DS was delivered back to college last night. When we were about 5 miles from campus, I heard his voice change and his demeanor alter - he was becoming a snotty college student. Good thing he keeps that at school. When he leaves, that little hole comes back. I am profoundly sad and miss him so much.
On the knitting front, I finished the Simply Splendid socks...
and moved on to greater things - my sock pal socks were started last night! I am really liking the contast of the bright koigu and the matte black Celestial Yarn. The pattern calls for knitting quaker rib horizontally, doing a 3-needles bindoff at the seam, then picking up stitches for the foot. Very interesting and very fun! The question for this week is whether or not I will take the plunge and make these socks fraternal - the second sock would be a quaker rib the reverse of number one with the ribbing continuing all the way down to the back of the heel. My sock pal wears clogs all the time so the different backs might be cool. Stay tuned
I haven't talked matching pets here lately. They went to visit their other favorite family while we were on vacation and came back full of mischief. They had "tussle time" yesterday and I managed to grab an action shot that proves that Grace the Cat always wins - Emma the dog falls for this same shit every time.
I have finally conviced my B and SIL to start a blog. They live in Paris, have no kids and have a life the rest of us can only dream about. You can check them out here
Hey,
Loved the picture of Emma getting nipped by Grace!!!!! How did you catch that one? Guess they must do this often...the picture of Emma's face was wonderful. You could read that she was saying "oh shit..."
Posted by: sdw | March 27, 2006 at 01:27 PM
The socks looks great. I really like the color.
Love the photo of the matching pets. Is that a King Charles Spaniel?
Posted by: Oiyi | March 28, 2006 at 05:37 PM
Your socks are great, love the colors!!
Great photo of your pets!
Posted by: Carrie | March 28, 2006 at 08:09 PM
Those sock pal socks seem a very interesting construction! Also, your comment on Alison's site "pink is the new blue" cracked me UP!
Posted by: Jenny | March 29, 2006 at 05:05 PM
Great socks you just finished -- I'd have to say they are simply splendid! As for your sock pal, go for it and make the socks fraternal. When possible, hand knit socks should not be exactly the same -- where's the fun in identical socks??
Posted by: nona | March 30, 2006 at 09:54 AM
The photo of the cat and dog is priceless. My cat also pulls the same moves on the dog and she always falls for it. Hilarious. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Tami | April 05, 2006 at 01:57 PM