Hello everyone and Happy November! I hope all of you surivived Halloween. Ours was quiet - not a single trick-or-treater. I blame the current state of the world. People are afraid to let their kids go trick-or-treating, and only allow them to go to parties, or do the Trunk and Treat thing which frankly I think is gross. I miss seeing the costumes so much, that was one of my favorite things.
Oh well, just another thing that apparently isnt' going to happen again around here. A friend of mine who lives in one of the fancy 'burbs said that they only had 20 trick or treaters. Which sadly makes me feel a little better - it's not just a trend in the "big bad city."
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But onward to November and the coziness of it. I will especially enjoy it when November 12-15 is over. I have a colonoscopy on the 15th, and have to do the usual (for me) three-day prep. So other than those dates, bring on November!
I have a finished object to show you - actually one of two pairs of socks I knit during October, which is insane, because I seldom can knit one pair of socks in a month, but guess what? If you concentrate on a project, it gets finished - who knew?? 😄
It all started with this ball of yarn:
Project: Tim's Halloween Socks
Pattern: Plain vanilla sock pattern, based on
this pattern, which is my go-to for basic socks
Yarn: Nox Yarn Mars Sock base, colorway is Potions Master
Needles: US size 1/2.25 mm
Notes: I've had this yarn in my stash for a long time, and every year would notice it either right before Halloween, or right after. This year, I made an effort to find it well in advance.
My original plan was to make a pair of Halloween socks for myself. I was even going to use a pattern. So I got it going, and decided that with the way the yarn was dyed, the pattern would be completely lost. Since the pattern I was trying out used the number of stitches I generally use to make socks for The Tim, I decided to just knit a plain sock and give it to him for our anniversary, which is a few days before Halloween.
It's a 1 x 1 ribbed cuff, and then a 3 x 1 ribbed leg, with a plain foot. Shortly after starting these, I finished another project I was working on; I'd also completed one sock of a pair I was knitting for myself. So I decided to concentrate on these, since I had a deadline at the end of the month.
I finished them a week ago today, and I'm really happy how they turned out. And it's a shame that Nox Yarn is no longer dyeing, because this was lovely yarn to knit with, and makes a great pair of socks.
They were gifted for our anniversary on Monday, and even though The Tim has been sitting *right next to me* for a lot of the time I was knitting them, he was completely surprised. Which works for everyone, right?
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Do you have any special plans for the weekend? We're headed to IKEA at some point to look for a couple of area rugs for our living room. We had our living room rug picked up for deep cleaning and storage last week (long story, I'm sure I'll tell it sometime), and would like to find a couple of smaller rugs for the living room until the big one is in use again. Other than that, I'm sure there will be a LOT of napping (The Tim), a lot of hilarity (the kitties), and a lot of knitting and reading (me). It's supposed to be cooler (thank the Lord!) this weekend, so it will be nice to just cozy in and stay in the house.
I hope your weekend goes well. Rest up, because next week should be a long one, at least here in the U.S., with Tuesday being election day. I sincerely hope that you will cast/have cast your vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Because any other choice is unacceptable if you want to continue living in a country that you're not completely and totally ashamed of, with a vile creature deciding our futures ... or lack thereof.
And I believe that sincerely.
Take care.
3 comments:
Happy November! Yes, Tim is the same way. I sit next to him knitting on something daily and I even leave things OUT IN THE OPEN and when he opens the something he says "when did you do this?" and I roll my eyes.
We had about 100 trick or treaters last night - which is our best year yet. But 1) This is a small town - there really isn't anything else to do unless you drive 30-40 minutes to another city). 2) We call it the town that time forgot, because it really is a bit of a time warp in terms of people/attitudes (some good, some not). 3) It was really warm here - I was out in a sundress and bare feet handing out candy! Part of that is perimenopause, lol, but it was close to 20C most of the evening.
Great socks - they look very Beetlejuice!
Weekend plans... as little as possible! I'm tired of having plans every weekend! I need a weekend off!
Those are some spooktacular socks!
I hate that trunk or treating thing too. If I were a kid I wouldn't want to just walk from car to car. Where's the fun in that? Of all the holidays we've ruined, Halloween is the one we've ruined the most. A war of Christmas? I think not. It's been a slow killing of the spooky season in spite of all those 12 foot skellies everywhere. I think we've lost the plot.
I'm dying to get up to Ikea. I bet it's already a Christmas wonderland. It's the one place I don't mind getting an early start.
I'm beyond terrified of election day. All three of my kids and their spouses are government workers and if the worse happens will surely get the ax. I'm so worried for them.
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