Done at Last

Yay - the ribbed socks are done. And on time too. I finished them last night on the bus ride to the girl's basketball tourney game. Sadly, the game did not go well, even though I wore my school spirit socks. We'll see if these can bring better luck to the boys tonight. Here's a pic where the colors are just about right. The 2-at-a-time thing went fine. I'm not going to stop using my DPN's or 2 circ's anytime soon though. But, I think, for socks like these, that are boring and pretty uninspiring, it works really well. Not to mention, easier to get them to come out the same length. So for all my plain stockinette socks (like I ever do those) and easy ribbed socks, this may be the method of choice. And I really like some of the patterns in the book, I think I'll just choose to use yarn that comes in two hanks rather than one ball, it got a bit fiddly now and then.


On to new stuff. I knew that I'd get the ribbed socks done with relative quickness, and so packed the next sock. And lo and behold, we had to sit through a whole game before ours started, so...

Say hello to the "Merino Lace Sock" from Favorite Socks in the oh so pretty "Lava Lipstick" Smooshy yarn. I couldn't help myself. There was so much talk of Smooshy this week at SnB, and people showing off the gorgeous colors that they had bought at KotS, I needed a fix. And as I cannot buy any yarn until the end of March, this was the only way. All my SnB buddies applaud me for my Lenten sacrifice, and asked if maybe I should've made an exception for sock yarn.

But I digress. The Smooshy. Is. So. Beautiful. And I'm not normally a red kinda girl. But everyone needs a little red in their life now and then.

As for the neverending saga of the ND sweater - the collar is attached!. Most of the ends are sewn in. I just have to lay it out so I can attach the sleeves and then sew them on. I say that like it's so easy, when in reality, I'm really horrible at this bit. It usually takes me 4 or 5 tries before I give up and just accept that the sleeves are going to look horrible. So I'm hoping that this time goes a little smoother.It's this fear of the finishing that is the reason this sweater has been languishing for a month in my knitting box. My goal is to finish it this weekend (no, really) so that I can wear it to SnB on Tuesday. Keep your fingers crossed for me.


And to end with some cute photos. Miss Maddie has taken to a new lounge spot. I witnessed the discovery of this new ideal spot late the other night.
Can you guess where it is? It's on top of the TV stand in the family room. Why there you ask? Why is it so new? Normally, you know when the family room isn't being painted, it's pushed back into the corner and there isn't an 8 foot ladder next to it for easy access, and it's covered with picture frames and therefore has no lounge room. She didn't adjust well at first to the re-arranged family room, now I wonder what she'll do now that it's close to being done.