Girl on the Rocks

Socking away in Idaho June 25, 2005

It’s weird, but I was just in Idaho again, and rather unexpectedly. I went to help my roommate collect some more rocks for her thesis. Man, it was hot there. Swinging a hammer and climbing precarious cliffs is so much more taxing when it is 90 degrees.

But on to the knitting… i have made great progress on my blauband maxiringel socks. everything but the heel is finished on sock #1, and I just made it past the reinforced toe part of sock #2. I am still getting used to the idea of afterthought heels. Every time I cast off at the top of the sock i get this feeling that I am all finished, and I start to put the sock on my foot. Then i realize that they have no heel and aren’t done yet and it is a bit of a let down. But overall, I prefer toe-up socks to top-down socks just because i think it is easier to try them on as you go when you start at the toe.

i also wanted to point out a link that tina brought to my attention in the comments on my last post. In response to my pleas for koigu pattern suggestions, she pointed me to this link that is a whole page of patterns for 2 skeins of koigu! perfect!

You would think June 15, 2005

It would seem to me that since i own a cellphone, am a geologist (and am always surrounded by geologists), and live 23 feet above sea level that someone would call me to let me know that i am about to die in a tsunami. but no. No one that I knew even called me to tell me that there was a local tsunami warning for the bay area - however brief it was. Don’t get me wrong, If i have to go, I would prefer it be in a geologic event. I’ll take volcano, earthquake and tsunami over car accident or cancer any day. But i just want to have a second to know that is what is going to happen.

On the knitting front, I am progressing nicely on the blauband maxiringel socks. in fact, right now i am love with them. I reinforced the toe, but you can’t even tell because the reinforcing thread matches!! I just can’t get enough of that. Speaking of socks (b i’m looking on your direction), there is a new online store that specializes in sock yarns, The Simply Sock Yarn Company. They are having a Grand opening Contest that has prizes so go check them out. After submitting my entry I got a personal response to my suggestions - that is so nice.