That Wasn't Fun!

The past 2 weeks flew by, fueled by a huge work emergency that consumed me, and my whole team, for up to 17 hours a day for about 10 days!  It wasn't helped by the fact that our ancient furnace went out the same morning that the emergency started!

We can now add "new heater" to the list of improvements we've made to the house in the past 4 or 5 months.  New roof, new paint inside and out, new hardwood floors in the living room and hall, new carpet in 2 bedrooms....it seems like the work will never end!  We are also send our Oriental rugs out to be cleaned and repaired (if needed) 4 at a time and are getting ready to send the 3rd group out this week.

Minimal knitting and piecing has been happening.  I've done a bit of something every night, but some nights (see 17 hour days above) 1 row on a sock is all I can manage.

I've started the 2nd sock of this pair, and have about 3" of leg done:

And I'm starting to choose fabric layouts for Flutterby, using these fabrics plus some I had in stash:

Purple, lavender, and green; cat not included, but Johnnie loves to sit or sleep on my fabric when it's out and I'm working with it.

Here's hoping the next week is a little less exciting, and that Stitches West lives up to the previous 23 or 24 years!

Finished Projects

Even though I am the slowest knitter on record, I have finished a few things in recent memory.  Most recently, I finished socks that have been in the works for a while. 

I tend to start 5 or 6 socks at a time, doing just an inch or so of ribbing at the top.  When I need a new, easy to carry around project, I grab one of them.  Usually I end up finishing all the first socks, and repeat the process on the 2nd socks.  Most are knit for me, and it keeps me from getting bored, which I do, very easily.

No idea when either of these were started; they were listed in my Bullet Journals for the past 2 years (along with close to 50 of their WIP buddies).  They are now done, and in the case of the Paton's Kroy socks, have been worn.

First up, Paton's Kroy socks, no clue what the colorway is called.

If you look closely, you'll note that the ribbing patterns for the legs are different! It was definitely not by design, but I didn't realize it until the heel flap was almost complete; I posted a photo on Facebook and asked if anyone saw the glaring error, and only 1 person did.  Decided it didn't matter to me, and it's a good thing because the stripe sequence on the toes doesn't match either.

I've worn these, and they are soft and warm and squishy, like most Kroy socks.

Next up, Brown Sheep Wildfoote in the Rhapsody colorway.

I love the colors, the ribbing matches and they should be really nice to wear.  All my purple tops were in the laundry last week - this week promises to be better, wardrobe-wise.

It was a lovely, rainy weekend.  Lots of rain showers - some quite intense - and some pretty stiff winds as well.  Rain is predicted today and tomorrow, and then we should get a break until the weekend.  It's all good.