Seconds

This weekend turned out to be quite productive on the knitting front. My mother in law called Saturday night while some friends were over and Jim thought she sounded pretty down. So, being the wonderful wife I am, Sunday morning I suggested he call her and see if she wanted to come down (she is four hours away and although she shouldn’t be driving that far anymore she is very stubborn about it…drives eight hours to see the other brother and grand children). Five hours later she was here.

How this relates to productive knitting…it was an especially beautiful weekend here and we have a lovely shaded patio on which she likes to sit and do crossword puzzles as we all chat and drink wine while Jim reads the paper. Oh sure, I could have read too but this seemed like a great time to finish some things that have been languishing while I knit other projects.

Exhibit A: Third pair of baby socks for my friend that had twins. They were due in May and I had the other two pair ready in time. I had one of these complete and had barely started on the second. Up until Sunday there it sat, one blue baby sock, lost and alone. One evening on the patio with cocktails and some #2 needles cured that. Doesn’t it look much happier now?

Exhibit B: Pair of socks for me. First one complete in June. Cast on for the second one on Monday and produced this: An amazing amount of progress can be made on a sock when one can knit on the patio with morning coffee and conversation, in the car 45 minutes to and from the “country” to pick fruit and vegetables and an evening in front of the television watching (knitting) a documentary on Rome. Only a couple more inches and I am finished. Oh and don’t make fun of my heel! I do it on purpose (really). I like for the heel to fit snugly and it seems like the overall fit is better with the deeper heel. Maybe I have weird feet??? In any case, they look fine on and feel great.