Trip to the Frog Pond...

Here lies the last picture of Jaywalkers part 2 before they went to the Frog Pond... Completely...

Why did they go to the Frog Pond after a heel turn? Tried one of the socks on and couldn't get the sock on past my ankle... Grrr... Rip... As Cartman from South Park likes to say "Screw you guys, I'm goin' home..."

What did the trip to the Frog Pond teach me? Plenty. First, some yarns are better for some patterns than others. Yarns like Opal and Jawoll have a looser tension to them, so they tend to stretch more. These yarns are good for a tight pattern like the Jaywalker sock pattern. Tight tension yarns such as Lorna's Laces and Socks that Rock do not lend themselves easily to a tight pattern like this pattern... So, what to do with this beautiful Lorna's Laces yarn???

We go WAY OFF THE DEEP END and design our own sock!!! Here is my progress so far on a pattern I am calling MooKitty's Toe Up Mock Cable Pattern... If you click on the link, you will notice the pattern is not complete... The pattern will be complete when the socks are complete... I figured it would be good to write down what I do on my "made up" socks so if I ever take one out and decide to make it again, I will know what I did... Yup, ADD is a WONDERFUL thing ;-) I will bring these to our Albuquerque SnB meeting on Tuesday to show everyone... The picture does not do the socks justice... So far, so good on the fit... We are using Lorna's Laces in the Georgetown color for these socks also...

We have started making plans for the business trip to San Jose starting on March 5th... One of my co-workers wants to go out wine tasting on the 5th (Sunday) to a couple of wineries close to where we are staying... So far, there are 5 of us going on this road trip... Should be a ton of fun!!! I want to try to go up to Sonoma on Saturday the 11th to go to a couple of my favorite wineries up there and get some yummy wine to bring back to Albuquerque... I also want to visit the Infinion Raceway again...

Time to watch the Busch race from California Speedway! And knit some more on the new socks...

Quickie Update

Now, doesn't this defeat the purpose of a bird feeder? Or do we have 2 bird feeders going on here? Yes, this guy was in our backyard hanging out on top of our bird feeder... In the middle of a very bustling suburb... The hawk is real, he is not a decoy...

Where to start??? Work has been a bear! I got back on Tuesday (after having President's Day off). I submitted my expense report for my last trip then turned around and made my arrangements for my trip out there starting March 5th... The good part? I get to go back to my favorite LYS in San Jose, Communknity, and play around there! I am looking forward to a couple of weeks of social knitting! It will help take my mind off of the fact that I will not be able to be with my Albuquerque SnB Grrlz! So, for the next week, I will be getting the cats herded for the next part of the trip ;-)

My socks that rock yarn came in yesterday! I got a hank of the Queen Rock yarn. I am looking forward to winding it up and playing with it on another pair of socks...

I "Allisoned" someone yesterday. I had been working on a pair of socks for a friend's wife. She got them yesterday and loved them :-) Always makes me feel good when one of my projects finds a good home! Still working on the Jaywalker socks, part 2, and another pair... At least the trip will allow me time to work on that. I am also thinking about digging out another sweater and working on it... It is a pretty cable design that I will use from a pattern book and I will adapt it to my style of working on sweaters in the round rather than a piecemeal sweater... Should be fun! The yarn is an alpaca/wool/silk blend that feels yummy on the skin!!!

A wonderful day off...

Ashley (Boo) kitty being cute, as usual...

Not much going on today... Went to the LYS to get a couple of balls of yarn... I think I drove poor Jaime nuts... In and out of the store 3 times within an hour... I have picked up some new yarn for my next project. A nice gray sock yarn for some fun knitting...

After I got home, went to the airport and picked up the kiddo. At the airport, I ran into another fellow knitter... I gave her one of our SnB cards, I hope we see her at a meeting soon :-)

Tomorrow is our weekly SnB meeting... I am looking foward to being with the grrrlz again! I missed not being there with them last week. I will be casting on the new pair of socks and working on the Jaywalkers part deux...

Time to go get some sleep and work on getting rid of this cold...

The Olympics are WAY COOL!!!

The most awesomest sport in the Olympics has got to be CURLING!!! The guy they are interviewing from Italy looks like one of the guitarists from Bare Naked Ladies! Way cool!!!

Here is my progress so far on my pair of Jaywalkers using Lorna's Laces in Georgetown. Of course, the color is totally washed out in the photo... This pair seems to be working out quite well...




Here is the yarn stash I got while I was in San Jose... I am excited about starting a pair of socks in the new Lana Grossa...

Thank Goodness tomorrow is President's Day, we get a day off of work!!! I plan to work on my socks and stop out at the LYS to see how they are doing after the break in this weekend...


I still have this stupid cold... Last night, I spent the night out on the couch cuz of the cough... The cough seems to have died down today, so I can sleep in bed tonight...

The Daytona 500 was a pretty interesting race... It was weird seeing someone else driving my guy's car... That car is truly cursed... Right at the end of the race, he gets hit and finishes in a really crappy position... Bummer... Jimmie Johnson won the race... The weather looked really crappy in Daytona today, glad we didn't go to the race this year...