Any Sock KAL 3

[dawn1838]

Hi, I have been browsing this thread for a few month. I have been away awhile and just dropped in to see what was going on. As I read the posts, I felt like I had missed some old friends. Everyone seems so friendly and supportive of one another. I hope everyone has a great week.

[jess_hawk]

Hello socksters!

Went in search of a LYS yesterday to get baby yarn. I promised Amanda something for her baby; I also am knitting a "sun hat" for my cousin's son. Possibly making baby socks with the leftover yarn.
Picked up some New Zealand possum/merino blend yarn, too. Don't think it would be good for socking, though... but it sure is pretty!

I moved into a bigger apartment. It has more plumbing problems then it has plumbing (I've been here since the first of the month, basically, minus two weeks when I was back in Iowa... and today was my sixth visit from the maintenance guys), but the maintenance guys are really nice and are fixing the issues as I find them. Not that I don't enjoy the social interaction, but I'd really prefer not to have strange men showing up in my apartment all the time! One more visit, hopefully, to replace a defective garbage disposal, and then *crosses fingers* I can go back to just nodding amicably at the maintenance men when I see them across the complex.

Hope all is well with all of you!

[CivicSista]

Cute baby!
I just wanted to drop in and say hello to you all. I have been super busy and seems like I have been gone forever. Hope all is well.

[TreshaRuthe]

Congratulations! Wonderful pieces.

[The.Knitter]

Finally a pair of hose.

Size 13
17 inches from floor to fold.

Gorgeous sox Chris! Congrats on a great job.

I have a KOBO and I love it. Hubby and I bought each other one for Xmas last year. My step-son has a Kindle and he really likes his. He gets it to read to him. I prefer to read myself, LOL!

Gina, I am doing ok. The cancer scare was a bit much but it is all done now and they took out a foot and a half of my bowel, to remove the pre-cancerous pollops and the "carpet lesion". Now hubby is having a cancer scare. He had the PSA test done and it is really high. The next step is a prostate biopsy, which they are doing on August 30th. It's time for a rest from all this medical stuff. It is very nerve racking.

Julie, I LOVE that baby picture. Adorable.

Hugs to all,
Knitter

[G J]

Christine, glad to hear from you! Your hubby will be in our prayers.

I had 31 botox injections in my head yesterday....Still pursuing relief from headaches. So far, so good!

Chris, those are AMAZING! That's a lot of knitting!

Hope the rest of you are doing well!

[rachejm]

Hi everyone,

Chris, lovely work!

Christine, thinking of you and your husband.

Gina, hope your headaches stop.

I've not been doing much lately. I bound off a jumper, started a sock - then had to frog quite a bit of it! I started a cardigan too. Lots of knitting time since the teaching course didn't work out. I'm still a bit down about that but I'm working through it, I've had a bit of time off considering what to do next. I guess the next step is to try to find a job that will help me build some confidence.

Hope everyone is doing ok.

[jess_hawk]

Chris - AWESOME! WOO!
Christine - Good to hear from you! Hope all is well with your dh!

Knit some baby socks (sorry no pics) for my cousin's son, but haven't gotten much knitting done. I have, however, opened an etsy shop (www.farthestfeather.etsy.com) and yesterday morning got a lesson on spinning on a drop spindle. The awesome thing is that the spindle I bought to replace my crappy homemade one, supports the rescue where I got Copper, which is run by my high school history teacher (he made the spindle, too), and his wife taught me to spin and prepared the wool that I bought. She's the mastermind behind High Prairie Fibers (which, now that I've made all of the appropriate connections, I will be supporting with my business whenever possible)

Anyways, good to see a few messages on here! It's been a while!

[G J]

Christine, Happy birthday! How's your DH doing?
Emily, good to hear from you. Sounds like life is going well!
Hi to the rest!

[Jeremy]

Chris,
Great job on those socks!