A tall sock

I have knit a tall sock. It is about mid calf, not as tall as I thought it would be but it is tall and would make a nice boot sock.  Now to get me some boots.

My only issue is that I am not cool enough to not care about my stripes matching.  I think I rigged it so that they won't be too far off. 

These were made using Turtlegirl76's afterthought leg pattern. 

Lottery

Way back when, I vowed to play the lottery once a week.  I believe it was a resolution of mine.  Thing is, I don't smoke, therefore I don't stop off at places where they sell lottery tickets that often.  I do play when the powerball is big and someone at the office askes for $5, and aside from the odd scratch ticket I don't really play.

Maybe next years day I'll buy $52 one dollar scratch tickets and scratch one a week.  Might make life a little easier.  :)

A Drink

this my friends is a yummy concoction my friend Dale made for me last friday night.  It's summer in a glass with a little vodka for kicks. Really it's just ice, vodka (however much you'd like) ginger ale (i use diet) and a splash of pomergranite juice. So cool and refreshing.  I will be drinking these this weekend, it's been one of those weeks. 

My very tall socks are coming along well, however, I kinda mucked up the increases so I need to rip back a whole bunch of rows and increase the right way.  Such is the way the sock ball rolls ya dig?

What's your favorite summer time drink?

Possessed

Driving to work one day whilst listening to the Knitmore Girls, The Otter, went all possessed and started to play, I kid you not, "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree".  Now at this certain point in the road, I am use to the radio going all willy nilly & wonked out, too many frequencies or something, I don't know.  But CHRISTMAS music?  It's frakkin May.  Seriously?  What station is playing Christmas music in May that I would have picked up?  (and no that song is not on my Otter, as I am not a fan of it, I blame the 8th grade)
So that is my story. 
:)

Goals

Short term goal: to take an online course to be a legal secretary

Long term goal: to get a job at a law firm & possibly become a paralegal

Short term goal: save money so that I can do this next year (it's about $1000) if there's yarn that I want, put the money aside into my "college fund" account, yarn will always be there, maybe not the color I want, but that's what birthdays & Christmas is for right?

Long term goal: continue to save money bc well it's the smart thing to do.  (once school is settled, save a little for a 'fun fund' too)

So, that's that.  It'll be hard.  I sometimes like to get all spendy whe I shouldn't.  Which is why I tend to avoid the malls. 

Knitting!!

I need to redo my heel toe.  It's too pointy.  Methinks a 3 needle bind off might be best in this situation. 

It's a bird...It's a plane....

<---- heel



It's a two toed sock! 




<---- toe

I can't wait till it's finish them. 

This may be my new favorite way to knit socks.  Although I do still love a good ol heel flap. 
Maybe I'll just use this method for knee high socks. 

I wish I was a duck

It's the third day of rain.  Which, to be honest, I don't really mind.  I do enjoy the rain a bit more in the summer, I'm already barefoot most of the time so it makes puddle jumping that much easier.  I actually haven't puddle jumped in a while.  I'll have to fix that, it's fun. 

I finished the toe heel, teel? toel?  and am now opening up the part where I had the waste yarn.   I didn't close up the toel because, honestly, I'm not sure I knit the foot long enough.  We shall see!