Socks, socks, socks and Stole

Work is going well, team leader actually encourages activities such as reading or knitting past 8:30pm or so (work until 10:30 M-F now).  It’s difficult to knit two straight hours (for me, know those who think it’s a breeze hehe) so working on socks off and on right now.  Trying to get a solid hour of Socks for Soldiers in every day but with the frogging I had to do  – ripping out that is – got fairly far behind.

Socks 4 Soldiers

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I’m in LUST

On my way back from picking up my 14 year old from his dad’s house I stopped at Three Wishes, a Local Yarn Store (LYS).  OMG – touch, feel, look, sigh, touch again…..  the only thing I actually purchased was a set of sz 3 bamboo dpns but I will be back for more and more and more….  omg wow!

For you non fiber oriented people that occaisionally browse through – imagine wrapping yourself in the softest, finest silk known to man then luxuriously running it through your fingers repeatedly until you’ve created a soft cloud of beautiful, sexy warmth.

Promise, it’s not a current pic as there is no snow on the ground today.  Hope not, it’s 82 outside right now.  That would be difficult to explain hehe.

I finally got to touch (and managed to hide the drool) Panda’s Silk, Cotton, Bamboo, Wool, a bunch of Nashua yarns, Regias… the list goes on and on.  It’s probably a very good thing my son was with me or I would have been there until the dear lady working closed up.  She was so accomodating, knows her stuff and even let me feel the Harry Potter scarf she’s working on for one of her own offspring.

 

yes, it’s true…. I’m in lust!

I’m back!!!!!

An entire month without home phone, cable tv, and *gasp* internet access… it’s been a special form of hell – omg no Ravelry! 

Major accomplishment for the last 30 days – yet another birthday passed and I’m still kicking around:

Birthday 2008

B-day Party 2008… thank you TJ!!!!!!!!

I’ve been working on projects rather slowly, motivation, pain and crazy happenings in my universe have been taking their toll.  Child’s sock #1 is finished, have been ever so slowly working on S4S socks, still working on 4B’s 2nd pair – he WILL get 2 pairs of hand made socks out of all this, I said it would happen so it will (ahem, oops, can you say…… stubborn! or is it simply keeping MY word in spite of… er uh nvm)…. working on my sister’s stole – again extremely slow progress. 

Depression and physical pain can be so debilitating that I’ve seriously had a hard time concentrating on anything.   In other words, I’m normally a highly creative, intelligent, self confident, strong woman.  I get sick of being strong and dealing with the crap life constantly throws as well as the way I sometimes allow myself to get in ridiculously damaging situations.  But… am taking steps to return to the regularly scheduled Redfear.  And doing pretty damn well all things considered.