Lovely Purple Socks…
Finally, I finished my purple socks. The yarn is a variegated that made strips when knit. I didn’t know that when I started as the swatch in the yarn shop wasn’t striped. So, nice surprise, since the pattern is a plain jane just knit’em one. The best kind of knitting when one’s brain is not working on all thrusters.
Besides, I figured it’s about time to post an update on my knitting and fiber. I’ve been working on finishing things. So far since the start of the year, I’ve finished a sweater, these socks, and have about half another sweater done. I’ll post a picture of the work in progress soon.
I bought sock yarn at Maryland Sheep and Wool and have been itching to get a new pair on the needles but decided to finish some of what I’d already started. Currently, that’s another pair of socks in a heavier yarn, the sweater (of cotton yarn for summer wear), and a sweater I started last year of acrylic.
It’s been raining for days with bits of scattered sunshine so the purple yarn made me happy and the knitting was very simple so it was a way to relax and imagine flowers and sunshine. Today, I walked through all the puddles to the mailbox. I haven’t done that in a while and found myself really tired when I reached the mailbox. Of course, suspecting that I’d be wiped with so little exertion, I’d had Paul call me when he was a few minutes out so I could ride the rest of the way back with him. The mailbox is quite a hike from the house (a quarter mile–a breeze of a walk most days for me).
Got a lot done today because I had a lot of little things to do. I keep saying that I’ll do the little things as soon as they come up in email, but somehow I end up with an In Box full of small tasks to do. At least when you get them done, you feel like you accomplished something–in this case reducing the messages in my In Box by down to a third of what it was. Yeah, me! I take my successes where I can. Now it’s off to read for a while and to sleep…perchance to dream…unless insomnia bops me over the head again.