Whoo Hoo, another pair done!

I finally finished the blue socks! Yes, I know, a picture is needed.  Well, I’ll have to do it tomorrow, as I’m not traipsing down stairs to get them and photo them and then do all the transferring and stuff! LOL!

I started another pair immediately, though.  This time with the pinkish yarn from the other day.  The Tofutsie yarn knits up lovely, I’m loving it!  I got past the toe increases to at least the straight knitting on the foot.  I always try to get past the toe before I stop.  I have to set goals for myself or it will never get finished.  And yes, I’m attempting a short row heel on this pair. Kind of nervous, kind of excited at the same time.

T and I had dinner at home tonight.  Chicken with au gratin potatoes.  Nothing overly fancy, but it was quite tasty actually.  Tomorrow is grocery shopping day around here. Actually, I could go right now but again, that would involve getting dressed and leaving the house.  Although, if I do go out, I could stop at Starbuck’s?  You know not even the thought of that will budge me.  I’m finally cool and I want it to stay that way, thank you. But Starbucks would be nice…I could do with an Italian soda..yummy.  No….not going to do it.

I have to seriously shop for a vet tomorrow and get the fur babies in. Maggie and Templar need shots and Templar needs um, well, you know “the operation”.  No puppies, please!  I’ll shop around tomorrow and get them in sometime next week.

Tomorrow starts the Wardrobe Refashion pledge (2 months). I’m very nervous about that, but I’m willing to give it a try.  I’m not as creative as everyone else on there, but I’m going to give it a try.  Gah…why do I do these things to myself?  Oh well, we all must step outside our comfort zones now and then.  This is the summer of that for me, I guess.

My first project is going to be a skirt.  Yep.  I don’t own one, so I figured why not, I could use one I guess. After that, I’m going to force Lana to sit down with me and we are going to design what can only be termed as the “perfect knitting bag”!  I’m horribly picky (like her) about my knitting bag.  It has to serve many masters, yarn, keys, cell, etc.  I have yet to find the perfect bag.  Oh, I have come close, but they cost more than my car insurance!  No really….there is one I have been lusting after for two years now…it is more than my  monthly car insurance payment!  That is just sad!  Actually that bag costs more than my monthly cell phone bill, or my directv bill,, or my internet bill!  For that much money, it had better be more than just “close to perfect”…it damned well better be perfect, inside and out!

So, it’s design your own time!  I’m going to get Lana in on it.   Between us, we can get rather creative.  It should prove interesting as she likes a smaller bag and I favor a larger one! Muahahaha…so it will come in two sizes, that’s all.

Imagine my surprise

To find two balls of Koigu in my yarn stash!! I didn’t even know I had it. Heck, at the price of it, I seriously doubt I bought it. So, the question is did the yarn fairies bring it? I don’t remember getting any from a secret pal or anyone?

Oh well, I’m not one to look a gift in the mouth, so naturally I cast on for a new pair of socks right away. How convienent that I finished a pair just today! Oh my! I must have done something good for my karma to gift me with such a wonderful surprise.

I wonder if the whole weekend will go this well?

And I have pictures of the Opal socks that were finished just in time to cast on for the Koigu’s.

Look at this stitch definition!  Go me!