SAMKAL4

Well -- don't know what the problem is - but I'm giving up on ever getting my October Socks entry posted on the SAMKAL 4 blog. I tried four times on Monday evening - finally left it with one draft sitting there. On Tuesday when I checked, the draft had not been posted and the draft had been deleted. So I tried twice last evening. Same thing.

I know other people have experienced problems. But, it's too exasperating and I don't have time to keep fiddling with it.

I'm giving up [on posting to SAMKAL4.]

Sport's Socks

One day last week when I was knitting on my [finally finished] October Socks, Sport asked when was I going to knit socks for him.

:-)

He wasn't especially impressed with the yarn choices I offered him, but he finally settled on the green Reynolds Swizzle. [Ignore the date stamp :-\

These might end up being my "November" socks for the SAMKAL4.

Speaking of SAMKAL4 - I've been having the darnest time posting to it the past few times. I left my October Socks post sitting there as a draft. Hopefully it will get posted eventually. Argh.

October Socks

Finally! Finished the October Socks [formerly known as the August Socks] last evening - before the end of the World Series!

Ignore the date stamp. Don't know what happened there [other than...maybe I shouldn't let the grandsons use my camera.] {But they sure had fun taking pictures}

The date stamp now will display correctly.

SOCK SPECS:
Pattern: Move Your F@nny (from Socktopia)
Yarn: TOFUtsies #790
Needles: Crystal Palace bamboo size 2.5 mm [1.5 US]
Knit for: Me!
Modifications: To accommodate my wide feet -- CO 66 st, instead of 62. Worked heel on 33 st, thus a couple more rows needed to get to the turn.

In which I wonder

...Why do I have FIVE size "J" crochet hooks? I just figured that out this weekend after entering all of my hooks and needles into my Ravelry notebook. Love that feature! I've printed out the chart & stuck it in my wallet for future reference.

I started entering completed projects. Not finished with this section.

Have yet to start adding my Stash. I don't have all that much - compared to some/most knitters, so it won't be an overwhelming task - just not one I want to do in the evening after work.

See my entries on Ravelry at jakkmitch

OTN and Off the Hook

Making Progress! I cannot believe that I've been working on these easy, short-legged socks since early August. Now my goal is to finish them by the end of the World Series. Do~able.

The colors are pretty wild for me! But, I like them in person - the photo is a bit off. See those short row heels? I'm SO pleased with myself. Each heel only took about a half dozen froggings, but -- finally got them right! :-)

FINISHED OBJECT:

Crocheted blankie for Buster (sshhh - for Christmas.)

It's 32" x 39"

Acrylic yarn. Worsted. Mostly Bernat Camouflage - "Outback." The solid colors are probably Red Heart.

Size F hook. (Though I should have used a "J")

Priorities

My DD2 had emergency surgery a week ago. Don't want to seem overly dramatic, but it was an extremely serious situation. She's going to be OK, but while she's recovering, I'm helping with the boys. That leaves little time for knitting or blogging.

Earlier in the week I had both boys overnight a couple times. Then they went to their daddy's for a few days [he's been an Ex for a couple months now.] The daddy dropped them off at DD2's yesterday a.m. and then I picked up Buster after work. He spent the night with me and Sport stayed with his mama. I think we'll switch today and I'll have Sport tonight. I'll be able to do some knitting while Sport is here and we're watching baseball. Might be able to do some blogging in the a.m. as he sleeps in. [Unlike his brother who is always awake by 6 a.m. :-\

OTN Update; Ravelry; and, of course, Grandsons

OTN: True confession time. I have not knit one stitch on the 2nd F@nny sock. Hope to today, tho. Stay tuned! However, I'm on the last round of the blankie for Buster. WooHoo! I'm going to work on the one for Sport yet today, too. I thought I'd do that one in granny squares, but I decided I really don't like sewing all those squares together nor do I care for fiddling with all the loose ends. So, I'm thinking about either: Sewing the current 24 squares into a rectangle and then go round & round that rectangle. Or, a bit of a compromise -- do more rows on the current 4" squares, so I'd end up with 24 bigger squares. [How much bigger? I haven't worked that out yet. I'm on meds for a nasty sinus infection.]

Ravelry: Good grief. They're moving about 500 per day. There are only 1600, plus a few, ahead of me now. Sure, I'll get the invite this week. I'm going to be out of town on TH-FRI and I have to WORK next Sunday. Drats. Unfortunately, I will not be able to develop my Ravelry site whilst at work.

Grandsons: The boys were over for a few hours yesterday. Sport [4 yrs] is getting taller, smarter, and he's SO curious about everything! He's a tech geek, too. :-) Buster [2 yrs] is certainly not a baby anymore. He's got a wicked fast ball. Mind boggling to see him in action. He's a leftie, brings his right knee up, leans his left shoulder back, and hurles the [air-filled, plastic] "baseball." I've caught it between my eyes more than once. And, I'm sure that's where he was aiming! He's just as good with a football, too. His auntie [DD1] and I are going to push for the baseball vocation, though. Oh, and did I say he's a hitter, too? Pitch it to him anywhere close to the strike zone and it's outa there! [That's especially mind boggling for me - who has NO hand-eye coordination and was always the LAST person picked for a side in gym class!]

Here are a few photos from yesterday. Buster on the left & Sport on the right: