Sometimes doing the right thing is very difficult......

Graduation Socks!

It was a long trip from Maryland to Boston....and then back to Maryland from Boston....long enough to finish a pair of socks......Basic pattern from heavy weight Socks that Rock.....sorry but I cannot remember the colorwave. These socks were started and frogged twice. Each time I tried to put in a pattern. However the weight of the wool and complexity of the pattern made them too bulky. I am happy that this is one less project I have to finish this summer.

I cannot believe...

I cannot believe how long since I have submitted a post. Perhaps it reflects how many directions I have been going…..Time to list all the unfinished projects I am working on: 1. A Scarf from Twinkle Weekend Knits (Thanks Rebecca for the yarn from Spain); 2. Top down February Cardigan of my own design; 3. Herringbone socks from last year’s Blue Moon Fiber Sock Club; 4. Green Gable Hoodie….and the stash calls….and the Maryland Sheep Festival is the first week of May….and the stash keeps getting bigger….working is interfering with my life…..

My Kaleidoscope Life

Last night my night blooming cereus blossomed. I always hoped that life would become less complicated as I got older and my daughters left the nest. However, it becomes more and more crazy and I feel that I am caught in a swirling kaleidoscope. I’m tired and beginning to feel like my night blooming cereus whose bloom lasts one night and then it is gone.

Let me describe my day. So I got up at 6:00 and ran around the house taking care of odds and ends until I left at 7:15. Through July I am teaching summer school from 7:45 until 12:15. Then I left work and did errands for an hour. Came home and cleaned one of the family room couches and the stairs. Made a cake to take to my daughter's apartment this weekend. Froze the cake. Then did more laundry and paid bills. I repaired the soap dispenser in the kitchen with the part that Grohe sent. Then went to the basement and exercised. Then cooked Chinese beef and vegetables stir fry. I have just cleaned up about half the dinner mess….and this is my break…….When I finish checking my e-mail on the computer, I will go back to cleaning the kitchen, making lunches for tomorrow, and cleaning the bird cage. Then I will probably go upstairs and iron clothes. If I am lucky I will watch TV and knit for an hour.

The scarf was knit in Noro Kujaku in color 5. The pattern is "Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf", which is a free download. The scarf was done on with 46 stitches on a size seven needle. I used five skeins of Kujaku. It reminds me of a kaleidoscope.

Monkeys in Spain

Number 2 Daughter is back in the United States from Spain. These are no purl monkey socks, knitted in Socks that Rock, Philosopher's Stone in Mediumweight. It was great fun watching the colors stripe.

Monkey Socks

These Monkey Socks were knit from Socks that Rock Medium Weight in Philospher's Stone. It was really nice how the colors stripped and pooled.


An aside, my favorite goldfish died ten days after I posted his picture. Sort of reminds me of when we visited the Pandas at the National Zoo and the male died the next day.

Volcano Socks

This is a bonus shot of my favorite goldfish. He is at least ten years old. He was a feeder fish I bought for a nickel.


These socks are knit from stash. Unknown light weight Socks that Rock. If you look carefully in the pattern you can see little volcanoes. The pattern reminds me of Hawaii.