My Busy Afternoon

All in all this afternoon without power and internet went fairly well. I managed to get in like 12 miles road on the bike. I decided to go with the exercise bike when it because apparent that the sun was going to stay hidden behind the clouds. I knit on my Martha sock while I was riding and managed to get about 2" of pattern on the cuff so I have a total of about 3.5" done of the 6" needed. I have to do about 6 more repeats of the 6 round pattern so that should be....hold on have to think this one out.....ah ha, 36 total rounds is what I should have left before I start the heel flap. I'm not very good in math....shoot I hate math.

I managed to snap a pic of my three lazy animals this morning when the small patch of sunlight was shining through the small window next to our side door. Now you can plainly see how big this patch is....it's not that big, plus it doesn't last for more then a few hours before the sun has moved on to the other side of the house. These three will stop at nothing to be in the sun. Shadow (black cocker spaniel) is happy to have her feet in the sun, Zeus (gray/silver toy poodle) will fight with Skitz (fat lazy cat) for the sun. I've actually seen these two smacking at each other like boxers fighting for the $1 Million dollar prize....it's hilarious to watch a little 6 pound toy poodle boxing with a 18 pound grouchy cat.....no they don't hurt each other but it's really fun to watch Skitz try to run from Zeus. She's not a very fast runner. :~) Today they managed to share with each other. Needless to say I'm quite proud of them.

Next up is my sock. It's a sock, it's pretty, it isn't done, I'm going to work on it some more tonight after the kiddos are in bed for the night.

That been said I'm going to go throw dinner in the oven so that I can feed the masses and get my little underweight midget up from her nap. Incidentally we are taking Bree in tomorrow for another weigh in. I'll let you all know if she managed to pack on some weight. :~)

Sock Updates

Bree's sock now has a heel. I still have a few more decrease rounds before continuing on with the foot.....as if that's going to take long. Her itty bitty piggies are only about 4" from heel to toe. Baby socks are so cute....plus they knit up so fast. This was the only thing I worked on tonight. I'm using the CP Panda Cotton which I'm finding has a tendency to come untwisted. The softness helps make up for them. I'm not sure if I could make a pair of adult socks out of this yarn. Maybe I got a skein that doesn't like me.....hell with me anything is possible.
Oh man, I just realized that you all caught me in my PJ's.....well at least all you seen was a small portion of my Eeyore fleece PJ's. I don't want to scare you all by taking a pic of me in my PJs all vegged out.....lol. These are super comfy....now I need to find another pair before these wear out all the way. :~)
I need to get my "Martha" socks finished because here in the next few days I need to start the Monkey socks for my Monkey Sock Swap partner. I'm waiting to see what colors my partner likes.....don't want to knit up a pair of socks she/he isn't going to like/wear.
I'm going to be offline most of tomorrow afternoon because of a scheduled power outage.....please Sheri don't add any new yarns....lol. :~) I'll be checking my emails and such first thing in the morning then it's going to be nada till they get the new power pole up. They're moving our power poles again because of all the construction going on for new base housing.....we are surrounded by new houses.
I was actually trying to figure out how I could keep my computer and everything going. I need one of those mega Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS)....the ones that will run all your crap for several hours....lol. Shoot I wonder if the construction guys would run a long extension cord to my house for a few hours.....lol. Can't you tell I hate being internetless. You should see me when I go to my granny's house. They have dial-up and no just dial-up but really slow dial-up......oh my poor heart, I'm going weak just thinking about having to use dial-up. Good news is we found a few coffee shops in the area that have free Wi-Fi....WooHoo, coffee and free high speed internet.....Yeah Baby! :~)
Anyways, as I was saying, from 10am to about 2pm I'll be enjoying having no power. The good news is I won't have to worry about laundry and vacuuming tomorrow.....lol. I think I'll take my socks out side and knit in the sunshine while the power is out. It's suppose to be in the 60's tomorrow so I'm good to go.
Yippy, I actually finished up and I'm heading to bed before 3 am tonight. Dare I say it, maybe it I'll get into bed by Midnight tomorrow night....lol. I'm a night owl which is not conducive to being a mom. :~)

Current Sock Projects

Here's a pic of the sock projects I have going on right now. From Left to Right they are: Sock for Bree (CP Panda Cotton Blueberries and Grapes), my Parallel Socks (CTH Tropical Storm), and Socks for Kaity (KP Simple Stripes, no name colorway). I'm still on the first sock of Kaity and Bree's socks but I'm a whole lotta rows away from starting the heel on my second Parallel Sock aka "Martha" socks.
For my socks I'm using the Parallel Sock pattern from Wildhorse Designs that I purchased from Sheri at The Loopy Ewe. I'm using a plain jane sock pattern for Bree and Kaity's socks.
I placed my first order from ScoutJ....Here in the next few weeks I will have my very own Scouts Swag. I sooooo can't wait to get it in. I picked the Fraises de Boise. I also want a few other colors (hope to buy later this year): (Click here to see colorways) Strawberry Quick, Bluetini, Fruit Salad, Hot Fudge Sundae, Needles on Fire, Storm Surge, and Tarzhay.....just to name a few. She's not limited to just sock yarn, she also does other yarn weights. Actually I don't think there are any colors in her gallery that I wouldn't knit with, they are all so yummy. I had a hard time narrowing it down to just one skein *sigh*.
I think I'll knit socks tonight. I'll probably start out working on my sock and then trade off to one of the others. Knowing me I'll probably work a little on each sock.
Well I'm off to go feed the masses and all that other fun Mommy stuff that I do so well. :~)

New KAL

Joined another KAL. This one is for the Dollar and a Half Cardigan in the Spring 07 Interweave Knits mag. Told you all that I was a joined. :~)
I am going to make them it's just going to take me a little while to get them done. :~) Maybe I can get them finished before the next issue of Interweave comes out. So I'm setting my sights kinda high....lol.

Happy Cat

I don't think there is a person out there that can honestly say that this cat doesn't look happy. We put some new fleecey stuff in Skitz basket and the damn cat hasn't moved since. She's laying there purring like a motorboat. :~)

I'm Baaaack

Alright Alright, I never really went anywhere but I also didn't blog yesterday. Shock Gasp Sputter! Yesterday was clean up day. We went through and worked on more stuff that need to be cleaned in the house. Not to mention the never ending piles of laundry that I had to work on.....I'm still working on that one today. :~)
I didn't get any knitting time in till last night after the girls were in bed that's how full our fun filled cleaning day was. :~) I worked on my gift knit so there isn't much to post about that other then it's about 40% done. I may just make the deadline.....maybe. If I can stay focused on it. I am going to work on my "Martha" socks. I want them darn things on my feet. Plus the deadline for the socks to be able to make the Loopy Quarterly Contest is the last week of this month. I'm sure I'll be able to make that deadline. The second sock always goes faster then the first one. :~)
I did get some things in from the mailman Saturday morning. I got my Overstock book order in and I got my yummy green Fearless Fibers yarn in. I'm going to be ordering yarn from them again......very nice! I also got two really cute kitty stitch markers from Weeones....they're so small and cute. She really is very talented to make something this tiny by hand. She hand sculpts all her stitch markers. She sent the kitty markers with the bigger rings she forgot to put on the stitch markers I ordered from her awhile back. It was totally unnecessary but really cool that she threw in the stitch markers. I'm going to be ordering more from her soon.

Martha #1 is Done

Yippy. It's done. I'm doing my happy dance. Oh man does this sock feel oh so good on my tootsies. I think it's a good thing that I have changed some things in this pattern. The first thing I did was make the cuff about 6" instead of the 7.5" that was called for in the pattern. The second thing was to not work the pattern across the instep on the foot. It all worked out great for me and the sock fits great. I love hand knit socks, they fit perfectly! Now if only I could knit a little faster.
I think if I would have followed the pattern I would have ran out of yarn while working the second sock. I've weighted both the sock and the leftover yarn and the leftover yarn weights 1/8 of an ounce more then the sock does. I'll have to see how much yardage I have leftover after I get done with the second sock. Since the ball of yarn weighs more then the sock I should have more then enough to get the second sock done.
Well I'm off to go cast on the second sock. I want these bad boys finished so I can wear them.....lol. It's still cold enough to wear them....we're in the 50's still. :~)