Heels turning ~

While knitting with the chickens, I was able to make progress on these socks.  I turned both heels and felt very good to be working toward the cuffs.

This is the yarn that my daughter fell in love with at Stitch and Pitch last year. Not her usual bright neon colors, but very lovely. I think it would have made a beautiful shawl as well.

Knitting with Chickens ~

A lovely spring day so we decided to let out all the chickens to roam around the yard.  Even this year's youngest chicks, just to see how they would manage their freedom. Just to chaperone, I sat in the front yard and knit, and watched to be sure the young ones did not go crazy and head for the neighbors.

Well, turns out they were more curious about me then they were about their neighbors, as they stayed near me and investigated all things close by... including my toes.... I think they are loving my orange flip flops, as orange is such a great color - and so misunderstood..... in my next post, I will show you the socks I was knitting!

Home Team Treasure ~

Speaking of the Seattle Mariners Stitch and Pitch...where we first saw Jitteryknitters great and famous socks....well, each year we attend the Stitch and Pitch I get this crazy urge to buy the Hazel Knits sock yarn in the colorway, "Home Team" which are Mariners' colors, as Hazel Knits is one of our famous local yarns.  Well, I have never bought it, being a wee bit stronger than my crazy urge.... Meanwhile, last month Jitteryknitter inherits several bags of yarn and yarn magazines from a friend who has stopped knitting.  Look what is in one of the bags......

A very vintage skein of, yes, Home Team..... check out how cool the label is....so very vintage for Hazel Knits.....and being such a great friend, Jitteryknitter gave this skein to me!  Crazy urge has now become a happy dance!!

Finished Famous Socks ~

Remember this famous picture of our Jitteryknitter at our Seattle Mariners stitch and pitch? (yes, I knew you would remember...)

I love this picture and it proves to the world that she has actually knit socks, two of them...and she looks super happy about it!  This was several years ago... Last month she mentioned to me that the top cuff of one of these "famous" socks had unraveled, so I offered to fix them....after all, they are famous.......

So I did - and it was fun, as I had a finished sock in a very sort time... just ripped back an inch and started again.  The only difference from the other sock is that I did a stretchy bind off... but that won't show when the socks are on.  Now you can relax, as the famous socks can pose for pictures again!

Happy Birthday Marion!

A superstar friend and knitter, Marion's birthday is today!  If you see her, please buy her some yarn or some patterns, as one can always use more of each!!!

Thanks for being such fun and inspirational, plus so positive and encouraging about life's mysteries, like figuring out knitting charts and Elizabeth Zimmerman's techniques!! We will be celebrating your birthday soon and often!

We are so blessed to have great friends to share this journey of life! Thanks, Marion, for being so great!!

Happy 25th ~

Happy 25th Anniversary to me and my sweetie!   I was more of a crocheter back then and recall crocheting a baby blanket for a friend on our road trip to Florida after our wedding weekend.

So happy we have had 25 years together and now I am a knitter! Here's to 25 more and even more knitting!  (I need to post a picture of our wedding.....)

Here are the Runners~

Yes, the runners have appeared on our hat!  So far, after working through the chart, each runner (in blue yarn) has two legs (one with the foot on the ground, the other is up with a bent knee) and the arm that is lower (the other arm is swinging at the top, and I am not there yet).  I worked through an odd part of the chart, as it says to repeat one of the sections eight times.  I understood it to mean repeating the runner eight times, except if I would have taken the directions literally, there would have been an extra arm in each of those repeats.....the arms are not visible in this picture, as there is just the one hand that is beginning to appear...stay tuned!

I do hope I have translated the directions and chart correctly.... it has been a super fun knit so far!