Slow and Steady

Slow and steady wins the race, or so I've been told. My socks made from a full 100 grams are almost done. Approximately 8 grams per sock remain to be knit. These wonderful socks (will be wonderful when they are done) are knit toe up from a 12 stitch cast on and increased to 64 stitches through the foot. After turning the heels, I knit roughly 3.5-4" before adding calf shaping. I marked the center of the back half of the sock (calf side) and have increased 1 stitch to either side of the marker. Then I increased every 4 rows. I stopped increasing when the stitch count reached 88 stitches. Based on that number (88) I feel like my calves are HUGE, so let's just call them curvy. This weekend I made the decision to do not work on DH's sweater but to finish my socks.

That decision may have been a little ambitious. Monday morning, the socks are still progressing but the sweater has been a kitty resting place. When I did work on the Flax between last week and this weekend, a certain Kitty decided to be social. The world's most anti-social kitty has been feeling the need for company. If I had common sense, I would be terrified! Anyways, I had to work hard to pull the yarn out from the skein hidden under Kitty.  Then because it moved, it must be attacked! So gross, I hate knitting with kitty slobbered yarn. Now that it's dried, you can't tell where the slobber was. I guess I should be happy he didn't break the yarn, like a friend's cat did years ago.

Next up I'm going to be joining the Ravellenic games with Team Geeky Girls Knit. I'll be entering into the WIPS's Dancing event and should hopefully finish DH's Sweater. I could attempt to sandbag and work on a toddler sweater because I'm sure I could start and finish one of those in the Olympic time frame. There are a few days to consider further. Wonder what DH will say if I bump up a toddler sweater ahead of his.