It's a Toe

I'm trying something new tonight. I am trying to figure out how you start a sock from the toe and work your way to the cuff.
I think I got it:

Could just very well be:

Yep, still looks like a toe:


YES!!
A toe emerges!

This is what hubby was working on while I was turning the air blue with my choice words:

It looks to be the start of a good week end. I am not on call for work. We are getting some decent weather. I am promised that I will be taken shoe shopping. We have some good movies to watch. Perhaps some laundry will done?
Wild week end ahead.

New Yarn and Then Some

I went to the yarn store located very close to my work with the intention of purchasing some more Addi's. I love those. Such a smooth operation. Anyway, I ended up adopting this lovely little gem:

Yep. More sock wool.

How cool will the colours be for these future socks? It goes from light yellow to black and then some. I'm excited to see how it transpires.
By the way......Those are my cool pjs. Nice little black and red stripe number eh?

I am feeling more confident in my knitting ability. I am just diving in there regardless of the skills and techniques required. With my new found power, I am sampling all sorts of wool I would otherwise not have dreamed of trying. Go me!!!

I also thought I should share with you my comfy night time socks. My mom made these for me:

The women in my family are cursed with feet as cold as ice. Every singal one of us. This explains why I am on such a sock kick of late. I love these socks. They are very roomy and stretch up to my knees. When I wear them I smile. They remind me of mom who is not exactly within arms reach. My parents are about a three hour drive away. I only seem to be able to get up there on long week ends or when I desperately need to get away from the craziness where I live. When we visit, I like to at least spend the night. I always sleep well. It is pitch black at night and the stars are so clear. Not at all like where I live now. There are too many street lights to cloud the view of the sky. At least she is in the same province now. For a little while they were living in Prince Edward Island. Beautiful country down there, just a very long commute to visit mom.
My goodness! My Canadian heritage is just falling out of me. I was listening to a comedian the other morning while trying to ready myself for work. He said that no where else has he heard people give directions or distance by using minutes. It would seem us Canadians like to gauge our distance by how long it takes us to get there as opposed to actually how many clicks away. I never really noticed that before. I dig it. :)
Here is another little pic from weekend fun:

I'm not sure what I did to get that. I woke up and voila! A mighty bruise. I must have bumped into the desk again. I never even felt it. Oh dear.
Right now I'm trying to learn how to cast on socks starting with the toe. It is a work in progress. I am hoping by tomorrow night or early morning I will have it licked.
I wish you all a good night. Talk soon.

Some Knitting, Some Food, Some Booze

This is why I gained about 40lbs after we were married:


I think it is pretty cool that these:


can become these:


My man does to food what I do with yarn and paint. Not at the same time. That would be messy.

This awesome cooking used to be a little problem for us when we were first married. I had this idea in my head that the little woman stays home, cooks the meals, cleans the house etc.......
So I felt quite upset and truly resented being in the kitchen. I hate cooking. It`s a strong word I realize, but it describes my feelings. After a short seven years, we have a system. He cooks,
I drink and talk up a storm.

Besides, he truly enjoys this activity. Who am I to take it away from him. I`ll stick to the knitting.
Speaking of knitting.....
(cool little intro eh)


This is the heel for Dancing Cedar Socks:


I also found out that the colour I selected for these socks is coral. I thought it was a light pink. I`m a tad colour blind.
I`m off to go rescue a world from destruction.
Have a good night everyone.

Suspicious Activity ?!?

I knew we had a problem when I came home and found some mysterious felting. I don't felt. I'm pretty sure my husband doesn't felt either....not intentionally. There have been a few minor laundry incidents, but I have banned him from the dryer.
This is what the photo evidence has turned over:

Those feet belong to hubby. He is an accomplice. If you are not a part of the solution........

Close up....


Hmmmmm. Don't let the cuteness fool you. He is sneaky.


On a not so criminal side note, I have completed Bartholomew's Tantalizing Socks.
Yep, they rock!

I know it is sideways. Alcohol and cameras do not mix very well. I will try harder next time. I promise.
I have started another pair from the same book, New Pathway's For Sock Knitters by Cat Bordhi.

Cedar Dancing Socks.

This is what I accomplished while watching America's Next Top Model.
Can you believe they bounced Claire?
Weird eh?
I'm off to go protect my knitting from the taste tester.
Have a good night everyone.

Some Yarn; Some Help; Some IPOD

I visited a new yarn store on my lunch hour this week at work. I was looking for some Addi Turbos that I have heard so much positive hype. While there, I found the sought after Addi's and some yarn:

I was very attracted to the colour. I am planning to use it for those socks for the Ravelry sock group, Jacobeans. You can never have enough socks, especially red ones. I am hoping to start them sometime this week.

Speaking of sock groups:
This is the yarn to be used on the third sock:

I love the wild colours. I can't wait to see how these stripe up.

I also began the second sock:


Those Addi's do sing. I can't believe how quickly I can clip along.

You know what else I learned? When you take them out of the packaging, they do not have that permanently rolled up look. They just unfold and are all ready to go. Those are my kind of circs!
I learned a new way to cast on. I am very stoked. :)))))

My creative assistant is ensuring that my that the second mate of my first sock does not fall by the wayside.

He is strict!

Hey! Check these out:

Cute little accessories for my ipod:

Who knew it would be so difficult to take a pic of such a tiny little object? You will have to trust me. They rock!
Is there anything that a skull cannot jazz up?
I don't think so.

Hubby and I finally completed Justice League Heroes for PS2:


I love RPG games, especially ones like this. It has a great plot. Reminds me so much of the cartoon I used to watch Saturday morning. I'm sure it is still on air. I just have a very difficult time waking up to watch them.

My creative assistant also has a little problem. He has an addiction to chewing wires. You would think this would teach me to put away my toys. I'm a slow learner.

He can do a lot of damage in a very short amount of time. Once we were without a phone for over a week. I never even realized. I just thought it was nice that no one was calling. It was almost peaceful. Then I checked the phone line. Yep. Chewy had struck again.


That is about it for now. I hope you are all well.
Have a great week end! :)

Monday, Monday.....

I've been working on this little sweater for a few days now. I have been obsessed. I worked on it while I was playing catch up with the New Amsterdam show:


The net is such an enabler for my tv addiction.

I brought it with me to mom's for the Easter holiday.


I wasn't sure how that hood would turn out. Truly an experimental piece.

Now....Viola:

Cute little sweater.


Pretty bright eh? Maybe it can keep her safe when she goes jogging at night. Toddlers do that right?
Have a good night everyone.

Long Weekends are Awesome

My friend introduced me to a new television show. It rocks. New Amsterdam. Have any of you seen it? It has an amazing concept. This detective has lived through the ages in search of the one true love a medicine woman has for him in order to be complete his life. He will never die until he finds this mystery woman. I love it. I think it is the second episode, he has a conversation with his son who is 65. Goes something like: "What are you going to do? Ground me? I'm 65 years old."
It is full of great lines. I am completely hooked now.
You should see me. Here I am knitting in the dark watching episode after episode of this show:
I am hoping to get some serious knitting done this weekend. I want to finish a sweater that I am creating for my little niece. This is the lovely child for whom I am struggling to make socks.
I'm going to go back to my show and continue working on this sweater:


I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.