Holiday Weekend

When I left you on Friday for the holiday weekend, I merely had the yarn for the Harry Potter Sock Swap. 

As quite often happens, when I have one thing in mind, another thing presents itself.  In this case, Roza's socks by Grumperina came along and suddenly I started thinking of Madame Rosmerta.  She doesn't seem to do things in the normal fashion and thus an idea was born.  Sure, it looks great tonight as it awaits its mate.  But, if you've learned anything about me in the past months, I enjoy new challenges.

Thus Madame Rosmerta's socks are based on Roza's, but are knit toe-up.  Rewriting the pattern required a bit of magic (and a frog or two). 

At one point the heel seemed a bit short.  Not a problem...just pull out the needles magic wands and place them where they can work their magic... 

Bring in the frog chorus...and then go to bed.  Once you've frogged, it's best to set the knitting aside so that it can think about what it's bad behavior.  I'm happy with the results and am anxious to get the second sock cast on.

But, this was a holiday weekend....not all about knitting. (Don't gasp too loudly!)  There was a lot of fun to be had on Saturday while geocaching our way to my brother's house.  We stayed with caches that would be "level" for my young one with the "broken wing".  My Dad dubbed her "Special K" and it seems to be a nickname that is going to stick around awhile. (Some of you did NOT like the switch to Casey...too bad if you don't like the Special K moniker...Grandpa likes it and that's what counts!!)

Now, time to make sure that Madame Rosmerta has a "pair" of socks.

Comments

[Laura W.]

"Special K". Awesome! I love it!

[trek]

"Something knitted this way comes!"

[Kat]

The sock looks fab, well done!

[Kat]

The sock looks fab, well done!

[Robin]

Special K is a GREAT nickname! Love it!!

[yvonnep]

Oh, they look great. I'm knitting roza's socks too, but they cannot yet be photographed because they are presents. But I do love your variation.