Finished Pomatomus Socks, originally uploaded by Cathi O'Neill.
Boy I wish I could be like Katy when I grow up. She has using small snippets of time down to an art form. When they visited last week, she managed to blog and upload photos nearly every day, while I kind of wandered through the house aimlessly... She cooked several meals for me, bless her, I only did one of the four that we had at home!! She made me a quilt as well... What was I doing during all this? Probably not much! Getting more organized, definitely one of my goals!!
I did get some chances for sock knitting in the car on a few long road trips with the troops. Look my Pomatomus socks are done and I LOVE THEM!! They fit!! I did them shorter than the pattern (did 2 instead of 3 repeats of the pattern. They are so warm and comfy.
Katy and I decided to do an informal block swap of Dear Jane blocks using some purple Civil War repro fabrics she bought from a friend clearing out her stash. She kindly shared them with me, so woo hoo again, more repro fabric, gotta love it. We will each do 2 of the same block and keep one and send the other with no deadline for doing it...just alternating turns. I like the low stress swapping!!
I have been very remiss in thanking a few cool bloggers for some lovely packages I got last week! My Knitters Virtual Vacation Swap partner sent me an awesome package! All kinds of sock yarn: Knitpicks, Esprit, more yummy Trekking, and Mountain Colors Bearfoot, it all looks wonderful. There were some postcards and a map from Philly, but no cheesesteaks, guess those don't travel well! I got a calendar, a cool quilters recipe book. She went above and beyond, thank you so much Bev!!
I also got a wonderful copy of the Roxanne hand quilting video from Hanne, who heard my plea for help figuring out how to do a proper quilting stitch. I am still intimidated by it, but the video is great!!Big news on the home front: Aine started school yesterday!! Check out my cutie here ready for school. And if you want, there are some videos here of her first day! No tears, but got a little misty eyed...she is so brave and serious about school. Sigh.
4 comments:
Ahhh, first day at school! And you were so brave and didn't bawl in front of her LOL
I think I understand about your friend being all organized. I get like that when I travel. Outside my comfort zone I am all aware and focused and nervous energy. I imagine if the tables are turned, you would reciprocate.
But enjoy that moment!
She is just the cutest! Your socks are wonderful.
I agree with Sarah...relax and enjoy.
Your goodies are very nice!
Loved the little video of Aine going to school. It's a bittersweet moment letting them go. your Dear Jane swap sounds fabulous ! I'm jealous. Those fabrics are lovely ! How is the hand quilting on your DJ going ?
Well, it's easy to be productive in someone else's house, as there aren't a million little stupid things waiting for you to do them... Also, I don't have a 3 year old :)
Oh, and hey, you wanna watch standing on the coffee table in wool socks - might slip and break your ankle, which would be bad bad bad.
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