Dad’s socks have been gifted. He received them yesterday and instantly fell in love. They fit him very well and he was pleased. I told mom that she must hand wash them in cold water if dad wants to wear them more than once. She was fine with that. I think dad will be using them a lot this winter. Even though they live in FL they hardly have any carpeting in their house and dad gets cold very easily. So they will be perfect and snuggly warm.
I’m so relieved!
Wednesday night, I finished dad’s socks. They are done. 100%, ends weaved in and all. And surprisingly they appear to the same length. What a relief! I was a tad worried about it, but I counted and re-counted the number of stitches from sock #1 and counted and re-counted the number of stitches on sock #2 so they would be the same. I tried to remember how I did the toe on sock #1, and made sure I did it the same on sock #2.
They look really good. I’ll try to get a picture up tonight. The folks will be in Atlanta next weekend helping my sis move, so if I have a chance to get up there, I’ll present him with the finished socks.
In other news, if you haven’t been reading my regular blog, my baby girl is walking! She’s been taking one or two steps here and there but would always fall over. Tuesday night was the official “first steps” moment. She walked all the way across the dining room and I just sat there watching her with tears in my eyes. I call mom right away to share the good news about her granddaughter. Of course, now the grandparents are itching to see her again, so they can see her walk.
My japanese motif book has arrived. Now I just have to really figure out what colors I want to make my hexagon blanket. I’ve looked over the pattern and I don’t think it will be too hard. It’s primarily charts and pictures so even though I don’t know japanese, I shouldn’t have any trouble working through it.
The pattern calls for 7 different colors and gives a chart for which color combinations to work for each hexagon, so once I figure out what colors I want, I’ll chart out my color combinations. I was originally thinking I’d only work with 4 colors and that will do if I decide on just 4 colors. But now that I’ve seen the pattern, I like the idea of using 7 colors. So now I’m not sure what I’ll do.
I can’t exactly afford the yarn right now anyway, so it will have to wait, but that’s okay. I need to finish up a few projects before I jump into this one. And it gives me some time to decide what colors I want while I work on other stuff.
I’ve heard it recommends DK weight yarn, so I’ll have to do some searching to find a fairly inexpensive DK yarn in the colors I want. Fortunately, I don’t need too many balls of each color. But I definitely want something that will be machine washable, since it’s an afghan.
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