First off, thanks to everyone for your incredibly kind comments on Rambling Rose. Seriously, you all made my week. And it was a good week to feel the blog love. The sister/roommate has been gone all week in Boston which has been very hard. I mean, I haven’t been able to watch any of the television shows we watch together. The fauxVo is bursting with fun new shows, we have 3 Netflix DVDs sitting on the counter, and I am stuck knitting to “Child Star Confidential” on E!…it’s gotten that bad. It’s not just the TV though, I miss her too. Come home Kara!
I don’t think I have ever mentioned Dennis before. Dennis lives next door. His real name is not Dennis. That’s just what we call him. It’s Dennis as in “Dennis the Menace”. He got this name the first day we moved in, when his little blond head popped over the fence and said in the best “Oh Mr. WIIIILson” voice I have ever heard, “Are you my new neighbors??!?” He asked us questions about us being sisters and we thought “oh what a cute precocious little kid”. Think again. In the year we have lived here he earned his nickname.
“Have you seen my SNAKE?”
“Your snake?”
“Yeah. I think he is in your yard.”
“You have a snake??!?”
“Yeah, can I look through your bushes?”
Oh that was a fun day. He didn’t find the snake in my yard but not to worry, he had another pet snake so he was not too heartbroken.
Our neighbors have this tree that produces a lot of fruit and hangs over our driveway. Last weekend Kara walked outside and saw that all of a sudden there was fruit everywhere. She audibly commented to herself something like “where did all this come from.” That’s when Dennis called out “oh, my brother and I are hitting them”. Kara looks around and not seeing anyone in the area she looks up. There he is, Dennis, chilling in the branches of the tree helping to launch the fruit on our driveway. Oh Dennis. He is too much sometimes. We think his Dad heard Kara talking about the mess so they picked up the fruit and put it in a pile on our driveway. Why they didn’t just throw it away I will never know. Well that was last week. When I came home today this is what it looked like:
Dennis!
He also likes to talk to me while I am watering my garden. “What are you DOING?” “Watering my plants.” “Why?” “Because They need water to grow?” “Oh. Did you know it’s my birthday on Saturday?” “No. How old are you?” “7…gotta go!”
Speaking of my garden, here is a peek at how it is doing:
Isn’t that fun? The girl who can’t keep a house plant alive has a thriving vegetable garden. The trellis makes it look legit I think. I have tomatoes, beans, carrots, peas, onions, cucumber, squash, and watermelon. I am new to this whole gardening thing but it sure is fun. My teacher, the tomato king, tells me my tomatoes look better then his…the TOMATO king! I can’t wait for my first harvest. Just as long as something turns out I will be happy.
Finally, I started a new project. The Somewhat Cowl by Knit and Tonic. Here is a preview. I am using a smaller weight yarn then the pattern calls for so I am trying to work out how to compensate for my much higher row gauge (oddly, I got stitch gauge). I love this sweater for it’s elegant simplicity. Should be fun…
The following 13 comments were originally left at blogspirit:
No, you’re not missing anything. If you think about it, when you yo before knit stitch, the stitches before and after pull up a little higher on the needle, making the yo shorter. When you yo before a purl stitch, it just wraps the yarn around teh needle, so it makes the yo just a bit longer. It’s not something you can do anything about except get an evener tension (which I still haven’t accomplished in this regard), but don’t worry because after you wear and wash the socks a bit, all the stitches even out.
Lovely green socks
And yes, I agree about wanting my Toasty Toes pal to be happy with her socks – yet most of all I want them to fit! hah!
They are beautiful, I love the color!
Fabulous socks! You did a lovely job and wll do a great job for your pal, too.
Ooooo, *swoon* I love that sock yarn color in combination with that pattern. It is a perfect match!
The sock look beautiful – the lovely green yarn & the lace pattern are a great combo!
The sock look beautiful – the lovely green yarn & the lace pattern are a great combo!
sorry, i have no advice re the socks. i have only ever made one pair (nearly done!) and noticed the cuff is a little loose so i may need to do a bit of tweaking next time…
your socks turned out beautifully. how much do i *love green! and that lacy pattern is gorgeous.
ooh, a new sweater project. nothing like preparing for the winter! go girl! :0) x
I just found your blog through the Toasty Toes update, but I wanted to chime in on the YO problem with your lace socks. I’ve had the same problem with lots of lace sock patterns, and it drove me crazy. The solution that I found was to just skip the yarn over, then on the following round, pick up the bar before the purl stitch, and knit it. This creates a YO, but isn’t a big gaping hole because you didn’t have to wrap the yarn twice. Does this make any sense?
The socks are lovely, by the way. I love the color you chose. It highlights the pattern very well.
The socks are adorable — particularly with jeans.
Love the moss green socks and the lace looks perfect! I think that whomever you have as a pal for Toasty Toes will love whatever you knit!
Gorgeous socks! I, too, can’t get enough of that SweetGeorgia stuff!
Your socks are gorgeous. I think you have just inspried me to make Hedera my next pattern- either for my Toasty Toes Pal or for another project.