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Can we pretend that it is still Socktoberfest? I mean, seriously. I planned more socks; I thought about more socks, I started knitting new socks, I oggled beautiful, loving socks.
I loved all the Great Interviews and wonderful tutorials.
Thank you Lolly for putting it together and making it so wonderful!

These were started during Socktoberfest.
I spent alot of time on them, mostly in ripping them. 4 or 5 times?? That’s what happens when you change things on paper, but forget about said changes. (And consequently, revert the changes, then space that out as well, and re revert but cast on the old number of stitches, etcetera etcetera so on, and so forth.) These weren’t what I started out making… They look much different on paper. But, after so much ripping, I had to say ‘eff it’, and I took the easy way out.

Is there anything worse than rainy, early morning, indoor flash photography? Not a whole lot. heh.

On to the NEW!
I went to the mailbox yesterday, and BLAM!

A package from my gurl crush, Boogie
Ohhhh & Ahhhh the colors!!!
I’ve already started swatching (a swatchWhattttttt? Yes, says the Queen of Anti-Swatch)
Just in time for NoroVember
and NaNoSweMo.
Is it just me, or do I smell these two things going perfectly together?
Yessssssssssss.

I did pretty well on my to do list for yesterday. Not everything got done, but I didn’t diverge from it too much.
More of the same today. All kinds of deadlines to be met. And the shop needs to be updated tomorrow.
Today, it seems I have some angry children to contend with. They are 200 kinds of mad at me, mostly due to the fact there is no more candy left for *cough* breakfast. Apparently, I can not be trusted near sugar. Time out for mom….

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Occasionally, I do have FO’s… (Yes, for real!)
This is one of those rare events. (Or rarer as of late.)
Some socks, since it is Socktoberfest

They look pretty wonky, lying there on the floor.

They look pretty wonky from this angle, too. Hard to get a good photo of one’s feet with children underfoot.
But, that’s the best I could muster. I have a terrible rash on my feet. (NO! Not from the socks, from the Lupus.) And putting anything on my feet irritates them. Too bad, because my tootsies are cold! (I wonder if sea silk socks would be good?)

Any hoo, the details. You may remember I started knitting them way back here.. (yikes, That was July!)
US size 2 & 3 DPNs
The yarn

Which, you may (or may not) recall me spinning way back here.

• 18 WPI
• hand washed/dyed Vermont rare breed wool
• hand dyed top
• hand dyed nylons
• hand dyed European hemp
• angora (raised by Chris)
• hand dyed silk noils
• recycled silk sari

Sheesh! That is A-lot of hands.. Last I checked, I still only had 2.
Here, is where you can insert a long winded monologue about the pleasure I (we) get from making things with my (our) hands. But today isn’t that day; as i fear it will take me to a place where I am unwilling to go at the moment.
So, use your imagination. Why bother spinning yarn, when you can go to your LYS? Why bother knitting socks, where there is wallfart? Well, you and I know better, now don’t we?

Rock on with your bad selves
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Time marches on.

Mid afternoon dark/blue/eerie/gray sky… Vermont winter is coming… The precipitation that is falling is particularly cold.
Darkness is coming on so early.

In case you can’t tell, that is the sun & the moon…..

I should try and welcome what awaits. At least my knitting urges have picked up.

Now back to knitting my Socktoberfest socks while listening to the new Pointy Sticks….

(~Funny, funny, I have no recollection of signing up for Socktoberfest, none.. I’m a notoriously bad KAL’er… and what is even stranger yet, I signed up under my site’s URL, and not my blog… I blame the fever I had a few weeks ago; either that or some Ny-Qil induced fog… yea, that musta been it… But, I’m happy I did, it gives me more of a push to get this pair of socks I’ve been working on, done….)
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**Also, I’m sorry to anyone who experienced any difficulties yesterday trying to buy yarn. My cart blew up, but I managed to fix it this morning. (*knocks wood*) A totally stressful thing, it was..**