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Day 178/365: The Kind of Day for Staying Inside

6.27.2015

The morning started out nice and sunny.  Somewhere along the day, though, those gray clouds crept in, resulting in an overcast afternoon and me wanting to start a new project and not knowing where to start.  I looked at my fabric stash and paged through my quilting books and thought about half a dozen quilt top designs I could sew.  I looked at my yarn stash and flipped through back issues of crocheting magazines and thought about half a dozen things that I could crochet.  In the end, I felt so overwhelmed by all of my possible choices that I just lay on the carpeted floor and stared at the ceiling.  And then I thought about sewing a large, patchwork pillowcase cover for the floor pillow.

I ended up not starting a new project.  I picked up the sock and knit a few more rows.  I made a deal with myself to at least finish turning the heel before considering a new project.

 


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Day 177/365: TGIF

6.26.2015

I started knitting the second orange sock, but my crafter’s ADD is starting to kick in.  There’s a part of me that wants to start a multi-colored patchwork quilt, and another part of me that wants to start crocheting a granny squares afghan.  So glad it’s the start of another three-day weekend.


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Day 175/365: Orange “Red Hots” Sock, Finished

6.24.2015A

I just noticed that my little blue superhero guy has a visible outie bellybutton.

I finished this orange sock that I’d been knitting all week.  The yarn is Lion Brand Sock-Ease in Red Hots, and I wrote about obtaining the yarn in this post.  As you can see from the photos in that entry, dye lots make a difference.

6.24.2015B

An even better angle to capture Mr. Superhero’s scowl. Oh, and here’s the sock.

I’m knitting this sock for my cousin who sent me an outline of her foot, so I’m basing the measurements on a cardboard cutout and hoping it will all be good.

6.24.2015C

Aerial view of the sock from toe to cuff.


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Day 174/365: A Good Day to Come Home and Knit

I got to work this morning after my three-day weekend and learned that one of my patients– a very young man new to prison– made a serious suicide attempt last night.  The news saddened and troubled me all day.  Part of me would like to share details of what happened, but I also want to respect his privacy.  So this is going to be a short entry, and I’m going to see about finishing this sock.

6.23.2015

 


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Day 172/365: Father’s Day

6.21.2015A

We drove back to Ventura from L.A. today.  It was a long, traffic-filled drive because apparently everyone decided to go to the beach or just be out on the road for Father’s Day.  Tomorrow we head back up to Morro Bay, so that will be another two and a half hours in the car.  I may have a finished sock to show you for tomorrow night’s post.


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Day 171/365: The Day L.A. Galaxy Plays Philadelphia Union

6.20.2015

I’m typing this entry in a hotel room at the Hampton Inn in Carson.  Sean and I drove into L.A. this afternoon to see the L.A. Galaxy play Philadelphia Union at the Stub Hub Center.  The game starts at 7:30 PM, but we have to leave in a few minutes to allow for the time it takes to walk the mile to the stadium, get through security, check out assorted L.A. Galaxy merchandise, buy me cotton candy and a soft pretzel, mill around with the rest of the crowd, and find our seats.

I brought my knitting along and worked on my sock during the drive.  You can’t really tell from the photo, but I’m up to the gusset, which is where things start to get a little more exciting, because I’m that much closer to turning the heel.  Unfortunately, as much as I’d like to bring my knitting to the game, I’ve been to enough of these events with Sean to know that’s not a good idea.  So I’ll leave the knitting for now and pick it up again for the drive back home.

 


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Day 169/365: A Little Bit More Sock Progress

Yesterday at work, I kept feeling like it was a Thursday and then realizing that it was only Wednesday.  Today felt like it should be Friday, but then I would remember it was only Thursday and that I still had one more day of work to go.  Such a disappointing feeling.  Have you ever had that kind of a week?

I knit a few more rows on the sock.  The sock itself made for a boring photo, so I threw in one of my little unazukin toys for an added bit of kawaii.

6.18.2015

 


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Day 167/365: New Sock

I went back to work today.  It’s always tough getting through a 10-hour-day after returning from a nice long break.  Now that I’m home, I could just eat dinner and go to bed, but I started my half marathon training plan last week and still need to go run for thirty minutes.

In other news, I started a new sock.

6.16.2015