A Retiree Day

It's snowing!  I'm tired of rehearsals.  I'm tired of rehearsals that take me away 2 or 3 times a day... It's the high season for churches, and concerts, so I'm taking a snow day.  And, yes, dear readers, NM finally is getting snow.  The first for the month of February, yesterday there was snow in the air, but it was very wet, and just made things a little slippery.  This morning it has turned fluffy, and non-stormy.  Very pretty, and I decided to take the day off.  

Except...

My toes are cold, and retiree day means I want to wear flip flops around the house, so first I had to repair this.  How could my doggie chew off the toe in one piece?  The toe cap came off... (See previous blog post.)

I used 1 gram of leftover yarn and knitted a new one this morning.  All is well.

More Socks

Progress!  As of June 11 in Bergen I was barely finishing one sock, with the intention of removing and replacing the toe.  I guess that doesn't really count as finishing, does it?

FINALLY: Yes, the PAIR is finished.  In less than a year, Bonnie, although only by 2 weeks...

My crazy split-toe, semi-spider, non-matching, bamboo socks:  TA DAH!

So you'll never mix up your feet!  Er, your socks...

At the same time, I am this far on the put-aside Vilai Socks, that I LOVE!  (However, I now LOVE these toe socks, too.)

These might be finished by Rochester NY!  I track my socks in miles...

Lickety Split Toes

Punt!
After carrying my bamboo socks trans-Atlantic a few times, and being very poorly inspired to knit socks with the same yarn for the 3rd pair,
Bamboo socks timeline:

1. Cast on, July 5, 2009, in a fit of boredom.
2. Carry in bag or purse, just in case of boredom on trans-Atlantic flights.
3. Carry other more interesting projects.
4. Finish toe, start a cool self-created yo design.
5. Take it out once a month, try to re-create self-created yo design.
6. Hurry through short-row heel (March), so it will be ready for more boredom moments on trans-Atlantic flight.
7. Notice that self-created cool yo design seems to twist to the right.
8. Tell myself it will be fine...just a pair of boredom socks...
9. Hurry through ribbed cuff (May), so second sock will be ready for more boredom... (see #6)
10. Find other patterns and yarn I would rather knit.  (See Ravelry.)
11. Bind off. (June)  One sock completed.

Stage (sock) two:

1. Due to a mother's concern, seeing her daughter with thong-type birkenstocks, and no socks... mother suggests maybe daughter would like a second pair of split-toe socks.
2. Wheels turn: Intend to cut off the toe of finished sock and finish as split-toe.
3. Cast on big toe and large toe cap with intention of creating matching sock.
4. Toe sections finished, start to re-create self-created cool yo design.
5. After 5 rows, unsuccessfully re-create yo design, or maybe it just isn't so cool anymore.
6. Frog and find REALLY cool printed pattern!  
7. Almost to cuff ribbing!
8. Goal: To finish before July 5, 2010 making them the "One Year Socks".

Name that pattern...anyone?

There's a very good chance that these socks will not match...