16 posts tagged “socks”

Lighting is bad but I was outside, in the shade, in the wind that was coming along with THIS storm front!

But I managed to get a few shots of the Crocuses:

And the weather before the massive cold front:

Carla took the time to print out and protect all of the sock patterns in my ravelry cue! Amazing.  Also included was:

• the latest issue of knitscene
• a pair of addi lace turbo us1 32" needles
• 2 hanks of Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock yarn in Happy Valley
• A tin of knit mints
• Highlighters, post its, and chocolate for my patterns ;)

I LOVED doing this swap and can't wait for the next one! Maybe I should plan one for the Welcome Wagon volunteers?

and, last but not LEAST,

yes yes yes some wollmeise FINALLY.  it is crack.  I can't decide what to make, but I think socks with some leaf theme to them.  So  I will have some research to be doing in Ravelry. 

Also, I received this in the mail:

A circular needle case from DellaQ.  LOVE IT.  There are slots and pockets for everything except 0's and 1's, but that is fine - as I only have one size 1 circular needle and no size 0's.  I've decided that I need a size 6 32" needle so I can make the fetchings that I had planned for this year.  Not much is on the tap for xmas knitting, I need to see if jc's mom still wants me to knit that Irish Hiking Scarf for her co-worker or not, but other than that, not much is planned other than stash busting! 

We did not go to any parks, but spent time at Fantasia Golf, Downtown Disney, City Walk, and at the Marriott resort where we stayed. The weather was beautiful, no difference in the weather back home, and we had a really nice time. 

I went back to work on Tuesday for my brother, but not after having a screwed up interview attempt from an insurance company near Sleepy Hollow.  They called to schedule at 8 am (who does this?!) while I was dead asleep.  I call back, never find out who the company is or what position I'm interviewing for, (remember, dead asleep), and schedule for 10:30 the following Thursday. They call BACK at 3:45 pm asking if I had scheduled and if I was available for 10:45 on Tuesday (?!) and I corrected them.  Later that evening, we placed several calls to them to find out the company - which I then researched all open ads on Monster and CareerBuilder - sales positions.  SO. They want a person with a Master's degree in Statistics to sell insurance policies to unions.  Nice.  I call back the next day, because I wanted more information and also because they were supposed to email me to confirm - never got that email.  I gave them until 12 noon on Wednesday to return my call, and it never came.  So I stayed put.  Haven't heard from them still.  It's probably for the best. 

Later that day, I received an email from my recruiter about a conference in NYC that I will be attending for networking purposes, and hopefully, to learn something too ;)

This weekend, New Age Amazon came out for a visit and we picked up castingon on Saturday while we spent the day in Philadelphia.  It was great, perfect weather, and a good time was had by all except for the disappointing lunch at Copa Banana.  Sunday we spent a little bit of time at the King of Prussia Plaza, cooked out on the grill for dinner and had delicious ice cream at Soloman's while Dash investigated the ducks at the duckpond.  Today, I took both of them back and spent some time at a picnic making smores and hanging out with family friends.  It was a great weekend!

Tomorrow I will be playing office queen so that my brother can have a day off - my nephews go back to school tomorrow!  Later this week I will be heading up to White Plains to go apartment hunting with the fiance and then hopefully moving up there with him ASAP - Recruiter says things will be picking up very soon!  Thank goodness summer is unofficially over! 


Knittingwise, I've finished Carolyn's birthday present which I need to mail down in October and have started my first REAL pair of socks.  I will update photos of this tomorrow.  I'm really enjoying the Cherry Tree Hill yarn.  Oh how could I forget!  Fluxx and I did a yarn swap and my treasures arrived on Saturday.  I am so excited for the new yarn!  It is BEAUTIFUL.  Pictures will be up tomorrow and possible project ideas!



I think this may be the longest update I've ever written.  This is what a good vacation does :)  Let's hope I make it through the day tomorrow!  Oi.