Yes I stayed up late to finish!

I finished a sock! One foot of the Spock Socks is complete and I'm going to cast on for the second sock as soon as I finish this update just because I really want a completed pair.

I could have one foot of the anklet done as I did start the toe 3 days ago. Maybe tomorrow...most likely not. The enthusiasm of finishing the Spock Socks will probably overrule it.

Quick notation for the usage of the 26 Pair Plunge tags will only be for completed pairs.

Great inspiration

I took today as my laundry day. It's 2 weeks worth of clothing for 2 week long trips. This means I was finally able to wash the Tulips and the Pirouette socks.

By washing the socks and hanging them out to dry on the line, I finally got to really feel them. They feel so nice! I was more worried about the Tulips more than anything. This was the first time I have ever washed any yarn that I have dyed.  From what I can see, I didn't loose any colour. This gives me great hope that I was doing it right :)

This whole "washing of the socks" also is a great way to nudge me back to finishing my socks.

The Spock socks have been picked back up. I may just finish the pair before going on to the Tiberius socks.

Finally Back Home

I have finally made it home from the church conference in Omaha, Nebraska.  The people in Omaha are some of the friendliest people I have ever met and I very much enjoyed my time there.  I would definitely plan to go back there someday.

I'm kinda out of the daily blogging mode and I do have to sort of catch up with everything that has been happening.  There have been a lot of personal changes for me that will affect my upcoming future.  I'm sure I'll write more about it as it comes closer.  Just know I will be moving, my mother is all for it (that was kind of up in the air) and I will be going to school as well.  No final responses on job prospects but I am not giving up.

I am now off to respond to all the comments I have received for my first Year of Projects entry for year 3.  I have never had so much commentary before on a single entry, even when I was blogging for the Sims 2.  I feels good to know that people are actually reading what you're writing and responding to it as well.  It also gives such a positive reason to keeping up with blogging.

Here's to getting back into the daily blogging mode.  I hope I haven't forgotten how.

Year of Projects: Week 2

(Because Week 1 was last week, not this week like I thought.  Anywho, on with the show)

It's a knitting new year! And with a new knitting year comes new projects to do and new skills to learn (and while I'm at it, WIPs to finish - must finish pairs).

Sock WIPs
Dark Isle Socks
Cast on: March 17, 2013 | Bind off:

Stitch Surfer Socks
Cast on: November 30, 2012 | Bind off:

Bex Socks
Cast on: October 1, 2012 | Bind off:

Baby Socks
Cast on: May 21, 2013 | Bind off:

Anklet #1
Cast on: May 30, 2013| Bind off:

...fascinating (Spock Socks)
Cast on: June 10, 2013 | Bind off:

Tiberius
Cast on: June 18, 2013 |

Socks to be cast on:

Cookie Sock Club 2013 (August #1)
Cookie Sock Club 2013 (August #2)
Cookie Sock Club 2013 (October #1)
Cookie Sock Club 2013 (October #2)
Cookie Sock Club 2013 (December #1)
Cookie Sock Club 2013 (December #2)

Cookie Sock Club 2014 (February #1)
Cookie Sock Club 2014 (February #2)
Cookie Sock Club 2014 (April #1)
Cookie Sock Club 2014 (April #2)
Cookie Sock Club 2014 (June #1)
Cookie Sock Club 2014 (June #2)

Anklet #2
Anklet #3
Anklet #4
Anklet #5
Anklet #6
Anklet #7   

Tree of Life/Fire Bird by Janel Laidman

Sweaters/Cardigans

Shapely Boyfriend

Cast on: April 2, 2013 | Bind off:

Mittens/Gloves

Hermione's Fingerless Gloves

Cast on: April 12, 2013 | Bind off:

Hat

Hermione Hearts Ron

Other

Blankie reach to 250 squares

Starting at 103 squares as of July 7, 2013

Petal Blanket by Norah Gaughan

Sounds like a lot right?  It's also heavily dependent on joining the Cookie A. Sock Club 2014.

I also wanted to add a list of skills I'd like to learn as well by the time this knitting year ends:
-learn a new casting on technique (I already know the backwards thumb loop one, the long tail cast on and Judy's Magic cast on for toe up socks)
-learn the basics of crochet enough so I can make something simple like a dishcloth for a simple hat.

Since I'm not actually home (still on vacation), I will have progress shots for all of my WIPs next Sunday and hopefully I will still know where to find the pattern notes and such.

Omaha Day #2

This morning started out with jumping on the shuttle bus and going to The Diner (yes that is the name of the place, The Diner).

So cost effective! And the food is quite good. And there was good company.

Went to a seminar, which was quite enlightening. Another group of us went to lunch at Spaghetti Works, down the street from Zio last night.

I am still stuffed a couple hours later. Company was good as well but no pictures :(

I saw a sign about a quilt being auctioned off with the proceeds going to Spring Vale Academy. I just volunteered my services to make a knitted blanket for 2 years from now. One of my first knitting books was a book on afghans and I have never made anything in it. This seems like it would be a worthy cause to crack open the book. Also, this a worthwhile charity that I've known about since I was a child. I this goes well, maybe I'll make afghans more often for them. I can't wait to go flipping through the book when I get home and start the pre-planning.

I got to get a hug from my little sister. I swear she's hit a growth spurt since I saw her last on Saturday. She's turning 5 in September.

At some point or another, I will track down each and everyone of my siblings and get a picture with them. Come-on, we're all here.

We later went shopping at Oakview Mall. Nice place, definitely cheaper than in Canada and open tomorrow on the 4th of July.  Suffice it to say, we'll be back tomorrow.

I am now going to eat some dinner and be off for the night!

Omaha Day #1

I do have wifi! Yay for the Hilton!

I am loving it here. I haven't even been here a full 12 hours but it is beautiful.

We passed a Trucking Lot, which usually doesn't sound interesting to me, but my brother loved it being the car nut that he is. They had some funny stuff and a native hand painted vases. I really wanted to leave with a specific vase but the funds are not there to my woe.

Beautiful, isn't it?

We stopped at Wendy's to eat and were shocked by the size medium drink. It would be an extra large drink in Canada.

My brother and Cooper the bear were happy to arrive.

We went to an evening church service, caught up with some people and declared that we were so hungry that we had to get something to eat. The shuttle bus for the hotel is 24hrs a day.  The area is quaint and beautiful. We went to a pizza place on Howard called "Zio". It was soooo good. We've already made plans to back again.

I am now off to bed.

Hiatus

I am leaving for Omaha tonight. That means a chance of US roaming. That's more money than I want to spend. So with my data off, I can't make any guarantees about doing an update a day. We'll see how the wifi works at the hotel.