Skip to main content

dying of anticipation

so, i'm dying here almost literally, alison is ging to send out the sockpalOOOza matches and i've checked my email a dozen times already i'm dying to start. but how can i yet ugh the suspense is killing me. can you tell i'm a first timer. i really ought to be working on my omework but who can write code at a time like this??? oh well i'm off to lunch maybe there will be email waiting for me when i get back. i hope i hope!!!

*edit*
well i got my match and i'm soooo excited! i'm headed to knitpicks now to order my yarn. woooo hoooo! then off to the grocery to get koolaid this weekend. if i can wait that long. i guess i'll have to as i won't have the yarn yet....geez the suspense is killing me! so much fun!

Comments

Anonymous said…
Well ... I'm not the person you're knitting for, but I am the person who is knitting for you! I can't wait to start your socks as well!! Hopefully you've gotten your match by now.
February 1, 2006 at 5:23 PM
WandaWoman said…
It is fun waiting to get your match. I decided to sit this one out. It was fun last year though. Hope you enjoy the experience!
February 1, 2006 at 7:18 PM
lesley said…
wow, my sock pal has been to my blog! eeeeee. exciting! i can't wait to see what kind of socks i'll get! i hope she keeps me posted! i don't want to know everything but teaser hints are fun ;)
February 2, 2006 at 5:18 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

space science and a little silliness {closed}

so i was reading some online news and look what i found! you've got to read this its about pluto . so my question is. what happens to the rhyme that kids use to memorize the order? i mean hello! My Very Ecellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas... just doesn't have the same ring without the pizzas does it? oh well. so i have a proposition . no no silly no tthat kind of proposition. dave would get mad! or at least i hope he would... anyhoo. come up with your own rhyme to help kids memorize the order. the sillier the better, and the winner will get something fabulous from my stash. wow. i've never had a contest before this is kinda fun! i guess i have to figure out a way to pick the winner. hmm. ok all entries that include the beginning letter of all the currently accepted planets and usues them in order will go into a hat. not the actual people who enter. thats a big hat. but all their entries :) and a random draw shall decide ok? enter as many times as you like. and have
9 comments
Read more

stick a spoon in these and stir!

lots of sugar in my cappuccino please. or maybe iced. it has been a hot day... i guess as long as it is caffeinated it shouldn't really matter right? i think i deserve it! cause these babies are done! the venezia socks. or cappuccino as i call them. i used the pattern charts and just knit these up. for my second attempt at stranded color work i think they turned out great! if i had it to do over again i would probably have used a different pattern for the sole. the stripe is a little too bold for the swishiness of the instep and leg pattern. but hey. you learn. the specifics: pattern: chart from the venezia sweater by Eunny Jang yarn: sock it to me 4 ply in coffee bean and latte needles: knitpicks harmony circs size 1. socks knit as 2 magic loops simultaneously (these needles are actually growing on me) details: magic cast on 16 stitches in coffee bean, increase at edges on every row to 26 then every other row to 36 stitches. move one stitch from sole of sock(35) to inste
2 comments
Read more
and a last farewell...before i ripped out sunrise circle i took a parting photo...this sweater was jus tnot meant to be. too many other things wanted to be finished first. soon to come the bad penny 2 that i'm making for my trip to italy!
7 comments
Read more