picking out the appropriate clothing, and proper shoes. I selected my jewelry with care, and my make up was applied to perfection. Then some invitation I accepted begrudgingly, knowing I had a obligation to attend for some reason other than my own personal desires. It was a family affair, or a church event, a funeral, a wedding or even a serious business meeting. I rose to the challenge and attended per my moral requirements as a human being. Some invitations gave me great pleasure, and I skipped and sang like a child in anticipation. The final invitation is the test of your character, patience and strength. It wills you to give up all selfishness and invites you to act on behalf of a higher calling. It calls you from outside of yourself, beaconing you to believe in something greater. It causes you to dig deeper into your soul, analyzing your every motive and excuse. It creates in you a longing to strive for a more spiritual you. It escorts you past worldly and material possessions. A spell is cast, and its magic envelops you until you succumb to its power. It promises to teach you love, patience, selfless sacrifice. It seeks to draw you to the edge of your being. Yet the invitation is pure and good- it offers a peace of mind, and thirst quenching sweetness inside your heart. It teaches you lessons of seeing the world through the eyes of a powerful sweeping force. Giving of yourself, you rise to the pinnacle of love, as you realize you are not one, but a joined force- where the circle of life promises you the gift of life once you agree to the invitation. The road will not be easy, but it will make you a person who suddenly understands the true value of challenging yourself outside of your comfort level. The invitation cannot be accepted lest you agree in the spirit of love....Once agreed.....the journey is easy. How fast we run to take the easy road, and make excuses why we cannot help another human being. It doesn't matter that I do not share my heart or my skills....after all, someone else will answer the call. Our forefathers and mothers knew the ultimate sacrifice, to the point of death they gave of themselves.Have I, given back to this great country to which I live? Can I say I have returned all that has been given to me? Answer the invitation today.......and let the journey take you beyond yourself to a place of common ground with those who have traveled before us.The cost is minimal......the sacrifice is light....the invitation is open....Knit one pair of socks for the men and women who have answered the invitation already. One pair of socks is so little to ask...when the reward is a better you.
Kim Opperman~
Socks for Soldiers
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SOCKFORSOLDIERS


As you can see this letter was writtne by Kim she's the mom to one of "our" soldiers. She knitted socks for her son and he said that he wished that all the soldiers could have the comfort of hand knitted socks in their boots~~~a casual comment taken to heart by a mom!! A group was born ~~a goal thrown out there~~the knit is on!! Plain black socks for "our soldiers" a little something from home.
If you can spare the time and some black wool/wool blend washable yarn please help.
Off to knit~~

Two in a Row!!

I'm doing good~~two blogging days in a row!! Not that much went on today to write about! One good thing it rained and the horrible humidity is gone and the temp. dropped. Right now the air coming in the window next to me is actually chilly. Turned off the a/c and flung open the windows. The one thing I don't like about having the a/c in the bedroom is having to keep the windows shut.
Today was the usual Monday~~laundry,dusting,vacuuming. Did get a couple new bags finished so that was my crafty thing for the day. Knitted a few rows on the black sock while I waited in the car for ds. Wanted to start a towel but didn't get to it. Almost forgot, did four more rows on the kal~~ no picture so you'll have to take my word for it! I'm pretty sure I know what it is. From what I can figure there's only a couple more rows and it will be finished~~photo then.
For you that read this in IE did you notice that I finally figured out how to get rid of the underlines?? I deleted the new blog ring link I added awhile back and that took care of it. I have no idea why things rearranged themselves though. And scrolling all that way down to get to the posts??? What's with that??? I'm afraid to mess around on the template for fear of losing everything!
Aren't these nice???
Daughters can be so wonderful! She knew I wasn't feeling well so she surprised me with these a few days ago. Nothing like cut flowers to cheer up a room!
I'm tired tonight so I'll quit rambling~~
Off to bed~~

Many Thanks

Many thanks to all of you that wrote to me privately and left comments here on our loss of Houston. Every one of them was much appreciated. You all are great!
What have I been up to, you ask??? Ok, so you didn't ask but I'll tell you anyway! I'm knitting again!! I've caught the washcloth/dishcloth/towel bug!!! You know what that means,right??? Of course you do~~more yarn!!! Now you know that I can't be knitting these out of my wool/wool blend sock yarn so I had to get some cotton.

Saw a really cute cloth on Dani's blog and I was hooked! She did hers out of a awesome orange that I just had to get! Luckley Joanns had some~so I whipped out that 40% coupon and it was mine.
Did you notice the Chibi?? Lime green!!! Now if I could just find an orange one! One can never have too many chibis!! hmmm, is that spelled right??
Now the finished cloth~~
Cute,huh?? I'm hoping that if I make a few of these up for myself that when I go to get a washcloth for my face there will actually be one in the linen closet. I don't picture KK or ds using these!! They'd better not!
I must admit when I took this with me to knit nite at Lynn's I totally messed it up! I lost my place right when I started working on it and didn't catch it until the end of the evening! Needless to say I did some frogging! Finished it up the next morning.
Now that I'm newly addicted I had to join yet another group! The monthly dishcloth kal on yahoo~~I joined just in time to start the mid-month kal~~and this is what's going on. This was after two days.
What is it?? Beats me!! All I know is those 195 cast on sts. were a pain!
Each day we get a few rows to do~~I was all caught up until I just checked my email and tomorrows came already!
Now it looks like this ~~still not sure!

Feels good to be knitting again! I'm also working on black socks for SOCKFORSOLDIERS@yahoogroups.com 500 pair of black socks is the original goal for the beginning of Oct. A wonderful project for our troops! If you can spare some time and black yarn go check it out!
Let's see what else has been happening?? Working on the yard,planters done,housework just the usual.
We took KK out to dinner Friday night for father's day. He wanted to go then instead of today. We ate waaayyyy to much and then on the way home I had to have an IceCap from Tim Hortons.Talk about stuffed~~and I wonder why I couldn't sleep??
Today the heat was brutal!(Just heard the weather and it reached 92!) KK and I got up really early and went to the flea market at Antique World. We were there a little after 8 and it was already getting hot! Sadly we didn't find any bargains but it still was fun browsing.
Last week I stopped at a garage sale which I normally don't do and what do I see??? A Longaberger basket!!! At a garage sale!!! For $4!!!!!!! I broke out in a sweat my pulse was racing!! Could that be right??? Yes,indeed $4 and it was mine!!! Maybe I'll start garage sale-ing
hmmm, maybe not!!
If you're looking for a project bag check out my site. http://www.picturetrail.com/mzmar1
I keep adding new designs like " Betty does Bingo". Most of them are a one and only so when it's gone ~~it's gone! One thing I've found out through this sewing is collecting fabric becomes just as addicting as yarn~~and that's not good!
Seems I had more to write but it escapes me now~~must be the heat! Thank goodness KK and ds put the a/c in the bedroom this evening! There's gonna be some good sleeping tonight!!
If you have an iPod or mp3 player you really should listen to some knitting podcasts! There are some really good ones out there. Cast On with Brenda Dayne is one of my favorites and she's taking a podcasting vacation for a few weeks I'm going to be lost!! Chub Creek is fun too but if you don't like explicit skip it. With the nice weather I like to sit out on the deck with my knitting and now it's even better with my iPod!
On that note I'm going to leave you with this because I'm
Off to sit in the a/c

Sad Day

Very sad this evening~~our little shih tzu Houston had to be put down today. It's not that we weren't expecting it but it still seemed so sudden. I went out yesterday morning and he was ok~~when I got home he wasn't. He could hardly stand up. After a couple hours he couldn't at all. It's not that he was young--he wasn't--he was almost 14! In dog years doesn't that make him almost 98??? Wow!! Called the vet this morning and they got us in but not until 3:30 this afternoon--made for a long day. I carried him outside a couple times so he could lay in the grass when the sun came out. I figured he'd like that. He wouldn't eat or drink anything he just wanted me near. Every time I've gone to this the new vet we're using it's never been busy but of course today it was. I had to sit in the waiting room fighting tears which I didn't manage to do for long. It seemed like forever before we got in a room but actually it wasn't~~we went before some other people that were waiting. The assistant came in and talked with me and explained everything so I knew what to expect. Asked if I wanted to stay with him and I didn't have the heart to leave him alone so I did. The vet was so kind she carefully checked him over and she agreed it was in his best interest to let him go. His heart was not good and she thought he had a tumor on his spine. It was time to say "good-bye" I held him and talked to him and they administered the shot. It was painless and quick~~he drifted off~~
By Houie, we'll miss you~~

Hello Hello Hello!!

Yeah, I know I've been gone again for awhile. The days are getting away from me lately. I've actually put forth an effort to get up earlier and stay up! Hasn't worked yet but hey, it's an idea! You'd think with the nicer weather I'd be full of ambition but not so far!
I've been keeping busy getting some cleaning done. Amazing how nasty things get over the winter. Still need to take down the curtains and put some lighter ones up.
Remember when I said no flowers in my yard?? Seems I forgot about these.
Nice, huh?? Not sure why I planted those by the pond but they are pretty! Next the Lilacs will be out~~my favorite!
Don't know what's going on with this blog--everything is underlined--what's with that???
I can't think straight--KK is in a music mood and the stereo is blasting right behind me~~not that I mind but I can't sit still!!
The room's a rockin!! Get those dancing feet moving!
I think I could exercise if I listened to this~~makes ya want to move!! Course I just looked over and KK and Sophie are sound a sleep on the couch!!
Charging up PeaPod (iPod) so I can listen to podcasts. I'm hooked!! I don't sleep well so when I know it's going to be along night I take PeaPod along to listen to. I know I dose off because all of a sudden I'm hearing something that makes no sense and I realize I missed a whole segment of the show I started with! I wanted to listen to it last night so quietly I get it off my night stand(in the dark) and figure out which ear buds are which flip it on and~~nada!! I flung it off the other night and never turned it off!! How annoying!!
DD and her girlfriend have them also so we all named them--mine is PeaPod because of it's lime green skin! It glows in the dark!! Scared the heck outta me one night until I remembered what it was!
How's that for a "Frog Pond"? lol~~I'm having too much fun with sewing lately! No knitting is getting done at all. The thought has crossed my mind a few times but I just don't get to it. Now if I had some pinkish/raspberry sock yarn I'd be knitting!! I'm feeling the "need" for it again. Maybe this time I should just give in and look for some? Once in awhile I run across some that is kind of what I want but it's not quite it. I don't want pale
pastel-ly pink~~I want bright shades of raspberry for lack of a better description. I know it's out there just waiting for me to find it. I will~~~
Snack time so~
Off to eat

Last chance

to show the colors of the month from Project Spectrum!! I've had these photos for over a week and keep forgetting to post them! I've been really busy doing who knows what??
So here's some color for you!


And this~~

Ok~had enough?? yeah, me too! I had some really nice ones and they seem to have been eaten by this thing! My camera batteries have taken a dive too so no more photos until I get to the store and pick up another set of rechargeables! Is that a word??
Spring has sprung! It's been really beautiful here the last couple of days. All the plants are coming up and flowers are everywhere! OK--I lied they are coming up everywhere but my yard! Not quite sure why but I've never gotten into planting flowers~~not unless they're in a pot on the deck! I must brag a little~Beth from one of my lists gifted many of us with seeds from her last years gourd and sponge plants(yes, sponge) and my seeds are up!! I'm so excited!! I have visions of vines trailing all over trellis's and birdhouse gourds and sponges hanging off them!! Course, I don't have the pots or trellis's yet but hey, at least the seeds are started!
Birthday week is over for another year. Having three b'days in four days is really annoying! After all these years you'd think I'd be used to it!
KK and I spent a relaxing day today. He puttered around outside all day and I kind of drifted in and out. I mulched, came in and read a bit, had coffee went back out. Stood around and watched KK working, came back in and sewed!
Much cleaner!! Some days you just don't feel like getting in the dirt and today was one of them!
So instead I did this
Yeah, I know I said there were no flowers in my yard~well, those aren't! I sort of stretched to my neighbors and snapped this photo quick! I couldn't resist! Guess it isn't the best picture of the bag but the flowers are great!





Finished this one,too. So you can see I've been busy.
Haven't done much knitting though.
Manage to do a couple rows on my fluted banisters
at night while watching tv
but tonight I don't even feel like doing those couple rows!






Ivy's doing good. I think she's enjoying the nicer weather too! Today was the last day on the antibiotics so hopefully she'll get her appitite back. Tueday we go back to the vet to get her stitches out. They must be bothering her now because she's rubbing her face whenever she can. I'll be glad when this is over!

Doesn't she look comfy??








Time for me to do the same!
Off for bed~~

Back at Last!!

Seems like I've been gone forever! This thing finally bit the dust a couple weeks ago and I was totally lost without it! Got it all fixed up brought it home and DS hooks everything up and the monitor blew! Now what the heck are the chances of that?? So another couple days went by! I felt like I lost a good friend!
I didn't knit at all I just could not sit and concentrate so I gave up. I did make good use of my time tho~~I managed to get some sewing done instead. I've been doing some large bags and some smaller tote bags that are perfect for that sock project!

Knitting balls galore!! lol~~accented with knitting and sewing kittens! If you'd like to see more bags you can check them out at
http://www.picturetrail.com/mzmar1
just look at bags or totes. If you have any questions email me and ask away!! I'd be happy to make one up for you! We're still trying to raise funds to help with Ivy's surgery so if you're interested in a tote or a bag please let me know.
She had the surgery this morning and they removed her diseased eye and she's doing very well. Other than being very homesick! She's coming home Saturday and we'll have to be very careful that she doesn't bump her face until it heals. Right now she's on very strong pain killers and antibiotics. The vet said after a couple weeks she should be ok. He said that she probably lost the vision in that eye almost immediately even before it started to look really bad. I can't wait to get her home and baby her myself!
So we are still trying to raise funds to help with the surgery--the vet really helped us by cutting some of the cost.
I'm just so happy that she will be pain free and hopefully will be able to live out the rest of her life in comfort with us.
The weather here in western NY is getting nicer every day! Time to get the yard work going. KK started the other day and now he can hardly move!! Forgot about all those aching muscles that show up every spring! He's off tomorrow so I have a feeling I'll be out there helping him!
I'm going to get this posted now --it's dinner time and I'm starving so
Off to eat

New project!

Fluted Bannisters done with Opal on #1 addi's Magic Loop

hmm, what's wrong with this ????

Did ya miss me???

I know it's been forever since I posted! I have been knitting instead of being on here so much. My emails are even piling up. I've been so restless and I'm blaming the nice weather we "had"~notice I said had???? Granted it's been cold ...but when it's so sunny who cares? It just makes everything so much nicer when the sun is out. I'm a tad crabby this morning because last night KK said he had to work today(his normal day off) and I had plans on going to Joann's. I figured that would give us something to do and since we would be practically right next door we'd stop in Barnes & Noble.......and I wouldn't have to use my gas-guzzling van......we'd use his!The thing that really annoyed me is I was right near there yesterday and didn't stop! Geesh, I do get off track...don't I?? I started to say the weather is nasty today! Dreary, dampish cold, and there is snow covering the ground!!! Where the hell did that come from???? ewww......go away!
I do see a ride to Joanns in the immediate future tho!! If I get dressed that is........
I'm trying to upload a couple photos but for some reason they don't want to show up so I'll have to tell you about them. First, the Jaywalker bit the dust! Took me awhile to actually frog the darn thing.....I wasn't positive that I wanted to after all that aggravation! It was too big so there was no sense in keeping it. I went ahead and did a sock of plain stk out of the red/white/blue and it looks good so now I'll do the frogged yarn into
the second of the pair.
After having the pattern for a year I decided to try the Fluted banisters and I absolutely love them!! They fit perfectly with no fiddling with the pattern!! I used Opal that Heather got me last summer on one of our road trips! While knitting them I was scouting around trying desperately to find the Sockotta yarn the sample sock in the pattern was done from....with no luck. I know monitors show colors differently but I didn't think they would be so far off.....in my print out the sock looks blue with some red and maybe a tad of yellow. There is no such Sockotta!! I asked around and the majority of opinions was color #16 which looks nothing like the picture! I'm liking them but I really wanted the other color!!
Since my hands have been really bothering me I'm trying to break up the knitting time with some sewing. I finished a couple bags that turned out really nice if I do say so myself! There again you'll have to take my word for it since I can't get to the photos!
I've been reading a lot! Nice to read again! Seems I go in streaks with that.......I like to sit outside in the summer and read.....when it's just too warm to be holding yarn. I'm waiting for those days!
I joined Lynne's Project Spectrum color swap. This should be fun. My only qualm is my partner is not a knitter!!!! Oh, my......there is life outside of knitting??? hmmm, who would have guessed??
What kind of gifties do you get for a NK(non-knitter)??? Orange and yellow no less! I drew an absolute blank when I read her blog! ahhhh, she does sew tho~~~~and I do love looking at all that fabric at Joann's~~~~orange and yellow fat quarters???
For your info Kelly I love orange!!! As Martha would say " nice orange socks are a good thing"!!! I am a yarn snob tho~~no acrylic, please !
Let's see what else can I ramble on about??? Oh, yeah, I took Sophie in to be spayed two weeks ago. Finally made the decision that I wouldn't breed her---not willing to take the chance knowing that more than likely there would be problems. Brought her home knit nite afternoon and had to watch her so no knit nite for me. She was good until Friday night and then the trouble started .......her whole body was pulsating....it was weird/gross! Stayed up with her till 2 and I was exhausted in the a.m. I was afraid to look at her thinking she wasn't breathing---what a relief when she popped her head up from under her blanket! Still pulsating tho~~so off to the vet we go to find out that they have never seen this in a dog!! Horses, yes ...dog no! I said the vet should have paid me for the experience!! Anyway, after much snapping and growling they determined that during surgery gas gets trapped between organs and once she became active it gets pushed up under the diaphram(sp?) so as her heart beat her breath went and that made the pulsing sensation! ewww~~~at least it wasn't painful. Late Sat. night we could see it calming down and by Sunday morning she was fine. The most difficult thing was trying to keep her quiet!
Stitches come out tomorrow and then she can have a much needed bath!!
Fingers are achy today so that's enough of this. I know there was something else I wanted to write about but it escapes me at the moment. Later it'll come to me!
Off to read......

Drop-Out

Ok, I'm ashamed to admit it.......I'm an Olympic drop-out...........I swear it's not my fault(believe me I swore a lot) the Jaywalkers got the best of me! I'm not sure if it's just me being really anal or if they look as bad as I think but either way they gotta go!!
I'm not in the best of moods today it's been a bit of a wacky week and I was tired today. It probably wasn't the best time to work on the socks (from hell) but there they were staring at me what could I do? Picked up #2 (now there's a play on words) and started in....it's done past the heel into the foot where the decreases start. Right off I see something I don't like~~rows back.
I am not taking 3/4 rows out with umteenthousand sts. on the needles I'll live with it. Maybe not.............I can't stop looking at this twisted/stretched stitch........it's mocking me!! No way in hell am I tinking back that far.......ok, ok, maybe it won't be too bad if I go slow........crap, what the hell was that stitch????? A decrease???? A ssk????? Oh well, doesn't matter it's gone now!! Now what??? If I slip the stitches off the circulars carefully I can unravel back to the gusset......oops, whoa those stitches really slid off those addi's quick! Now I know I had more sts. than this when I started! Ok, so now I'm all the way back to the heel flap~~~I'm really fighting the urge to RIP IT TO SHREDS!!!! This is new yarn......it was $18..........control yourself!!!
Throw it down on the floor/step on it/give it a swift kick/let Sophie roll around on it .......pick it up brush it off and frog the dam thing!! The End!

So tomorrow I'll cast on something new or maybe I'll sew instead!
Yesterday KK's day off we took a nice ride to Rochester .....there's an awesome x-stitch shop there. I had ordered a pattern months ago and it came in awhile back but I forgot about it. When they called to remind me I was tempted to have them send it to me but I'm glad I didn't. It was a beautiful day to take a ride. Sunny and warmer than it's been. Took us a little over and hour to get there but this shop is so worth it! On the same level as a great yarn shop! I'm sure KK was impressed! I don't think he really minds these little excursions I come up with because he doesn't have anything to do on his day off. In the same plaza is a fabric shop with a huge assortment of fabrics~~not the usual Joann pickings. Thank God I don't quilt!
After browsing the fabrics we went around the corner and had a nice lunch then headed home. I had a hard time staying awake......sleeping in the car is the best!
I think I've rambled enough so I'm
Off to read

Slow but Steady

I'm pluggin away on the j'walkers!!! Here you go~~just to prove there really is progress ! I've finally got the pattern memorized after many false starts and getting this far!! About time,huh?
I really like this sock~~I will do it again in another yarn .... a more "me" color. This one is fun but not my favorite.
I'm more the earth tones .
Last night I had the toes almost finished but didn't like the "bulge" I was getting on the side where the decreases start. I'm not sure how to remedy it. It seems there are too many stitches for the toe

area. I usually do 72 sts. for my socks and now I have 78. I wouldn't think the 6 sts. would make such a difference but it seems to. I'm at a stand still on what to do now? I want a smooth transition from the foot pattern to the dec's.
I have a horrible headache today...woke up with it and it doesn't want to go away so I may not do much knitting. How annoying!
Here is the toeless "J" I have a good fit until the toes so I really want to figure this out!
Off to lay down........

Bumble Bee in discontinued Opal colorway

Olympic Jaywalkers!!!

yeah, I know ....... this is what I said a week ago but I got caught up in the hype of it all and here I go again!! I'm going to have a pair of these yet so without further ado here they are Well the start anyway!! I was going to join team dpn but after a couple feeble attempts decided against it and instead I'm going for So appropriate,right??? I've actually tried doing these socks numerous times but for some godforsaken reason I can not get that pattern into my head! I lose stitches, I gain stitches......what the hell?? So while watching the start of the Olympics last night I gave it one last try and we have lift-off!!! Before I get too excited over them I thought I'd better get a photo .......just in case! How about that yarn tho, isn't it perfect Olympic knitting???
Wonder how this post is going to look????? I'm
Off to check

Is it freezing yet??

Could I be the only one wishing/praying for cold I mean really, really teeth chattering cold weather ?? I never thought I'd be the one saying that but each day I'm wishing the cold front would just get here!! This weather is killing me~~it's the 40's that do it. Every day this week I've woken up with a headache and I can barely move. Every bone is screaming for cold/drugs!!!See photo!! Since I can't do much about the first and refuse the second it's been one hell of a week! I can not make myself do a thing around here~~it takes all my energy just to get dressed!
I did manage to get a haircut and that has improved my outlook a bit. I feel a little more like myself again.
Tonight KK and I need to run to the market and we're going to get dinner out~~that's a great mood lifter!! Course it's really nasty out~~it's pouring right now and it's predicted to turn to snow tonight but I'm not going to complain....well maybe a little!
I've been puttering around in my room trying to organize all my patterns. I must be up to five loose leaf notebooks. Wonder if I'll ever use half of them?? Trouble with doing this is I keep stopping to read the pattern and thinking I "need" to start something new!
I want to pull out all my sock yarn and see if there's a Jaywalker in there. I've been holding off..... trying to finish the Bee's first. I'm thinking I won't do the Olympics but I'll still try a pair of those.
I was surfing and found a gallery of them and I must say they really are nice!
Off to get ready

Is that cool or what???? It's a word cloud!! It scans your blog and then does your cloud!! I'll post the link when I can go back to it without loosing my post!!
I've made some progress on the Opal Bee socks~~I'm decreasing for the toe on the first one~~finally!!
I'm still giving some serious thought to the Olympics. Whit is doing a sock DPN one and I'm so tempted. The idea is to challenge yourself and using dpn's again would certainly be a challenge for me! I really can't remember the last time I did socks on dpn's. A couple times I've had to use them for sleeves and the felted vases but not socks. I really do have some yarn I could use even tho there's no pink/raspberry color which I'm definitely craving!! Still have a week to decide........
Nothing much else going on here~~trying desperately to clean up my room.......again!! I can't make any progress there tho. Every time I start I wind up watching tv/knitting/reading.....maybe I should just give up organizing it.
Off to knit bee's

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Sophie's new sweater!! Another FO!!!!