Wooo Hoooo!
You cannot believe how excited I am that we got snow last night. Yes, I just returned from MN which was white (though did not have as much snow as usual for February) and even snowed for my departure. However, while overall I love Colorado, I get soooooo tired of the brown. It seems like we’re green for about 2 or 3 months if we’re lucky and then it’s brown the rest of the year and it really drags me down. So, to see fresh white snow covering everything this morning with a clear blue sky was like being in heaven. Even though it makes it harder to be motivated to go to water aerobics.
Last night DH declared it too cold for me to go out (which really was quite silly seeing as how the temp when he got home was still warmer than it was most of my time out in MN, though to be fair I didn’t have a spasm in full tilt until I got home). So, I ripped back my sock to the toe and began the instep once again while catching up on all my television shows I missed while I was gone. I’m not caught up on the shows yet, but I am caught up on the sock. In fact, I think I’m about 1/2 inch farther than I was before for a total foot length so far of 4.5 inches out of 7.5 inches. I’m suspecting with the opening ceremonies tonight I’ll get the heel turned tonight. That is if I’m not too busy eating antipasto and rissoto at our little party (little is right too, as only two couples are able to make it). And, while we’re celebrating the opening ceremonies, I am not participating in the Knitting Olympics. No need to pressure myself with that.
I do have a question though… Look at the photo of the sock and the ball of yarn in the photo above. Can anyone tell me why my center pull balls explode and look like &$)*?? I have kind of tucked some of it back into the ball so it doesn’t look quite as bad as it has, but the first ball was really bad too. Is there something I can adjust in the way I wind them to reduce that? It seems messier than store bought skeins to me and it is driving me nuts. Plus, it makes it a bit less portable than if it stayed relatively tidy. What am I doing wrong????
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