Wow. Fabbie stripes, fabbie colours, a lovely cosy sock on a happy foot. The fastest I've ever knit a sock: cast on, 6pm Thursday. Finish and graft toe: 11.40pm, Friday. And I promise you I didn't just sit and knit all of both days! I knit a couple of hours on Thursday evening, did the heel flap and turn Friday morning when I woke up early, then knit in front of the TV on Friday evening, watching Die Another Day. First Bond film I've seen in years and I wasn't impressed. We're going to see the new one next weekend, so I'll have to watch the last one at some point, I think the new one continues from that point. Haven't seen this new bloke as Bond yet but I don't rate Brosnan, he's too smooth, like Roger Moore. Sean Connery was the best Bond.
Film critique aside, I think I'm developing an addiction to this sock wool. The only reason this second sock isn't finished as well is that, on Saturday, I developed knitter's cramp in my right hand! Think I may need to slow down on the sock knitting....
Sock 2 is coming out more muted so far, but still a beautiful combination of colours. This is what I love about hand-dyed yarn: it's so unpredictable, the enjoyment of knitting it up is in seeing what the colours do next, that's what keeps me knitting late into the night.
Willow prefers to snooze all evening in a warm place. If she doesn't fit in enough catnaps, she doesn't have enough energy to jump on me and bring in small furry creatures in the middle of the night!
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