Hey, Jan,
Recruiting at Ohio State gave me the excuse to spend a weekend in Ohio. I packed a lot in. A lovely evening with dear Columbus friends (featuring tiaras), a lunch and volleyball game with our niece and beautiful grand-niece and adorable grand-nephew (featuring patience on nephew’s part), overnight visit to Marietta to see our maternal unit (featuring kitty), and a trip to Lancaster to visit my college roommate, Mary (featuring Laser Cats).
Lots of laughter in this weekend, including some unintented humor from Eloise when she explained that she liked Fox News because other news programs just gave you information. Fill in your own version of what else you think Fox News give you.
And a little bit of knitting this weekend, too. I worked steadfastly during the “no electronic device” portion of the flights and got some hotel knitting time in, too, focused on my Crazy Cat Socks. I got them close enough to finishing that they were done by Tuesday evening. In brief: Cat Bordhi’s Coriolis pattern knit on US Size 0’s out of 2DI4 Yarn Duo, an 80% merino, 20% nylon sock yarn in a colorway that was absolutely gorgeous in the skein and satisfying in the sock. I knit it a bit too long - not noticeable in a shoe, but if shoeless I slip around a bit. Also, the spiraling band cinches in the circumference a bit, making it less stretchy, exacerbated by my widening the band from the couple of stitches in the master pattern to a full 4 stitches wide. I have to work to get these over my heel. Once over, I do like the way they fit.
The kittens wonder why I don’t just grow fur on my toes.
More later this weekend, I hope. (Knitting, not fur on my toes.)
Love,
Ellen
Jan and Ellen are identical twins who have always had an innate fashion sense. Crafting is an integral part of their lives and they stay stitched together sharing their love of knitting, family and community.
October 24th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Sounds like fun! I have the same problem with those socks; if they fit my ankle, they barely go over my heel (but then I have ridiculously high arches, too). I love the look of them, and they fit Branden well, but me, not so much.
October 24th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
I’d been thinking I ought to go say hi to a particular old college roommate–thank you for the nudge. It’s always good when I do.
October 24th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Oh, what a wonderful trip! You look so happy in all of those pictures
The socks look great, I love the colors. I admit that I’ve mostly avoided her sock patterns, both because of fit issues I’ve heard about, and also because they feel less-try-on-able than other patterns (maybe related to the fit issues?), and I am learning increasingly (as I knit this sweater for a second time and contemplate last fall’s similar sweater cycle) that I like to be able to feel how things fit as I go - it seems to save me from committing major disasters.
October 25th, 2010 at 8:57 am
Oh FUN! Of course, I’m mostly interested in the cat pics, you know…but it looks like you had a wonderful time!
(((hugs)))
October 25th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
First, I hope you brought me a tiara.
Second, MUST HAVE LASER CATS!
Third, Glad I could learn from your Coriolis. I’m thinking about a spiraling pattern like that and hadn’t thought about the spiral cinching the diameter.
Glad you had a great weekend!
October 27th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Hey Ellen,
The socks look great and so do the kitties!
October 29th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Can’t you photoshop me in to the photo of you and Mary? You both look great. We never had a cool fireplace & mantel like that in Room 1222.