I’ve been nominated! Eileen nominated me for the Kreative Blogger Award…what a distinguished group she put me in. Thank you!
Here are the rules for the nominees:
1. Copy the award to your site.
2. Link to the person from whom you received the award.
3. Nominate 8 other bloggers.
4. Link to those on your blog.
5. Leave a message on the blogs you nominated.
Having duly stated the rules, I was gobsmacked by the obvious: I subscribe to over 40 blogs, which I read as often as they publish. I think they all deserve the award, or I would have unsubscribed and moved on. In the spirit of fair play, consider yourself nominated.
Personal update: finger much better, cold much worse, knitting zero. le sigh!
Usually I don’t bother; it’s the challenge, I guess. As you can see they are very close. The first sock has a few short rows of white and black tweedy on the tip of the heel, but the second sock goes right to grey. That makes for one less round of grey around the whole sock when the gusset is picked up. I’ll always be able to tell them apart, but no one else will notice, I think.
The first sock finished with a repeat of the pink and grey tweed that started its heel flap. I wound off the white/black tweed print to equal the rest of the heel flap, and there I was at the light grey to start the second cuff. That wasn’t bad at all. Oh, and of course, that’s Torrie arriving in the picture…”sorry I’m late for the photo shoot, Meowmy!”
This Opal yarn that had been marinating for 7-8 years seemed like a good candidate. I knew a “plain vanilla sock” would knit best in a waiting-room situation.
Look at the cuff: it starts with that light purple-grey, then goes dark purple, then bright pink. That sequence doesn’t reoccur until I had turned the heel and started picking up the gusset.
Three tries later, with the same result, I decided to take a picture of Torrie without the socks. After satisfying our diva that she was the center of attention I was able to then capture the picture of my finished socks.
This was the first gecko sighting of the spring. He’s welcome, as they eat all sorts of insects that aren’t welcome here.
This is the Oklahoma rose, all leafed out and eager to go.
It’s on the Rio Samba rose, which begins orange and yellow, and matures to peach. As I recall, it was in bud when we purchased it from the greenhouse two years ago, so it has a record of early blooms. May I say, yippee!
I went on to finish the first Rib Fantastic sock, and got a good start on the second. The toe pattern called for was a bit of a slipped-stitch pattern, much like the usual heel. I decided after a few rows that I really didn’t want that on my toes, and frogged back to the beginning of the toe. This is my usual, decrease 4 stitches every other row, toe.
which were friendship gifts for Eastern Star grand chapters (state meetings) I would be attending. All of those have been given away, and it’s time for Louisiana’s grand chapter, my home state. I have 17 soap bars left; as of today, I have 14.5 washcloths knitted. I can’t begin to tell you how much I want to knit something else. However, between here and the end of March I also have to make a gown for our DD, prepare music for three church services, as well as for that grand chapter (I’m the grand organist this year), and in general plan a bit. There just aren’t days to goof off. le sigh. Oh, how I look forward to playing with wool, or alpaca, or any of the knitting delights that wait for me when I have completed my obligations!
and Casper and Victoria took the opportunity to enjoy it together (something they seldom do…she’s too bossy.) It looked inviting!
Mine has been wonderful as a sewing chair, too. The arms of the chairs adjust, but I have a short body, and the shortest position of the arms is still too high for me. I’m suspicious that the chair arms are, if not the cause, at least a large factor in my continued arm pain. I mouse left-handed, and can’t avoid the arm rest when I sit at my computer.
Now I have the ultimate secretary’s chair, as modeled by Minky. Torrie heard the photo shoot, and me speaking to Minky. Supervision was required! How could we proceed without her? 
big-box home improvement store. The clerk was less than helpful, and didn’t even want to look at the pictures. All they had to offer was above-the-range microwaves, which were too big for our cabinet.
