Well Alrighty Then
Ok. So apparently you guys like the purple socks. Rather a lot. I got comments here...and on ravelry...and in my email. I'm flattered! Also a bit puzzled, as they really are fairly simple little socks, but flattered. I've cast on the second sock and that helped me figure out how to describe what's going on. With luck, the pattern should be out next month. Just so we're clear, you do realize that the other side is totally plain right? I meant it when I said these were easy. Nothing but knit stitches over there.
Zombie Sock Revealed
These are absolute cake to knit. Easy as can be. Writing down just how to do them though... that's proving unexpectedly challenging. Somehow I don't think 'get really sick and then just do what seems easiest' will work as the first instruction. Neither will a picture of me pointing at a particular spot and a caption reading 'make that bit line up right.' Some day I'll learn to take better notes.
Bits and Pieces
Having the furnace on is lovely. It is definitely warmer with the furnace on, but it's not exactly warm. We have an old house (built in 1920), and it has the original windows and absolutely no insulation in the walls. We love it, it's beautiful, but it is more than a bit drafty. We also have an old furnace. It's not quite as old as the house, but is still rather elderly as these things go. The combination of old furnace and drafty house means the gas bill gets rather staggering if we set the heat above about 58. So [...]
Signs of Life
I have done a thorough investigation and can now confidently say that being sick sucks. Refusing to lay down and rest so as to get better seems to prolong being sick. Doing even more stuff than usual because you're busy and things need to get done seems to actually make it worse. Despite my very best efforts, I appear not to be able to will this germ away and have had to actually lay down and rest as opposed to saying I will lay down and rest and completely neglecting to do so. I really don't think this is fair [...]
Zombie Knitting
I'm still not dead. I may even be showing signs of returning life. I say this because I've recently found myself possessed by the overwhelming need to knit something. Alas, I do not currently have the attention span or the stamina necessary to tackle the (somewhat complicated) project for Heather's book. So I cast on something idiot simple. So far the steps are, find some pretty yarn. This is rather easy to do in this house and so takes no particular effort. Cast on a sockish number of stitches. This is more or less second nature by this point. Knit [...]
Astonishing Restraint
There was yarn in Pittsburgh. Rather a lot of yarn. If you consider my purchases in light of the total amount of yarn available, I showed admirable restraint. Quite impressive really. I bought only two little skeins. One a lovely turquoise number from Decadent Fibers and another a dark purplish fancy from Creatively Dyed Yarn. Both of them even have a bit of nylon and so stand a good chance of lasting for more than a season. I also picked up a second set of the Kollage square needles (one of the first set has suffered an unauthorized relocation via [...]
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