I actually finished something!!

It's been quite a while, but I did it! I completed a project! As you may or may not have noticed, I have a lot of things going but only a few FO's. Usually I make it to the part where it says "work in SS for 55 1/2 inches" and lose interest somewhere around inch 4.


I present, for your viewing pleasure, My First Pair of Socks!

I've had one of them finished for about a year now, but I was distracted by a shiny object and never it past the ankle on the second one. Yes, they are different colors, and have a different pattern. I knew I was only going to wear these socks in my house on cold winter evenings, so I experimented. They're worsted weight (not suited to warmish weather or shoes), Lion Brand Wool, pattern from Sensational Knitted Socks. Incidentally, one of the things that spurred me to finish them was that I picked up More Sensational Knitted Socks, despite the fact that I had never actually finished anything from the original.

On a slightly unrelated note, when I was searching for the link to the book, I thought maybe I could link directly to the author's website or publisher's page, because I know from my dear M-i-L that authors make more money per book that way than they do from amazon.com. So, I did a search and found a link to this. Hmm. That's a long list of corrections.

I'm not dead yet

It's been a dry few weeks, knitting-wise. I've been a little apathetic about everything in general. The yarn for my polar bear got really, really tangled, so I have to deal with that. Mostly I just sit and stare at it. Sometimes I'll pick it up and try to find the end so I can untangle it. No luck so far.

I had to do a little sewing on the baby present for Maggi, and I'm about halfway done. It doesn't take very long, but I don't even know when I'll see her or the baby, so it doesn't seem as urgent.

I've been working on a camera bag, but it's going slowly. There was some confusion over the embossed stitches, but Beth, the designer, answered my questions. She was really nice about it, so thank you, Beth!

I'll get back in the swing of things soon, I hope. I've been reading yet another mystery novel, and the main character was lamenting how all of the women on the subway immediately take out their "knitting pins" and start clacking away. I think he mostly objected because he was shoved into the pointy end of the needles several times by the crowds of people.

More later!