Knitting News
I am nearly done with the silver-purple sox. I finished toe decreases, so I just need to close the toe and finish the four ends for the pair. Cool biz!

This was the sort of boring pair I did, from yarn I got online that wasn’t quite as exciting in person as it sounded on the web (these things do happen). They were good wait-in-line sox, anyway. The yarn feels as though it will really wear well, maybe it has some mohair in it or something. I knit the pair on size 1 needles (it feels like sportweight yarn to me) so the gauge is really dense for excellent long wear. That will be a good thing, the way I wear my sox (indoors without shoes or slippers).

I also got on a roll today knitting on my Since-September sweater. I spent a little time at Altu’s and knit while waiting for my lunch (have I mentioned how incredible her food is enough yet?), then I stopped by to see Nancy McRay at her new shop and knit a while and chatted. Later I taught my CityKidz Knit class. I had three children today, two of them boys (Monday I also had 2 boys out of 4 kids total, yippee for that).

I got a little done on my sweater in CityKidz Knit because only one of my kidz stuck it out for the full hour, so I didn’t have a lot of guiding to do. It was sunny and a perfect day for children to play outside, I didn’t blame them at all for leaving early.

Then later the Habibi Dancers spent rehearsal time watching a video of the show we just performed on Saturday. That was fun, and it allowed me to finish the second toe on that pair of sox plus start in on the 2nd sleeve of the sweater.

The first sleeve of the sweater is too long by maybe even a few inches, and I stopped four rows before I thought it would be done. I am going to have to rip out a bit of this, unfortunately. I guess it’s good to know I’m basically done with that sleeve, though. I had wanted to finish the sleeve with a turquoise/black hem (the sleeve is purple/black) but now I’m having second thoughts. I don’t have to decide tonight.

Family
The second sleeve is going well (more than half done) because I spent some time tonight on the phone, with my brother, Eric, and then my uncle, O.T. These men are wonderful, I loved talking to them. O.T. is going to spend his birthday in Sweden, and I’m so happy for him. He sounds pretty excited about the upcoming trip.

Mom is on her way home to Michigan from Florida. She will be staying overnight with O.T. and Aunt Ann, in Alabama, tomorrow night. She and Fred think they will make it home this weekend, when I’m in Iowa studying knitting with Anna Zilboorg. (I’m getting really excited about this trip, but wondering how I’ll ever get my life together to leave Friday as planned. I guess I just go and things will work themselves out just fine.) It will be good to see mom again. I haven’t seen her since January.

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