Wow, September has flown by

I just realized I didn’t post anything for the whole of September. I finished my Icarus and then got caught up with the kids going to school – I now have 5 hours a week when I have all 3 in school, and I still haven’t gotten much done.

I did finish up a pair of socks for my daughter using the Cherry Tree Hill yarn in Brights. They turned out nicely, but were as much work as making a pair for myself. I thought that making socks for my kids would go faster, but my just barely 8 DD has Size 7 Womens feet. When I bought her new sneaks for school in August, I about fell over when I had to buy her size 7s. I wear a 10, but I didn’t get to that size until near high school. I think this kid will be in 10s by 5th grade at the rate she is going!

I have been having to deal with the fact that my husband feels I should be spending the 5 hours a week I have to myself working on improving the appearance of my house, or getting laundry put away (Hey, I get it washed and folded!), and NOT on knitting. I have to figure out how to get the house stuff done while the kids are around, and save that 5 hours for knitting! In hopes that I accomplish this feat, I have signed up for Soctoberfest 2006.

My mom is coming to visit on the 4th and she is bringing me a bunch of circular needles. She won an Ebay auction for Clover circulars, with all bunches of sizes. She is losing her vision, so the bigger needles are more what she needs, and she is willing to give me the littler sizes. I seem to add more needles to my collection than I do yarn. I have a hard time buying yarn without a specific project in mind, and a knowledge of how much I will need, so my yarn stash is pretty small.

I am working on a pair of socks for my DS (6yo) in a self striping camo colorway from Jawoll. I made one sock, and when he tried it on he complained that it didn’t go up the leg enough, and the foot was too small. So, I started another sock, made the leg part longer, and made the foot part longer – it fits perfectly, and then I ripped out the first one, and am re-knitting that! I am just doing a basic stickinette stitch for these. I thought about doing a 2×2 ribbing down the leg, but bagged on that idea. This pic gives a pretty good idea of the socks. Pardon the flash reflection. I like the appearance againgst the wood, but the reflection is a PIMA.

I have started using the Socks Soar method of two circular needles that Cat Bordhi uses in her book. I love this method, and have started to soar. The second sock was so quick to do. I plan on finishing the second (or is it the first/third?) soon – maybe Monday during my 2.5 hours at gymnastics while two of mine do their stuff.Okay, enough boring stuff. I am off to knit on a very boring baby blanket in not so nice acrylic, that I need to get out of the way before I start my next non-portable project.