Shut Up & Knit!

Can't sock. Spinning!

I finished the first sock of doom yesterday afternoon.

It's a sock. We are not excited.

However, I will be relieved when I've finished the second one and can move on to the pair of the month. People, it's the fifth of the month and I still haven't started the socks for July. o.O

The spinning is going well.

I am remembering what it's like to have a pet cat with all the wool/silk fibers sticking to me. It's interesting and a vote for not getting another cat. I do not miss the cat hair all over everything.

In blogging news...

Have you heard about this? I think this could be very interesting to watch play out.

Good because if you're in bed with a company and you're blogging about how great they are without being honest about being in bed with them, you should be held accountable. I mean those people aren't really fooling anyone that's paying attention but I worry about the naive or new folks who might not realize what's going on.  Ya know?

(I do realize that one should never trust a random blogging stranger, but when you're looking for info on a company or product, you sort of have to take what you can get.)

Bad because our government seems to have time for such silliness "issues" and because it might impact the sex blogs that review products.  That could be very bad.  It's not like you can return a sex toy that didn't work out, ya know.

Or do you?  ;^)

How's that for a blog post with a little something for everyone?

I am so going to hell.

Happy Sunday, people!

(Stop chuckling at me, Teg!)

A Spinning Saturday!

841 yards and 100 grams.  More or less.  Give or take.

I think it's time I admit that I may have a slight clue what I'm doing with a ring spindle.  Tons to learn yet, but I think I understand the whole make it spin thingy.

Holy Crap!

Fiber is a mystery wool that was a gift from Squishy.  She dyed it.  How fabulous is that girl?

(She's my art department, too.)

Yes!  Today starts Tour de Fleece spinning on Ravelry and I am the founding member of Team CrankyPants. 

Shocking, right?

The roving I am spinning arrived right on time and, if I can figure out what I'm doing, we'll talk about it next week sometime.  If I can't figure it out, the next time we talk spinning, I'll be spinning up the stuff I dyed last weekend.

Keep your fingers crossed, people.

&  Because it's Saturday...

A huge suburban sky.  Photo taken mid-week while I was out on a fool's errand.  Story of my life.

I do love a huge sky.

Tomorrow, we'll talk about the sock of doom.

Today, have a wonderful, safe and festive July 4!

Even Flowers Can Go Postal!

(Click to Embiggen!)

These are outside of the post office in a grassy area (think raised berm) that protects the building from a very busy/high traffic/crazy street.  (There's a walm*rt across the street on the right.  It's a freakin' hillbilly hoedown over there and not in a good way.  There was a guy in a wife beater and huge Uncle Sam type hat with stars and stripes on the corner with a bull horn, yelling into traffic yesterday morning.  No, I am not kidding.)

Sadly, I was not driving while taking this one.  I know that disappoints some of you.

Now I'm on the look out for more driveway flowers to show y'all.  Maybe I can turn this into a thing.  Although, I doubt it.  I stick pretty close to my little corner of the world and don't get beyond it often. 

This is for the best.

Trust me. 

It's weird out there.

And in knitting news...

That sock that I had to rip back?  Remember?

I was finally working on the heel and while working my way across to pick up a stitch and the two wraps around it, a stitch got away from me.  Stitches and loose wraps everywhere.

Yes, I had to rip back again.  Just the heel, but still.

The sock of doom!

And on that cheerful note...

Happy Friday, everyone!

Take the happy where you can find it and be grateful

I found him when I took the lid off my Frosty yesterday afternoon.  Very much the high point of my day.

Sad, isn't it?

It's been one of those weeks.

I had been knitting on a toe-up footie style sock for ages now.  Last night, I had finally gotten to the cuff and realized that my stitch count was off.

I had dropped a freakin' stitch just above the toe and have to rip the sock because there no room for me to pick up the stitch. 

Did I mention this sock was being knit on US1 needles?

Yeah.  I'm having a good time.

I'm plying singles that I've spun.  It's my way of clearing the decks for the Tour de Fleece.  The singles like to break on me occasionally while I'm plying, so the spindle drops and everything comes to a cranky halt.

Not fun.

Did I mention I'm sleeping much less?

Did I mention it's starting to get to me?

I hate summer and having to get up super early in order to make sure that plants are properly watered so they will survive the day.  I hate that almost as much as I hate cooking dinner at six-thirty in the morning because it will be too hot to even think about cooking later in the day.

See why a Frosty was the high point of my day?

Yeah.

What's making you happy today?

And, no, I'm not sharing my Frosty.

July 1 Or Speaking of Carrie...

I pulled the yarn for my Personal Sock Club.  As soon as I touched the bag, I knew what it was.  While I am happy to work with it and am looking forward to finding a pattern, there is a part of me that was a little annoyed at getting a dark color for this hot month.

I know.  I'm an ungrateful brat.

This is Mountain Colors in the Crazy Woman colorway.  The yarn is a superwash wool/mohair/nylon blend that is so soft.

It was also a gift from Carrie.

Yes, the same Carrie from yesterday's post. 

How's that for timing?  :D

Hey, Jessalu!  What yarn did you pull for this month?

Happy Wednesday, everyone!