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He also donated the cooking chopstick I did all my agitating with (Boy never uses chopsticks anyway, but I find them so useful!). I liked the color in the pot which, funny enough, matches the picture for once. I did not realize that so much of the color would wash out. 
Ann's Twisty Wrap
The color is completely wrong, but these are the Pink Gumball Footies, all woven in and ready for dancing. I just finished the toe as I was called in for my ultrasound; I could tell the pregnant women in the waiting room with me were thinking, "Hey, why is she knitting little things? She's just fat!" Fine then, no footies for them! They will join their Crusoe mommies in the Holiday pile, which is getting big enough that I may need to designate a place to keep them out of the way for the next few months.
On the train back I started these:
The Leetle Shepherd socks will be made out of the Lorna's Laces left over from the Syracuse socks (which, if I ever find again, will be photographed with the babies). I love these tiny socks!
GRATUITOUS STINKER FOOTAGE
They are warm and soft and slightly snugger than I'd like, or I'd be terribly tempted to keep them myself. Jen of the wool allergy and a bunch of us from work got together at TGIFridays to celebrate her liberation from Verizon, and while we were waiting for a table I was working on sock #2 and, of course, she was entranced and wanted the socks. So I had her try one on to see if she'd itch.
She was hunky-dory for a while, wearing one wool sock on a bench outside TGIF while I started on the toe of the second one. Then, there was itching and burning and, long story short, I still have the socks. I have promised her cotton ones as soon as I do a little dyeing... I promise to have Boy take pictures!
In the meantime I have been avoiding sewing up (and taking pics of) Ann's Twisty wrap. Maybe this weekend. I can't seem to choose which sock pattern to indulge in next and I had some yarn left over from the Crusoe socks, so I figured I'd do a bit more stash-busting and make some little socks.
Why did no one tell me of the wonder that is little socks?
These things are fabulous! They are tiny and cute and only take 2 days to finish a sock, a big bonus to someone who is mid-projects and hasn't been feeling to spiffy. I just hope they will be the right size; I don't know much about children's feet...
They look like little Crusoes, but are actually Gumball Footies by Trek. I had to do some adjusting, (I don't know who's gauge was off, but it was OFF), but I think I'm finally starting to get the hang of Sock Math! Yay me!
These goodies! I currently have four knitting "bags", things I'd carry around with my knitting in them. I've started keeping my working projects in their own bags; it keeps things just a little more organized (yeah, right). Just to be a pain, I'll be starting with the needle case in the bottom right-hand corner and working my way counter-clockwise.
I'm including my needle case because it can be easily shoved into some luggage and brought along. I bought this case from Bean of Bean's Stock on my business trip to Syracuse, NY. Sadly enough, these are not all my needles. I also have quite the assortment of circular needles, many with the cord-middles melted out from when I had a little internet hat-knitting business and was afraid to use dpn's. As you can see, I've clearly gotten over that little quirk. I am considering a separate needle case for my dpn's, but for now the circulars are in my little blue ArtBin.
These are the contents of the brown messenger satchel, which looks like leather but is actually 100% PVC according to the label. All I know is that the cranberry juice I spilt on it wiped up without bother when I finally got back to it. This bag holds most of my little knitting stuff, which makes sense since I NEVER CARRY IT! It includes a set of house keys, since I lose/forget them so often, it's just a good place to carry a spare set. The little sock is actually a bag which holds my purdy blue stone heart stitch markers. Also pictured are most of my point protectors, a book of helpful hints with a needle inventory, yarn and cable needles, and pattern notes for my latest acrylic-destruction project, Danica. The scarf is on hiatus because Boy has expressed interest in this scarf. Since he has been cut off from all hand-knitting milk until he buys the cow (or at least buys the cow a shiny bauble as a down-payment), I am loathe to make progress on it.
The Hawaiian-print bag was brought back from the island, a gift from my grandmother. Ann's Twisty Wrap is housed in this larger bag, which was also involved in the cranberry juice debacle. Thankfully the bag is waterproof and machine-washable, so the yarn was safe and that pink spot that you can't see (but I can) will hopefully come out. The wrap is currently longer than I am tall, we're guessing around 68 inches, only 36 inches remaining. I have a whole ball and most of another of this yarn, so it the math holds, I should have just a little left over from this project, taking another big chunk out of the stash, yay!
The last bag, brown w/pink flowers, is my sock bag and goes pretty much everywhere. It is much classier and nature-friendly than the string of plastic baggies that preceded it. The second Pink Crusoe made some progress today while I waited for my doctor to come back with some lab results (wish me luck on my ultrasound next Wednesday!). Like the bag? Go swap with Trek!
The link leads to the website I shamefully stole it from, but the yarn is coming from my stash. Viva Summer of Stash! Remember how I said that I'll get an idea for an item, even start knitting the darn thing, and then someone will come along for whom it was obviously meant? Well, Ann is Boy's Uncle's Mother, and the former owner of all the fancy green needles I now possess, so it made sense that the green twisty thing should be for her...
My secret pal seems to have gotten the impression that I like knitting socks (hmm, wonder where may have gotten that idea...). I received two lovely skeins of sock yarn, some sz 2 birch dpns, and kitty paper. Thank you Secret Pal!
I also need to thank my pal for the sock yarn that I received in the last package she was kind enough to send me. I had no idea that baumwolle translates to cotton. All the cool kids took German in high school, but I was a weenie and took Spanish. Thanks to my secret pal and to the babel fish translation.
The sock then went on the updated Pirates of the Carribean, where it was freaked out by how much the animatronic Jack Sparrow's look like Johnny Depp. While we were in line a fellow knitter hung over the bridge we were passing under to admire the sock and ask for details. I had not dug out the camera yet, or we'd have a picture of her as well. Boy is endlessly amused by people stopping us to talk about my knitting.
It then enjoyed the lively fireworks show. The best place to go to see the fireworks without getting uncomfortably close to other sweaty tourists turns out to be in front of this ride:
The sock did not go this ride. No way.
We then took a ride on the Disneyland Railroad. Conductor Mark was more than willing to hold the sock, saying that it's not the strangest thing he's been asked to do. Poor Mark. I was considering having Mickey hold the sock, but the line was too long and I didn't want the sock to take the limited mouse time from a 3-year-old from Kansas.
By then, the sock and the Monkey were wiped out. We decided they had had too much fun today and it was time to hit the trail.
I am dangerously close to irritating the knitting gods and say that I don't seem to suffer from second sock syndrome. I am very vigilent however; I try to cast on directly after finishing the first sock. Now all I have to do is wait for the woolen lightning bolt to strike...
I'm finding, to my considerable relief, that I am left with a sizable amount of yarn after each pair of socks is completed. I'd like to convert these "leftovers" into holiday presents of socks for all the children Boy's family has spawned in the last two years. Does anyone know of a faboo toe-up toddler sock pattern?
