Sunday sky, because I was out yesterday and didn’t have my camera. (Again!)

The weather was positively glorious this weekend. It’s like Spring has already sprung. The sun is warm, the breeze is slight, it’s been perfect.
Let’s hope it lasts.
The Twisted Flower sock has progressed nicely.

The picture is deceptive, but I wanted you all to see my blue toenails, courtesy of Tammy. She sent me a fantastic package this week, full of goodies, including the nail polish.
Anyway, the sock actually looks like this now.

And from the back

I love this sock! I have rather wide ankles, (actually, I hardly have ankles, my legs turn straight into my feet with no shaping) and broad feet, but I like my socks to be tight in the feet. I also usually go down a needle size from the recommended size, because my gauge is usually loose. So I did the leg on 2.5mm needles instead of 2.75mm as for the size Large, and I did the foot on 2.25mm needles, and worked the instructions for the size Small.
If I knit them again, I’ll go down another needle size. They fit well, but I’d like them to be just a little bit tighter. I thought about going down a needle size for the next sock, but it would drive me crazy to have two different socks, so I’ll do the second one the same as the first.
And the Angora Supreme sweater has seen some action. I knit some, I frogged some, I knit some again.
I started the raglan decreases, but I didn’t like them.

I wasn’t happy with the wide “seam” I was getting, so I ripped back all the raglan shaping and restarted it. I tried to convince myself that I could live with it, but I knew I couldn’t.

I much prefer it now!
Mind you, if this weather keeps up, I won’t get to wear the sweater until New York!

The Angora Supreme sweater has been quietly growing in the background.
The sleeves are done, and have been joined to the body at last.

Now it feels like I’m heading towards finished!
I debated putting another mini cable in between the raglan decreases, but in the end I decided against it. Now it’s all been joined together, I’m doing the raglan decreases and neck shaping, so the rows are shrinking at a nice rate.
Am I the only one who loses track when a pattern says “Decrease at neck edge every x row, at the same time, decrease at raglan every y row”? I’m far too easily distracted to keep track of every 2nd or fourth row, and keep track of every sixth row or whatever at the same time.
I’ve been reduced to this.

I have to manually list the rows, and what decreases happen on each row, just to keep track.
Yes, I’m that easily distracted.

So I’m coming to that time of year when the knitting is supposed to take a backseat so that I can spend inordinate amounts of time hunched over the sewing machine, churning out sparkly dance costumes for little girls.
I shouldn’t complain too much, it does a nice job of supporting my yarn habit. Before I start the costumes though, I had to do something about poor naked Roxie.
May I present Em’s new sidekick?

I can’t wait to see what the teacher comes up with next.
Actually, yes I can.

So the past few days have been consumed with researching and booking various aspects of our trip, so knitting time has been a little neglected.
But of course I managed to squeeze in a little.

Taking photos of your own heel is not an easy task. But isn’t it a pretty heel?
This is the first time I’ve done a heel that isn’t plain, slipped or eye of partridge. I’m not sure how it will wear, but I love the way it looks.
Twinkie of course, demands equal air time.
Saturday sky.

A perfect blue. Unfortunately it’s still a bit cool, but it looks gorgeous, doesn’t it?
I had a visitor, but every time I tried to take a picture, he turned away.

Only a magpie, but I’m easily amused.

We’ve just booked airfares to the USA.
We’ll arrive in New York on December 21. We’ll be in Washington on December 29. We’ll be in Las Vegas on December 30. We’ll then go to Los Angeles on January 1. Then Honolulu on January 9, before we come home on January 18.
The amount of money I just spent makes me feel a little sick. In a good way.