Quarter Century

Good day to check in.
G and I took a little trip up to the the Big Bear Mountains this weekend for my birthday. The sock pal sock got some attention at the lake in Crestline. I have turned the heels on both socks and am steadily marching up the leg, this mountain should be conquered soon.

I was able to gift the great big green thing this past week and it was well recieved by my friend who wil be having surgery this week, so send some good juju this way if you don’t mind. G took this picture at the native plant garden near our house. The pattern is the Seraphim Shawl by Miriam Felton. I had always admired it and felt like it was an especially appropriate for this kind of gift, the word seraphim refers to angels, good for one you’d like to offer some measure of comfort to no? Other info about this knit should include that it was knit on size 8 needles in Collinette dk weight handpainted yarn in the Spanish Moss colorway.

I got a beautiful bracelet from G for my birhtday that has proved hard to capture in a photo but here’s an attempt with our very nosy building cat.

This birthday began in a lovely way, curled up on my couch with a very compelling book and I didn’t get up until I had finished the book. I was reading the new Michael Chabon book, the Yiddish Policemen’s Union. It was a slow start but really picked up maybe fifty pages in. I always find that Chabon really tends to stay with me for a while after I’ve finished the book. The themes of home and identity run through this book and are mingled with questions about what one will do to survive and how far one might go to protect someone or something they love. The story posed some difficult questions about redemption and intention and the role of faith. I’d reccommend it for sure but I think that I still prefer The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay. That’s all I know for now, next time I’ll try to have a better pic of the bracelet and the finished sockapalooza socks.

One Very Pink Post

I have made some progress on the very pink sockpal socks. The yarn is Lornas Laces Shepard Sock in the Tropical Punch colorway. The pattern is the Queen of Diamonds from the spring Spin Off. I’ll admit that there may have been some ripping and tinking due to me taking the sock pair to a very stressful Padre game. Indeed, I did say sock pair, the race is on with this pair. I frequently end up with slightly fraternal socks and since these are for a deserving knitter I thought a sock race might produce a pair of identical twins. In this here sock race, I knit one sock to a good stopping point and then catch the other sock up and so on.
Additionally, I am frantically knitting on a big pink thing (of Harlot style fame) only mine is a big green thing and it’s got a deadline so I’ll get pictures of it when it’s all done.
I’ve spent some of the laast few weeks getting cozy with my sewing machine and actually produced a very funtional bag for a friend and there will be more of that for sure.
Next time, More Socks!