PLOM no more!

It's amazing what a glass of wine and a good night's sleep will do....I am PLOM (poor lil' ol' me) no more! The sun, the cats and I are up. While it is sticky hot already, we are expecting rain later in the day. My oldest and I are going shopping for summer reading books for Sr. AP lit and outfits for Sr. Portraits. I can't believe I have a senior in high school. I was looking at pictures yesterday in prep for creating a Sr. Scrapbook. Where has the time gone.....Lots of good memories to catalog....on to knitting....

I am a new sock junkie. It took me a while with the first pair, months actually. Dropped stitches, increased stitches, made-up stitches - I did it all. I think I actually have the formula for a basic sock committed to memory and, even, better, understand how it works. I have a pair of Jaywalkers on the needles at the moment in ONline Supersocke Cotton. I love the way the striping develops in a chevron pattern. The pattern is easy to remember and looks so much more complicated than it is. The pattern is easy to pick up and put down - I do a lot of that between the kids' comings and goings. This is my trial before the Ravelympics begin. I am entered in the Sock Put and the Scarf Stroke. I will be knitting for Team GRITS. What a hoot! My teenagers think it's just plain silly but I am planning on having a great time knitting and watching and being a part of something bigger. I have already decided on Boing! in Lanas Puras Yarns Melosa Laceweight in Desert Bloom for my scarf and am still playing with a sock pattern. I have some new yarn in my stash - Imagination, Felici, and Essential Tweed from Knit Picks.

To do for later in the week.....ask the teenager people in my family for help in loading some pictures into my empty Flicker account, onto Ravelry and here....For now, back to knitting, on to the gym and then the mall with Cary. I will keep my fingers crossed for rain.