February Socks Fini

Just in the nick of time! Again. The Knitting Olympics kept me VERY busy – when I had the chance to knit – the past couple of weeks, so I chose to finish this pair of socks and cure the ailment known as _Second Sock Syndrome_ by finishing this pair I started for my 7…

Silver medal by technicality?!

Mom and I missed the executive rule stating that starting and ending times would be based on the Olympic opening ceremonies, Torino time. We started when it aired here in the U.S. on T.V. Based on our start and stop times, I finished, with less than an hour to spare. Based on technicalities, I finished…

Be careful what you promise to a child

You might just give up some things, one of which might be, like, oh, I don’t know, SLEEP! So I’m one sleeve down and one to go: p=. !http://static.flickr.com/19/104239370_f45d4fb229_m.jpg(one sleeve done one to go)!:http://www.flickr.com/photos/starzabove/104239370/ After talking to “Mom,”:http://livinglakeside.com who I am happy to report is reveling at the glory of her trip to the podium…

Olympic stretch

I’m not giving up – yet! Here are the front and back grafted together at the shoulder, along with the heel flap on the sock (done in some sweater-down-time where I left my needles at mom’s the night before) and an OLD copy of some of Edgar Allen Poe’s works that _He_ found under the…