Here we are on an unraveled Wednesday...3 weeks before Christmas...no decorating has been done at my house (well, Fletch did put up the pine cone wreath that his Mom made for us a long, long time ago...he tried 3-4 different strands of lights for our patio and all of them only half lit - I think he is going out today to buy more lights). I have not written a single card and I have not wrapped any gifts. Also, I have not baked a single cookie. And, I'm not sure when any of that will happen...but there is time and for once in my life I don't feel anxious or pressured. YAY!!!
Tonight we are meeting friends for dinner and I'm looking forward to that a lot. So between Thursday and Saturday morning I need to do some cleaning and food prep - my brother and sister-in-law are coming up on Saturday for the day to celebrate the holidays (at least their gifts are bought...just not wrapped - ha!). Colin & Mailing will be coming over too. I'm not taking either Thursday or Friday off, so my nights will be a little busy.
On the knitting front, I made it to the heel flap on the 2nd sock last night:
This morning over coffee I started the heel flap. I'm thinking/hoping I'll be ok with yarn. I made the 1st sock pretty long (88 rows for the leg). I kept weighing the yarn and had not used half of it for the first sock. BUT this is Lang Jawoll yarn and I had not realized that tucked in the center of the skein is a bundle of reinforcing yarn (which I didn't use on the first toes because I didn't know it was there!!). If I run out towards the end, I'll just use black yarn...after all, the socks will be in shoes. Wish me luck!!
I finished reading "The Alice Network" by Kate Quinn the other night and I really enjoyed it. I may have liked it even more than "The Nightingale." "Overstory came in on Overdrive and I hope to start that in a few days - there have been so many mixed reviews, I'm curious about it. Meanwhile, I wanted something very light (a la "chick-lit") to read and picked "The Hideaway" by Lauren Denton. Enjoyable and very fast reading - I managed to get through a third of it last night!
That's it for me on this mid-week day. Clouds are moving in and there is a chance of some "wintry mix" of precipitation later - but I think that is mostly for South & East of Philadelphia (we are North & West). Hope everyone's week is going well.
I'm in exactly the same place with Christmas preparations and glad to have company! I do feel a little anxious, but hopefully I can remedy some of that next week. I really just want to finish the mitts for Ryan and Justin, and then get all of Ryan's presents mailed. After that, anything else I accomplish is "extra"! Fingers crossed for enough yarn for your socks!
ReplyDeleteSneaky little weight difference-hope it won't affect your sock finish!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you'll have enough yar to finish the second sock. I rarely use the little spool of reinforcement yarn included in the skein of Jawoll yarn because I forget about it. I got my cards out much earlier than usual because of my move. I don't bake anymore so I'm not tempted to eat yummy cookies. Other than a few decorations scattered around the house my holiday preparations are finished - a simple Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI dont wrap presents until much closer to Christmas, because we have a couple kitties who think wrapped presents are fun to shred!
ReplyDeleteYour sock is looking fabulous. I'm wondering if I have enough time to whip out a pair for Dave for Christmas... he shrunk his Birthday pair!
We are still debating whether not to put a tree up this year or not. I had decided not to, but now I’m missing it. And here I thought I was finished with everything.
ReplyDeleteI’m sorry about the sock. I had no idea anybody included reinforcing yarn inside the ball. But of course black will work just fine for the toes. After all, nobody sees them do they? Blessings, Betsy
I'm decorated but still have a sock and 1/4 remaining to knit! I did the weight the skein activity this past weekend myself and it seems I'll be safe but why don't I feel confident? :-) Your sock looks great!
ReplyDeleteNo holiday goings on here except for the fruitcakes I made. I just can't bring myself to drag out all the stuff. The Mister started to dig through the holiday closet the other day and I made him put it all back. I am really a Scrooge this year.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking sock. I did a little minimalist decorating. It is my least favorite thing so I keep it to a minimum. Baking cookies - that is another story. Time to go shopping for butter, vanilla, sugar, and flour.
ReplyDeleteSock is looking great! We put the decorations up today. it is early for us, but we had to stay home due to the truck, so it worked out well. Tonight it is lovely to look at . We enjoyed recalling things when we unwrapped the ornaments.. A few were broken and I tossed them. They had their time and were not overly sentimental...:)
ReplyDeleteBravo on the sock progress. Someday I'll find my sock yarn with my 5 #1 bronze dps that I have put *somewhere*. Have fun with your friends.
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((hugs)), Teresa :-)
That's great progress on the socks ... hope you feel good about the rest of your list so you can enjoy the weekend (yikes, only 2-1/2 weeks til Christmas!!)
ReplyDeleteYou've been busy busy busy! And lots of knitting too! Love your finish, and the sock looks good so far too! I need some light reading. I'll look up those books you mentioned.
ReplyDeleteI have the Alice book on my pile to read! great sock and maybe this weekend you will get decorated. I haven't written any Christmas cards yet, but then I only received one!
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