More Socks

Knitting

I finished Jody’s Socks this afternoon while the five of us sat on the terrace discussing what to do for summer vacation.

The starting point was interesting – I like cruises, DH was talking about Salzburg, Vienna and Prague (said idea promptly shot down by all three teens as not wanting to do another anything in German, etc speaking Europe). One teen was negative on everything, another was voting for a nice ride around the Bodensee on bikes, the youngest was doing a “no France, please no France.” There were three negative votes about the Mediteranean. Two of us thought going down the Nile would be really cool, a couple more said fine, but not in August (gee, wonder why it is not high season. Temps well about 45°C perhaps?). One still voting no on anything to do with ships.

e started discussing father a field. India and Pakistan are not on any list, but the kids thought perhaps Thailand. Then China came up. None of us have been there – a real surprise considering the weird places both DH and I have been over the years. After they were done with the Avian Flu and SARS jokes, it is on the table. There might even be a tour at the right time (and it includes a river trip.)

Meanwhile – the sock. Knit over 60 stitches on 2,5mm needles out of Zen Yarn Garden (Zen Garden Yarn?) in colorway Norwegian Shores. The colors are subtle and complement the lace bow type pattern going up the sock front. The short row toe up construction has a turned heel with gusset, a strip of faggoting running up the back and a rolled top. Once I got the pattern down (second sock to be honest) it really zipped along. I’ll get a close up so that you can really see the lace and one of the back tomorrow.

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Audio Books

The last cassette from Vengence in Death has just finished whirring. I looked over at the audio book basket, trying to decide what is next. Perhaps another Inspector Poirot? PJ Tracey? JD Robb?
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It is just like sock yarn and patterns – so many choices to fill up the time.
-Holly

About Holly

fiber person - knitter, spinner, weaver who spent 33 years being a military officer to fund the above. And home. And family. Sewing and quilting projects are also in the stash. After living again in Heidelberg after retiring (finally) from the U.S. Army May 2011, we moved to the US ~ Dec 2015. Something about being over 65 and access to health care. It also might have had to do with finding a buyer for our house. Allegedly this will provide me a home base in the same country as our four adult children, all of whom I adore, so that I can drive them totally insane. Considerations of time to knit down the stash…(right, and if you believe that…) and spin and .... There is now actually enough time to do a bit of consulting, editing. Even more amazing - we have only one household again. As long as everyone understands that I still, 40 years into our marriage, don't do kitchens or bathrooms. For that matter, not being a golden retriever, I don't do slippers or newspapers either. I don’t miss either the military or full-time clinical practice. Limiting my public health/travel med/consulting and lecturing to “when I feel like it” has let me happily spend my pension cruising, stash enhancing (oops), arguing with the DH about where we are going to travel next and book buying. Life is good!
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