Back to the Norm

Well, it's back to February here in Ohio. The several days of 50-60 degree weather are a memory. Oh well, it was a nice melt down.

Life has also hit the normal mid-winter doldrums. All of the winter sports are winding down, starting playoffs, and the spring sports start conditioning on Monday. Crazy.

I didn't have to go to work on Monday, so I spent a good portion of the day playing with my spinning wheel. Sunday I finished the first 1/3 of the "Redwood Forest".

Close up so you can see the colors. The next close up is just me be excited about how thin the spinning is.So cool. Anyway, Monday I got going on the second 1/3 of the fiber, made pretty good progress too, in between eye rolls and snorts of derision as Ellie had "The Bachelor" on the tv in the living room (where I spin). Due to the floor installation going on at her condo, the Tivo and tv are de-commissioned for the week, so lucky me, I got to watch with her. The 2 hours just re-affirmed why i don't watch that show. Ugh!Okay, rant over. Such pretty fiber. The second 1/3 appears to be coming out a bit darker. Hard to tell if it's just that bit in the fiber, I can't really remember if the first bobbin had any that was that dark. Can't wait to finish so that I can see what it ends up being.

Monday night, I ended up finishing the first Annetrecrack sock. The foot surprisingly didn't take that long. Normally, when I'm doing a top down sock, the foot feels like it drags on forever, like it's a knitting black hole, but this one didn't.

I did end up re-doing the toe on Tuesday, it was just a pinch snug. And then I was not allowed to cast on the second sock until I got through the split for the sleeves on Kaylee's sweater. Guess what happened last night?

Yeah, I got through the split for the sleeves. Should go a bit faster now, seeing as each round has been decreased by almost 100 stitches. Isn't it great? I love me some cables, and my sweet Irish princess is going to look great in it. Finally visited my long lost friends the other night before Knit Night, and I really can't believe how much Kaylee has grown. Not just in size because, toddlers tend to do that, but she's talking up a storm, and the way she says everything, very deliberate and the words go up and down, it's so funny.

Well, that's about it. I warned you I was back in the doldrums. Basketball and hockey this weekend, is it really Thursday already?!