Squishy Mail!

This just arrived from Knit Picks. Yumm. Sooo much sock knitting.

WIP Update

I wasn't feeling well for much of this week so progress was mostly limited to Celestial on the grounds that it is mostly stockinette stitch. I actually managed to finish a sleeve. I may have picked up the odd round of something else but nothing worth photographing.

For anyone wondering why the Red T-Shirt did not get worked since it's also stockinette stitch the sad fact is it is not working and needs to be frogged. Again. I could cry, or scream, or both; something. I keep telling myself that once I get this worked out I will be able to whip a bunch out since I'll have all the numbers worked out. It's the only thing keeping me going when it comes to this project right now. It may also take a time-out for a bit while I work up the courage to try again.

I did however manage to get this yarn rolled into cakes and all ready to be made back into a sweater. My first attempt did not work and I (foolishly) plowed right through to the end before admitting defeat. Such are the perils of knitting.

Current Weather
-2C (officially Environment Canada says it's -2C at the airport, on the thermometer on the back deck it's -8C) and snowing. Snow. That's right; snow. Rather a lot of snow by now since it's been snowing for the past two days.

Ahab for scale

Yarning

Went to The Knitting Room today to see about some yarn for my Nephew's socks, he's asked for "green with maybe purple". Very metro. Not that I told him that, I wouldn't want to discourage a love of bright colours especially in a nearly tween boy. I did succeed in finding both green and purple so I'm set there.

I also found a lot of other lovely yarn so I treated myself for Christmas, in fact I purchased yarn for a total of five more pairs of socks and only one of those might be for me. You know you love knitting when you consider purchasing a load of yarn, almost none of it destined to be worn by yourself, and consider it a Christmas gift to yourself. Naturally, I didn't think to take group picture before storing it all away. I did however take individual shots for Ravelry, not posting all the individual pics here though.

Made excellent progress on Dad's socks over the past few days. In fact I've finished the first sock already. Considering how slowly the last two pairs have gone I'm thinking I might have my sock mojo back. Here's hoping anyway. Of course, this does mean that I've knitted pretty much nothing else lately. It's a balancing act. I really miss commuting to work via transit; I got so much sock knitting done on the train. Sigh. I'm off work until next year now so I have great plans for a sock knitting/Netflix marathon.

And just in case I'm not back before December 25:

Current Weather
-5C and snowing. It's been snowing all day.