There Has Been Knitterly Things Taking Place…
Despite my voracious reading lately, there has been some knitting going on. I was about an inch from the heel flap when I got the news of grandma. That Sunday we watched a few movies that we had rented so I got through the heel flap. When I got on the shuttle and headed for the airport I had the heel to turn. The bus ride was rather rough so I put it away when I got to picking up the gusset stitches and let that wait until I got to the gate. I ended up not really knitting on either of my flights because I had to leave well before dawn to get to the airport on time in both cases so I was just plain too tired. I did more or less have the gusset completed by the time I got home by sneaking in a few rounds before bed each night. Then on Monday at SnB I *really* made progress and am now ready to start to the toe!
I’ve been asked before in the comments what pattern this is. I’m calling them the Gentleman Socks (even though they are sized for me) and they will be a free pattern up here on the site shortly. I’ve been testing the pattern with this second sock. There are a couple of tweaks to be made, then the formatting and the insertion of FO photos and it’ll be ready to go!
While I was gone a lovely package from Julie of Knitting History arrived. Julie hit the estate sale of all of our dreams recently and she picked up these books even though she already had them because they were such a good deal. She was kind enough to share her good fortune and pass them on to me! They are Scandinavian Knitting Designs by Pauline Chartterton and Knitting in the Nordic Tradition by Vibeke Lind. I can’t wait to sit down and really soak up the information in these. They were smoky from their previous owner so they are airing out in the garage for a bit.
Upon my return I was also met with another e-mail offering me some titles off of my wishlist so I’ve got even more books headed my way. Because I believe in paying it forward and the timing was right, I decided to have a secret contest as a way to reward those of you who comment semi-regularly. I was quickly approaching the 1000th legitimate comment since I moved the blog so I decided I’d do a little gift for that person. I don’t have a huge stash to draw from (and it needs organizing before I start giving things new homes) and the budget is a bit tight so I’m afraid I can only offer my knitting patterns right now, but Kelly you are the winner! I’ll be e-mailing you shortly so you can choose two of my patterns. There will likely be some other secret pay-it-forward opportunities to win in the coming weeks :-)
I think I’m more or less caught up on the blog world from last week. It was a bit of a hasty tour so I apologize for not leaving more comments than I did. But I’m starting fresh each day now again so commenting should be up. Speaking of catching up, I’m going to wipe my “comments to respond to” board clear and start over there as well. Please, please accept my thanks for all your kind words and support over the past weeks. It is really, really appreciated. But I need to lower stress levels a bit and clearing my plate of the long list of e-mails to respond to is one way to help do that so I hope you all understand!
