sherriknits

I used to not like the colder weather until I started knitting again.  Funny now how it’s something I start to look forward to.

I bought a publishing program called Ecto and if I end up with duplicate posts here, it’s because I have been having a heck of a time figuring it out.  This one finally made it over here but the other night I sent out a test post and it showed up sometime in the night and Carol asked me what the test was for.   lol….let’s hope all my duplicate posts don’t start showing up somewhere! 

Last night I finished my first Lucky Lurker sock sans heel.  I didn’t have my pattern with me so I couldn’t finish it completely and if I can ever get this post online, I will finish it tonight.  This was a fun knit and I do like the yarn.

I didn’t have my pattern, but I did have my new sock club yarn for the Yarn 4 Socks October sock so I cast on that one.  Lovin’ this yarn, too.  I had to go down a needle size on this one, too.  Since it is an 11-stitch repeat, I had to try to figure out how to decrease it still by more and did find a way to do it.  I am really confused why I need to do so much reducing on most sock patterns.  I am getting 8 stitches to the inch and it is still too loose.  Do I just like mine tighter than the pattern calls for?  My feet get claustrophobic of they are too tight in the toes, but I find if they are looser through the rest of the sock, they wear out too fast.

We haven’t seen the boy on here for awhile but he did want to show off his new watch.  He is loving telling time on it (digital) and we think it was $1.78 well spent by sis.

Edited to add:

The first Lucky Lurker Sock is done.  I like it.  It is a little bigger than I am used to, but I can wear it with my clogs and they will be just fine. 

Trying to get a picture was nothing short of funny.  I am going to have to find a sock blocker that I like.  The dear daughter was taking pictures and laughing hysterically because I pulled up my skirt so high…she got a picture that looked like the leg lamp on Christmas Story.  She was just sure I should post it on the blog.  haha

Remember my 7 random facts about myself last week?  Look what hubby bought from a little boy at church tonight.

$2 a pound…fresh picked.  Everyone was chewing on them raw.  My first bite brought me right back to that conveyor belt I worked on in the cannery 33+ years ago.  hmmmmm (sorry, I nearly gagged)