Socktober Fest and Boston Knit Out

 

Knitting in and of itself can be very therapeutic.  I can also be the final straw that causes you to go stark raving mad.

We all have that one project that is either still living somewhere in the depths of our stash, or worse, you buried it under the used coffee grinds and sent off to the local landfill with no regrets.

Yesterday, I was working from home and decided that I would pull the couch out and clean all the crap that my DD tends to hide back there – especially my teaspoons and I was running low on teaspoons.

This led from one thing to another and it just so happens my yarn stash is next to the couch so I decided to shift some of it around.  It makes me feel like I’m on top of what I have if I rotate the stash occasionally.  Imagine my surprise to find all this sock yarn that magically appeared from the depths of the stash. 

Now I have successfully knit lace shawls, much to my own amazement.  But sometimes you just need to knit something that is not a constant challenge, you know, brainless knitting.  But not so brainless as knitting yards of garter or stockinette, after all a girl needs some small bit of a challenge to keep it interesting, right? 

 I believe this makes socks the perfect project for any time you need some semi-brainless, yet semi-challenging knitting, quick to knit up so you have tangible proof that you are being a productive knitter too.  Socks, the perfect knit.  You can make them as simple or as complicated as you want to, they knit up quickly, they are very portable, and apparently I have been doing a lot of not buying yarn, specifically, sock yarn, since someone once said that buying sock yarn isn’t really buying yarn. Sure, and that candybar you ate in the dark has no calories.

So it only seems right that I join Lolly’s Socktober Fest… minimal rules and it fits right in with my frame of mind right now and it might be a good idea to actually knit socks from all the sock yarn that I apparently have acquired while not buying yarn.

Cousin Jenn is just going to have to wait for me to get back into lace knittng mode, may around Thanksgiving?  Maybe she’ll get socks instead.

Oh, and Boston Knit-Out is happening on Sunday and depending on the weather and anything else that might pop-in, and bring my socks.  Anybody else from the area going?

Smatterings Funny and Sad

First the funny…

If you haven’t gone to see Little Miss Sunshine - do so now before it’s out of the theaters.  I think the last movie I laughed this hard in was Young Frankenstein.  But this one is a lot different than that.  It’s hilarious, and bittersweet, and if you come from any level of a dysfunctional family you will find members of your family on the screen and you can laugh at them publicly.

I love Toni Collette, she is fabulous in this, as is Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, and Alan Arkin.  The cast was great, the writing was great… this is a 2 thumbs up, must see.

On the knitting front,

I finished a pair of sock and started another.  I cannot deal with the lacy shawl right now, so that it resting in the bottom of my knitting bag just now.  Christmas isn’t right around the corner or anything, right?  I mean it’s not even Halloween yet.

Darling Daughter is loving high school – phew!  Although I’m not sure she is actually doing any homework… but at least the school seems to be on top of things since I’ve heard more from her advisors proactively since school started over 2 weeks ago than I did her entire 7th and 8th grade years.

On the saddest of notes, one of our knitting friends lost her husband suddenly last week, it’s been a very hard week.  But she knows that we are here for her and the kids, and there are lots of friends, family, etc. that are surrounding them with love right now.  So say a little prayer, and hug your family close tonight.

She’s baaaaaaaaack

The two weeks of vacation flew by.  I think I need to find a way to become independently wealthy.

First I want to thank Roxanne for the gorgeous skeins of wool.  They came in a package just as I was leaving the house for two weeks.  I love, Love, LOVE them!

My camera cannot do this justice, so I’m lifting the photo from her website.

 

The colors are just spectacular.

Camping was great.  We only had one rainy night.  The sun was out when we arrived, but it was pretty cloudy the rest of our stay.

Our site was spectacular!  There was a long driveway though some trees and thick brush, then the site opened up on a hillside to a spectacular view of the ocean.  It was very private and just lovely.  I so enjoyed waking up and falling asleep to the sound of the waves.

There is just nothing like enjoying a cup of coffee overlooking the open sea, nor enjoying a cocktail while watching the sunset over Casco Bay in Maine.  No wonder we keep returning to Hermit Island.

Darling Daughter is now officially in High School! ACK! I cannot believe how time flies.

I also managed to finish organizing the basement, painting the ceiling and walls of my bedroom and getting some other stuff organized.

So unfortunately it’s back to work with a gazillion emails (mostly spam) to wade through.