Chatty Cass
So, got some Addi circs, 12 inch, size 1. Yippee, thought I: I can knit socks in the round again. Cast on 56 stitches, and knit (over several days, mind you) 25ish rounds. Tried sock on. Too big and floppy. It is apparently stretching the sock around those 12 inch circs that renders them too big. Sigh. Good thing I have conquered my dislike of dpns, I guess. The sock is now on the needles again, this time 52 stitches on size 2 bamboo dpns. Relax, you mathing knitters. This will actually give me a tighter knit sock than the Addi 1s.
I did find the missing dpn, AND I have another set as well now. SOCKS! I love to knit socks! And sweaters, hats, dresses, etc.
I am planning to work my way more or less through Cool Socks, Warm Feet. And, I ordered a wee giftie for myself the other day. Knitting Vintage Socks is on its way to me. I trust it’s as good as Carla said it was. She hasn’t steered me wrong yet. Except about the Opal, ROFL. Can you believe she HATES Opal??????? Not that she’s sending her excess to me, or anything 
The baby is 2 weeks old today. How weird is it that I woke up feeling “normal”? I may even get dressed, but I doubt it. She’s gaining about an ounce a day. Occasionally she wakes up to tell us it’s time to eat, but mostly we are still letting her know.
So what’s on the agenda today? I need to get that boy stuff up on the HSY site. I need to oversee laundry and chores. I want to knit a bit. I need to bounce balance the checkbook as well. Mostly, I want to hang out with my kiddos, since it seems like I have barely spoken to them since Miss Fancy arrived. Hi kiddos, I’m Mom. Remember me?
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I only have ONE ball of Opal left. And I am going to keep it. Because it is beautiful to look at.
Someday I’ll wind it up and knit it. But not until I forgive Opal for the crappy ball I just finished. I know someday I’ll feel it and love it. I had a ball of Kroy that I trudged through knitting. It felt AWFUL in my hands. So I didn’t touch more Kroy for a long time. But a few days ago, I cast on a pair of Retro Rib socks (from I think Winter IK 2004, but I could be wrong) and oh my, it felt like butter in my hands. So…I’m willing to wait a while and see if that ball of Opal apologizes to me
And that Nancy Bush book is awsome. I was leafing through it a few days ago and was going to cast on a pair of the fancy gentleman’s socks but I did the retro ribs instead. I like Nancy Bush because she compensates for so many things in her patterns. Other than the actual patterns, that book is great because it shows all of the different methods of heels and toes (like German, Welsh, French, etc. The German heel rocks, seriously. My sock pal from the last swap is from Germany, and she knit my socks with that heel. Most comfy pair of socks I’ll ever own!)
ROFL!! Yep, been there, done that with some yarns before. Enjoy your Opal, Mama, I’m just teasing ya! I can’t wait to see that book. WHY did I take super-saver-but-get-it-next-month shipping?
I want to learn a bunch of different heels and toes. My personal sock goal this year is to figure out teh perfect sock for me, so I can just cast on and go. The Short Row heel and toe I really like because I don’t need to think about it that much. I have already discovered that 56 stitches is just too many, LOL. Need some too big for me socks?