Lap Dog, Knitting and watching old Addams Family reruns

This morning after I set up my computer to watch some old Addams Family re-runs and knit on the mate to my hubby's socks that I'm knitting him for Christmas. Then up in my lap my dog Sue-chi jumps and gets all comfy. She's never laid in my lap while I've knitted before, so this was a first.

The Addams family tv show that I was watching was about Grandma learning to paint from a Sam Piccasso. While watching this show Sue-chi was snoring away in my lap and my knitting needles were clicking away. I am almost ready to start the gusset on this sock, I only need to knit 20 more rows.

Ti one of my other dogs likes to sleep in my lap as well as Sue-chi but he doesn't like me to be knitting as the yarn tickles him. Well, now that Season 1 Episode 14 of the Addams family is over its time to watch Episode 15. Have to wake the sleeping princess though to change the disk.

Snowy Night Gansey Stocking3

Day 3: Dispite the fact that my blood sugar dropped to 90 (low but in the normal range) and making me very tired. I managed to finish this Stocking today and start on another one in cherry red. The one I just finished was in a Paddy Green color for my husband and this new one in cherry red will be mine.

These stockings are bigger then normal stockings due to the Red Heart Super Saver Worsted Weight yarn I used. I'm sure that if I had used a different Worsted weight yarn they might have been the size the pattern says they should be. But I don't really mind and neither does my husband. He's tickled to death that I made him something. I don't get around to doing that very often. So busy making items for my website that he sort of gets neglected in the hand knitted or the handmade department.

Snowy Night Gansey Stocking2

Day 2: Hubby had a Dentist appointment this morning so I brought my knitting with me. I sat there knitting on this Stocking while he was getting his broken tooth looked at. I managed to get the Snow Flake pattern (2nd pattern), finished and started on the next pattern before hubby was finished. Then we drove to the bank and from there to make dog grooming appointments. Once that was done we came home and I went back to knitting.

I sat knitting on this stocking the rest of the day. I was able to finish up the last 2 remaining patterns on the leg and start on the heel flap. Once I finished up the heel flap I then started on the heel turn and gusset. When I finished up the gusset I measured from the heel flap to where I was and found I still needed 2 1/2 more inches to knit. I then continued knitting until 8:20 pm when I stopped for the night. I won't be knitting for the next 2 days as we need to pack up more boxes for our move back home. However, come Monday I'll be back to knitting on them again. I hope to finish this stocking on Monday. Then I can knit up another one.

Snowy Night Gansey Stocking

Day 1: Knitted a swatch first with red heart super saver #0368 Paddy Green, using size 7 dpn's. My guage was not right so had to move up to size 8 dpn's. Once I had the guage right I cast on the 72 stitches needed to knit this stocking. Then I knit the 10 rows for the cuff and once that was finished I started following the chart. Before heading to bed I will have the first 13 rows of the leg finished. Tomorrow I'll have the whole day to work on this stocking and hope to get lots done on it.

Finished 2 Lighthouse Dish Cloths

Yesterday I started on the first Lighthouse Dish Cloth and finished it up this morning. Then because I still had enough yarn I started and finished up a second one. These Dish Cloths knit up fast for me and so now that I have 2 finished, I can make up the labels for them and add them to my website. They will have to be packed up with the rest of my website items for our move back home to MA, but that's okay.

I only need to knit up 10 more of these Dish Cloths, but they will have to wait while I knit up other items too.

Knitting on Lighthouse Dish Cloth

Yesterday after finishing my 4th pair of socks this month, I decided to start knitting this Lighthouse Dish Cloth. I managed to get the Dish Cloth almost finished before going to bed last night. Then this morning I finished it up and decided to start on a second one. I'm using Peaches n Cream Light Blue Worsted Weight 100% Cotton Yarn, with size 7 circular knitting needles. The pattern was written by Rhonda K. White. I love knitting her Dish Cloth Patterns. They are really easy to follow along while knitting.

Tic Tac Toe Up Socks4

Tic Tac Toe Up Socks4
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Wooohoooo, I finished my Tic Tac Toe-up Socks today. I stopped packing long enough to finish this pair of socks. I just love this pattern. Yah, it wasn't as simple to memorize as the Diagonal Lace Socks or the Dead Simple Lace Socks. However, it was really fun to knit the X's and O's in these socks.

I did make a simple mistake in the mate this afternoon, but I fixed it and went on. The mistake was do to my not paying attention to the pattern as well as paying attention to my knitting.

I love knitting with Lorna's Lace Sock yarn and will definitely be ordering more to knit up socks with. There's lovely solids, multicolors and striping. I can't wait to try more of these yarns!