Good Morning,
Finally! The sun is out and it looks like the winds may have died down some. Whew! It was a very soggy, damp, chilly, windy weekend. Overall we received around 2.5" of rain - thankfully spread over Friday and Saturday with a few drops on Sunday. It had stopped raining by yesterday afternoon, but it was in the 40's with gusty winds, so not pleasant for sitting out at 4 p.m. with a beverage. Oh well, another day.
My Friday sans conference calls was quite nice. I got a little busy work-wise in the afternoon, but not too much. Nice enough that I (finally) finished up the Hiking Trail socks!!
Here is another picture closer up so that the flecks of color in the yarn are more visible. But, the angle is weird and the feet of the socks look enormous (well, they are sort of - 75 rows before the toe decreases to accommodate Colin's foot!).
I'm beyond thrilled to have these finished. Though I enjoyed knitting them they did take forever - just about a month for each sock! The pattern on the leg is just a simple K6 P2 across. The feet are plain. I used #2 needles and the yarn is some I purchased at one of the NJ Wool festivals (I think last year). It is by Kim Dyes Yarn and is an 80/20 blend. The colorway is "Hiking Trail."
Saturday morning as it poured rain, I met up with Dee for our usual Saturday morning therapy session - knitting, sipping coffee, chatting, laughing. It is always a great time. Since the socks were just finished, I spent my knitting time on the Guernsey Wrap and managed to get a number of rows knit. Of course, I wasn't paying attention fully and had to tink back one row not once, but twice. All is good now.
Mother's Day was a quiet one. I came downstairs to a gorgeous flower arrangement from Fletch (I need to take a picture) and I made a German pancake (Dutch Baby) for breakfast using strawberries and blueberries - YUM. Mailing texted me and Colin called, so I felt the love!
Today it is back to the grind. However, I was able to book a massage for this afternoon, so I'm looking forward to that! A massage should make a great start to the week!
I hope everyone's weekend was a good one and here's to the week ahead.
Congrats on the sock finish! I've got a pair around here somewhere I need to finish and I'm just now getting the itch to start knitting again. Daughter sent me a gift certificate to Knit Picks and I spent last night looking over the sock yarn selection. That'll do it every time.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad your Friday eased you into the weekend! :)
ReplyDeletecongrats on sunshine and a pair of new socks! We has beautiful sun yesterday after a full week of depressing clouds and rain, ugh.
ReplyDeleteWe finally got sun yesterday, too, and it was such a relief after all the rain! I'm not sure how much we got, but I know the floodgates were down in one area that is prone to flooding. I'm sure you're as happy to see the sun as I am! The socks look wonderful and I'm sure Colin will love them. Enjoy your massage today!
ReplyDeleteYour weekend weather sounds much like what we had last week. Our weekend, however, was pretty spring-glorious, so I hope that weather pattern is now on its way to you. Colin's socks are perfection -- but maybe you should nickname them the "little brown blobs????" ;-)
ReplyDeleteHooray for finished sox! On to the next.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you were treated to the weather we *finally* got rid of. My Mother's Day was perfect: full of sunshine, warmth, and light breezes. Hallelujah! My porch and patio furniture got put out and my pond waterfall is turned on. What a difference some truly springlike weather can make.
It's on its way! Get those Adult Beverages ready, and dry off those chairs.
The socks are so pretty, I mean handsome! Sounds like a very good weekend---and the massage? Beyond delightful!
ReplyDeleteColin's socks are a lovely labor of love for large feet! I bet it does feel good to have them done but I bet you are thinking about the next pair of socks to cast on. Enjoy your massage; that sounds like a terrific way to start the week!
ReplyDeleteIt was cold and windy here, too, but we had more sunshine than you did. I'm glad you had a pleasant Mother's Day and hooray for a massage today - I had one Friday and it was wonderful.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous weather on Saturday with sunshine and a little bit of rain. Yesterday was somewhat gloomy with cloud cover all day. I love the socks and the flecks of color. Enjoy the massage!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the sock finish! That's a lot of rain!
ReplyDeleteHooray for a finished pair of socks. We enjoyed rain this past week and a dry if cloudy Mother's Day. It was sunny inside though as our son has popped in for a visit.
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