Happy Groundhog's Day! In honor of Groundhog's Day, I will be cleaning our bathrooms today. Granted, I would be doing this today regardless of Groundhog's or any other minor holiday. There were teenage boys in my house yesterday for the Superbowl and the house is looking a bit worse for the wear today. As always, I'm astounded by how much food these gangly, big-footed 13 year old boys can eat. Mostly, I just told boys to get their feet off my furniture and threw napkins and coasters around. At one point, I heard the kid say, "Dude, don't touch my mom's knitting!" followed quickly by, "Mom, it's okay. Don't freak." I watched the game sporadically. My husband was really into it, which is unusual for him, sometimes yelling at the tv screen, sometimes yelling at wrestling boys that he couldn't hear the game. It was a house divided around here, with the results leaving my husband disgruntled and the kid happy. Me, I was tired of all the testosterone and knit girly pink socks in my defense. These are the same chevron rib pattern that I knit my last pair of socks out of, but the stitch pattern shows up much better in this sort-of-solid yarn. This is Sundara sock yarn, in a colorway called First Blush, from her December Artist's Choice yarn. I am quickly becoming a huge fan of this sock yarn. I liked it well enough in the skein, but knit up, I've fallen in love with it. It feels wonderful to knit with and almost has a sheen, like from tencel in the knitted fabric, but it's merino wool. Anyway, I think these pretty pink socks are a great way to get ready for Valentine's Day.
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They're perfect! And they seem like an excellent antidote to testosterone poisoning :) I'm glad to hear you survived the game.
Posted by: Jocelyn | February 02, 2009 at 02:19 PM
Hey Chica! Joe just said something like that to one of the neighbor kids as he was spinning my wheel around.
I'm cleaning my bathrooms today too! I'll think of you. Must be a groundhog tradition.
We're probably driving right by you on the way to Texas (making a "pit stop" in Indiana and Kansas)in June, camper in tow. I'll keep you posted.
Posted by: Jean | February 03, 2009 at 06:26 AM