It's A New Year

Hi Everyone, the holidays are over. I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year. We sure did. The kid was home from college for a week and that is always a fun time. I sure miss her when she's gone. The day she left I took down the tree and all the decorations, I usually do this the day after Christmas but put it off this year so I wouldn't have to clean while she was home. It is always bitter sweet and I get emotional when she leaves.

As I was putting away the special Hallmark ornaments that my brother and his wife send as a Christmas gift, I was thinking that next year I should put up several theme trees, say one with only Hallmark ornaments and another with all the ornaments I saved from my parents stash and then maybe a tree just for the ornaments the kids have made over the years. I hope that thought will pass as that sounds like way too much work; and besides, I don't have room for all those trees. Unless I put one up in the garage, not sure hubby would like that.

I did get all my hand work projects done, I felt sort of lost with nothing on the sock needles so.............the Friday after Christmas we decided to go to Las Vegas and take advantage of some after Christmas sales. Husband and daughter thought we were going to LV so they could see the UNLV v. Nicholls State basketball game. As we were getting on the road I started a pair of knee socks that the daughter had requested. She showed some interest and I took that as a sign that she wanted to learn how to knit socks. I just happened to have an extra set of 3.5 double point needles (dpn's) and extra yarn (I try and do both socks at the same time). She took to it like a duck to water and we were knitting like mad women. It became a sort of competition......well, it was really a race against the clock as we had to have the socks done before she headed back out to school.




The knee high sock project worked out well with both of us knitting together (tog) as I was able to show her real time what to do as each step of the way. She actually completed her sock before I did so I showed her how to close the toe with a Kichener stitch. (Someone had to cook and clean, it's hard to knit while doing these chores)

When I finally got back to my sock, she was teasing me saying that her other foot was cold......hurry Mom....... Well, since she had done such a nice job finishing off her sock, I let her finish closing up mine to cement the Kichner stitch firmly in her mind. :)





She wore those socks for the next 2 1/2 days straight. Guess she likes them.

I finally got the computer set up in the gargage so that hubby can do his car repair research without having to traipse through the house and kick me off of my computer. I sent the sock pictures to his NEW email address and he
was so impressed that he suggested that I send her some dpn's, yarn and a sock pattern so she can keep on knitting socks. Now, isn't that a great idea? Wish I had thought of that.





I had mentioned in an earlier blog that my very first sock did not have a mate yet. The let down of not having to work on a project for Christmas was so great that I decided to finish that PAIR of socks. For some reason this sock is so much easier than my very first one. The yarn is not splitting, I am not fighting with the dpn's.....maybe it is just that now I have more experience. This one is working up very fast. I am over half way done and I just started it yesterday. Interesting.

I have been surfing online looking for new sweater patterns. My friend Jennie is probably getting tired of all the new links to patterns I send her. She is such a GREAT knitter and knits so fast..........you should see her nimble fingers fly. I send her the patterns of the projects that are far too complicated for me...........and things that I think she will really like. Sorry Jennie, I just get so excited and this knitting thing is addictive.

I guess I better sign off here.......I have an urge to go knit on my sock some more.

Until next time. Cheers
RRR