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after minor surgery it appears that everything is going to be ok... dave took a teeny little screwdriver to my camera and was able to resuscitate it. i'm supposed to be more careful. right. me? careful?

yeay they came they came! the post from london is crazy fast! can you tell neige wanted some attention too? dave was trying to take photos for me and she had to get one of her toys out to get in on the action! i love love love these socks. they weren't a surprise i found them out really early on in the trade but i don't mind. the anticipation however really did almost kill me. oh and we'll be seeing photos care of dave's camera until further notice...in the excitement i knocked my camera off the arm of the couch and it is now telling me we have a focus error and the lens will no longer retract. double damn! and i almost had photos of the really cool wrapper and wrap job on theses socks. sigh. thank you! thank you! thank you! they are sooo soft and comfy!

i'd like to interrupt the regularly scheduled sock rotation: (wearing rotation that is) to present to you the finished, completed, done... bamboo socks! sorry about the blurry photo. i was rather comfy, lazy, settled, relaxed... on the couch and didn't feel like turning around so i wasn't facing the sun. days off will do that to you! i did the ribbing here a little shorter than i usually like to because i thought that the lacy pattern wanted something a bit more delicate (read shorter) and so did my patience :) of course i had to include some kind of ribbing, edging, border... it looked too funny without. and i am completely in love with how this heel turned out!!! in other knitting news. today being the aforesaid day off (sorry for the funny language it appears i've been listening too much to audio books * of late) i decided it was high time to get going on the hogwarts socks. i'm sure my pal , partner, associate... would appreciate some effort on my part :) ...

the bamboo socks are off he needles. i haven't gotten around to taking photos rather i just dipped into the stash, pulled out a really old ball of i don't know which self striping sock yarn and cast on for some plain jane old stockinette self striping socks. i'm about halfway through the toes. wheeee. i love socks don't you? done and started in the matter of minutes! i'll get around to posting bamboo photos soon i promise. oh in other news. my sockpalooza pal received her package and the socks fit. whew. she loves them. double whew! and add ins are always appreciated no? so now i can reveal :) stitch markers fat quarters and of course the usual chocolates and a bag of coffee! this exchange was oodles of fun. time for round 5!!!

because i said so. there is absolutely positively no reason to get any more... i'm just not allowed to. that photo represents the possibility of 39 pair of socks. and that is not including the undyed mountain there on the bottom right. gosh that has got to be a good 10 pair of more all by itself. sigh. recount. 49 pair of socks. i have to get to knitting. so no more yarn for me. til this is under control. in a rough clockwise rotation starting in that black section down there. if there is a yarn type repeat we'll just skip it ok? roll call: wildfoote, sisu, falk, plymouth alpaca, pro natura, pace, cotton stretch, regia cotton, louet gems, knitpicks paint your own by me, panda cotton, knitpicks essentials, online cotton, xxl, jawoll lang, mega boots stretch, 1824, digit, sockotta, regia 4ply, knitpicks paint your own by jenifer, online wool, and the undyed is treadsoft and kona superwash sport. whew! i had to look at a blowup of the photo to figure out all those ( i packed i...

ok, i need to vent. no knitting content today. just work related nonsense. skip this if you want :) so today at work it was a good day mind you we're all having fun everybody in a good mood cranking out drinks like little starbucks machines. smiling like crazed coffee fiends like we're supposed to and this guy! @#$%&/! anyhoo. i'm losing my temper. this guy skips the line by walking in the second door (which is fine just get in line if you do this) and walks up to the barista let's call her bar wench #1 and she says "your usual doppio today?" and he says "yes with a glass of ice" my first pet peeve. the milk at the condiment bar is not for you to make a latte you cheap bastard. anyway. he proceeds to walk away from the bar and lean against the wall. smiles at me and watches us ring people up like he is above that sort of thing. he then walks over to the coffee for the troops* display. and makes some comment about how this is confrontational. wel...