I am so glad that my mom came up with the idea of watching movies ‘together.’ Yes, we are separated by 7 time zones, but to be able to enjoy the same films together and text our snarky comments back and forth (everyone in my family is a chronic movie talker) is a great way to celebrate a weekend off. I really enjoy that movie as well; it’s not a typical RoCom. I love the witty lines, the unexpected twist, and that the main leads are awkward human beings who make ‘complete twats’ of themselves and talk of going ‘man vegan.’ Plus, the accents don’t hurt either!
An exciting thing that happened this week was that I won a skein of beautiful “Proud Lady Mary” sock yarn from One Twisted Tree in the Stitch Sister’s Downton Abbey trivia contest! I am so tickled; I have been drooling over most of One Twisted Tree’s stuff since I looked them up, and of all the prizes in the contest, that is the one I most hoped to win. One of the really cool things about OTT, is that she gives pattern suggestions for her yarns, and so, since most enablement is always a good thing, right? I checked them out. Now I know exactly what socks I want to do with this yarn, Tintern Abbey. I’m wondering if there is a way to incorporate some beading into those arches now… I shall have to get the pattern and explore! Also, speaking of Downton, I realized that two episodes of Jeeves and Wooster take place at Highclere Castle, and when checking out their website I learned that it was the seat of Lord Canarvin, as in King Tut! They have a collection of minor antiquities that he brought back from Egypt that was cataloged by Carter himself! As if I didn’t want to visit Highclere enough already…
One of my knitting goals this weekend other than to do as much of it as I could, was to get a pair of socks past the forethought gusset stage. This is the first time that I have attempted the whole process—forethought gusset and afterthought heel—on a full sized sock, and so far I am quiet pleased with the results. I am so pleased with the neatness of this solution, and just need to figure out a way to make it available to other sock aficionados. I’m not sure if I should just make up a ‘how to’ and post it to my Ravelry store, or if I should build it into a sock pattern. Which would of course mean that I need to design a sock pattern…in all my spare time. I do have a pretty cool idea involving beads kicking around in my head; maybe in December I’ll be able to make it a reality. So, here is the sock with it’s odd looking forethought gusset ready to return to being river knitting—mindless and enjoyable.
I have also made some good progress on the second Blink sock; the chilliness of my floors has provided excellent motivation to turn out more socks, and while I have decided that these will wait till December to be worn, I’m still excited.
I had to put my Names of the Doctor scarf into a bag because my cat has started running over and attacking the cakes of yarn while I’m sitting there watching her; such subtlety, eh? Once I get my birthday scarfette done—hey, I like that name!—I plan to pick that back up again. Call me crazy, but I find myself contemplating doing another double knitting scarf; maybe the Sherlock one or one of the Regency patterned ones. I think this holiday I might try my hand at charting a few nerdy things to double knit into hotpads, and one of these days I need to make myself my own gates of Moria and banner of the king. It’s just a matter of how much suitable yarn I have left. After two years of almost exclusive ‘knit from my stash,’ my options are getting quite limited. I foresee falling down quite a lot in yarnstores next year…
Well, that’s me for this week! Enjoy your summer, you in the Northern Hemisphere, and keep knitting!
Parting shot: This rosebush is amazing; I wish you could smell the loveliness through your screen!
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