Fall has officially begun – today is the first day of school. D#2 left this morning for her senior year! Shall I wax poetic about how quickly the time goes, or how I remember all of the other first days of school? Or shall I just get on with things and show you some knitting? and pigs!
Ta-Da! A pair of finished Roza’s Socks and a pair in progress!
The finished set is done in Cherry Tree Hill and for the other I am using Trekking XXL. I love both of these sock yarns and the Trekking seems thicker than I remember it being. Have they changed something at the mill or has is just been too long since I’ve used it? The CTH pair seem a bit snug. The brioche stitch of this pattern makes the ribbing extra grabby – this is great because I love socks to hug the leg. But my calves need a ‘hug extender’ – I’ve got strong peasant stock in my genes! It will take a strong wind to knock me over, but a few more stitches to get around these gams. For the Trekking pair I added a pattern repeat – instead of casting on 60 stitches cast on 66. I will have to find some skinny-legged someone on my Christmas list and wrap up the Cherry Tree Hill pair!
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Last first day of school for your D. This aritcle has been in our local paper for years. Brings tears to my eyes.. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070905/NEWS/709050337
no going back to teaching for me today as I retired but
my daughter is teaching so this is her frist day back …life is going in cycles..
Nice yarn.
I used that Trekking color for a pair of socks for Hannah last year. I don’t remember the yarn being thicker, though.
That is one freaking adorable pig!
If you painted that pig black it would look like Poe snoozing on your deck. Very cute!
Gah! I love that pig. Looks like my big, fat cat. She is a pig in her own right. Ha!
Nice! Love the colors in both, and uh, I have skinny ankles! ;)
That piggy is doing what I’d like to be doing zzzz
Oh such an adorable piggie and nice looking socks too!
Here school started 3 weeks ago I think, but summer is still in full strength, I never understood why they start the school so early around it, doesn’t make sense to me, poor kids.
My socks are celebrating on the pool deck while I am busy with other stuff.
Aaawww… I think we may have found my Next Favorite Pig, after the Blue Pig from a while back. Aaaw! :)