Never, ever make blogging decisions when you really have to pee. Navigate away from page? Oh yeah, sure. No, wait!!!! Too late. So, where was I. Ah, socks. I haven't been that happy with the socks I knitted last summer (we know that many of the more experienced knitters have since churned out pair after pair, I have only this one completed pair). They've always been too loose, the spaces between the stitches too open. I had no idea if the wool was superwash but after a few handwashings I took up my courage and tossed them in with a load of warm/cold laundry. They felted. Well, duh. I expected that. They became smaller. I also expected that. They fit beautifully. That took me by surprise. 
Two nights ago a truck came up our driveway. We live in the country, we have a long driveway, this is unusual. It was Mr. UPS man working late during the holiday season. My friend John had sent me a HUGE box of knitting books along with next month's book for the Knit the Classics book club. He even included a book (non-knitting, of course) for hubby. There's nothing like new knitting books to get you dancing around the kitchen.The rest of my afternoon will be trying to pull Episode 5 together for my podcast, Trueyarns. Usually I do the whole thing in an afternoon (music is selected over time as I knit). This episode has been broken up by real time events. I feel like I'm trying to swim upstream and spawn. Ewwww.
EYE CANDY FRIDAY
Moss on a rotting stump. It was really pretty.
The Four Season Garden at Red Butte Botanical Gardens in Salt Lake City. This is one of the more beautiful gardens I have ever seen. As you can gather from the name it's designed to have interest during all four seasons of the year. As a gardener I can tell you that this is no mean feat. At the time we visited they had a sculpture show of the Chapungu. These were stunning and powerful sculptures by both men and women. The show was supposed to be at a major museum back east but there was a scheduling conflict so it was sent to the gardens for a short time. We were supposed to be meeting friends in Colorado but our RV was having problems so we had to spend a week in SLC for repairs. Things work out sometimes.
One of my cherry trees about to lose its leaves. A bit of a newly painted house in the background.
posted by Earin Marybird @ 3:36 PM
3 Comments:
OOh, nice eye candy and what a grand relief about the socks. Hurrah. And nice warm felted ones just in time for winter...
Re your previous post, yes. This has been a year like that for me and for my friends. These things seem to come in waves sometimes. Thank goodness for the good things: friendship. knitting. music. and kitty paws.
Your friday candy are always so attractive. It really make the start of my weekend a pleasant one. :)
Ur SP
Those socks look *so* cozy. They're even a warm color.
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