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Stupid Things I Do

I'm still here...though it seems I may be experiencing a bit of "overload".

Check out this morning's "evidence".

This is me at the office sharing fits of laughter with my co-workers.  What!?!  You don't see what the big deal is about. Here, let me help you get a better look.

Now do you see it!?!

It took me THREE whole hours to discover my early morning mistake!!

But, by the end of the day, the news of my fashion faux pas had gone global...and now, with this blog post, the news will make another trip around the globe!!  But, I don't mind sharing...especially if the stupid things I do make someone else feel better about the stupid things they do.  Hmmm, do you think I have a pair of socks that might make this fashion statement work!?!

#11 of 12

Midnight...three nights in a row...up again at 5:30 AM...three mornings in a row (well, to be honest, 5:30 AM is each weekday morning)...cheering from around the globe 24/7...and in the end there is a completed pair of socks.

Talia's Wings by Yarn Yenta Heatherly

(Thanks Panda, for guest blogging and being her Mum's "Midnight Model".  Panda' was grateful that I didn't turn the lights on to take the photo...good flash...I'll have to see what I can do about getting some daylight time with Panda for a proper photo shoot!)

I'm happy to report to all of you that this pair of socks was the 11th completed pair of the twelve that will advance to Round 4 of Sock Madness.  Woot!!  Thanks to all of you for all of the cheering!

On the Sock Madness Ravelry board, each qualifier is welcomed into the "treehouse" with a shot of Bailey's (or some other beverage).  But lately, there have also been "cabana boys" recruited to welcome each of us in order to "massage" our aching shoulders and hands.  Since I completed my socks at midnight, I opted for a hammock in the treehouse and requested that my cabana boy arrive in the morning with mimosas.  Don't you think that would be a refreshing way to wake in the morning!?!

I'm awfully proud of this pair of socks.  Not only did they qualify towards Round 4, but they did so without putting life on hold.  If this is as far as I get, I'm satisfied with my results.  Thanks to all of you, I'm encouraged to give Round 5 my best shot.  Go team!!!

Guest Writer Tonight!

Hey there!! Panda here.

Mum asked me to fill in tonight while she's in the midst of Sock Madness. Funny thing is, the pattern is her 'thing' - toe up - but with her schedule the past couple of days, it's been hard to finish! 30 hours in and she's still chugging away at those socks! She's a little worried that there's already 4 spots taken out of the 12...

But check out my foot (yes, that is my foot)! I think it's a pretty awesome design. I like the colors on this one too, even though I don't often where shades of green. I'm just happy that mum can enjoy her knitting just like I can enjoy hanging out with my friends - like I did this past weekend at prom! Everyone cheer on Panda's mum!!!! GO MUM!!!!

The End of Temperance

tem⋅per⋅ance

  /ˈtɛmpərəns, ˈtɛmprəns/ [tem-per-uhns, tem-pruhns]- noun

1.
moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.

2.
habitual moderation in the indulgence of a natural appetite or passion, esp. in the use of alcoholic liquors.

3.
total abstinence from alcoholic liquors.

Temperance...also known as a fabulous sock!  What? Did you think I'd suggest for real temperance!?!  Sure, Lent is over, but really.  Moderation, self-restraint, self-control...there's been FAR TOO MUCH of that around here lately!!

Only five pair completed since January 1!  Talk about moderation!!!

Time to set some goals and get cracking.  Thankfully, Round Three of Sock Madness begins on Monday.  Only 12 players will make it through to the next round.  More importantly (for me), it'll mean sock pair #6 for 2009.

Happy Easter!

 

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter! 

Thank you Dip Lady Knits for leading me to the easiest Easter treat recipe around.  The hardest part was finding plain M's...harder still, finding a flock of sheep in the bag of M's!!!

My Hero!

MEET THE 98-YEAR-OLD QUAKE SURVIVOR WHO KNITTED TO STAY ALIVE
Maria D'Antuono- my hero!!!!
Absolutely amazing!!!...this woman (who by the way has her knitting next to her bed!) wins the prize for "extreme" knitting!! I want to be just like her at 98...knitting, though not while trapped under my bed due to earthquake.

Round 2

Thank you everyone for the cheering from the stands this past weekend!  It worked...after 20 hours of knitting (not consecutively...thank goodness!), the socks were finished shortly after midnight this morning. 

I finished third in my division...20 from each division will make it through to the next round. My division has the toughest group of competitors...at this writing there are 7 fellow finishers within the division while only ONE finisher in each of the other three divisions!  We'll see how many rounds I make it through with the high competition within Division One.

Sock Madness Round Two

A new book arrived in the mail today...Cookie A's Sock Innovation...but I won't be able to look at it until the Sock Madness Round Two Tokena socks are off the needles.  Hey, it never hurts to have a bit of additional motivation!  Gotta tell you...it sure feels good to be in the heat of competition again!!!

Fits and Starts

Well, I started a new sock this week and ALREADY it'll have to be put aside...but for good reason...Round Two of Sock Madness starts Saturday morning.  I'd blog more, but I need to get some sleep!  See you with full details once I finish my Round Two pair of socks.

So Happy Together

Some days I swear that I'm experiencing postpartum "brain loss" all over again!  Maybe post-traumatic stress syndrome includes that particular symptom.  But, please don't tell me if it does...I don't really want to see what else could be attributed to being put through the hell that is "affair discovery, divorce, home sale, and figuring out tuition payments for a child about to head off to college"!

I'd like to spend time concentrating on the simple things like...the perfect pair of socks.

I want to knit the "perfect pair of socks" as a gift.  I know exactly which pair I want to make for said gift: Save Your Sole Footies (rav link).  I know exactly which yarn to use for said pattern: Duets Mystic Calm.  I have both in the house.  Do I know where? Not exactly!

Last fall, I was enrolled in A Swell Yarn Shop's Lucky Lurker Sock Club.  While my world was crumbling around me, I couldn't bring myself to open the packages.  And then one day recently I felt it was time to open all those parcels...and so I did.  And then I had to clean up, pack up and store things in preparation for putting the house on the market...and so I did.

Over the past few weeks, I've considered knitting this pair of socks several times.  Unfortunately, I didn't store the yarn and pattern together.  Sometimes, I'd come across the yarn.  Sometimes, I'd come across the pattern.  Never could I remember where the yarn AND the pattern were at the same time...when I wanted to knit the socks.

Today, I could stand it NO LONGER!!!  My mission: find the yarn AND the pattern...or else.

Thankfully, I didn't have to come up with an "or else".

 

There they are...so happy together!  Now it's time to cast on and Save a Sole!  What was lost IS found!