Another Pair of Scrappy Socks

 I like to knit when I’m watching TV. I don’t need need any more neck warmers now that it’s spring so I thought I’d knit another pair of two-at-a-time, striped, scrappy socks. I have tons of sock yarn remnants.

I cast on 70 sts with a long, 2.5mm circular needle. To do both on the one circular needle, I cast on 35 with one end of a yarn ball, then 35 more with the other end. Then 35 more on the second sock, dropping that yarn and taking up the first strand of yarn, cast on the last 35 sts of the first sock.

I then knit 3 x 2 ribbing for the legs of the socks - 8” - changing yarns every 6 rounds. When I got to the heels, I completed the heel flap by knitting back and forth on one sock, then picked up the sts on one side of the flap. Then knit the heel flap of the second sock and picked up the sts on the sides of its heel flap.

I could then knit around both socks again doing the gusset decreases.

I’m now working on the feet.

At stitching yesterday I continued work on Clovis. I mis-counted the stitches at the top of the apron and had an extra one. This threw off the symmetry of the head so I added an extra stitch between the eyes and will continue with an extra stitch all the way down that column. 

It shouldn’t be too hard to add that extra stitch to the apron - the floral design isn’t symmetrical.

I was relieved this morning to see the election results. The polls favoured a Liberal win but polls can be wrong so I waited until this morning for the final results. I heaved a sigh of relief as I believe Mark Carney has the cojones to deal with the president of the country to our south. 

All day I thought it was Wednesday so I got some yard work done so I could put out the yard waste for the Thursday pickup. Then I looked at my watch and discovered it was only Tuesday.  One more day to collect stuff around here to throw out. 

I cleaned out a cupboard in preparation for my upcoming kitchen renovation. When I have to clear them out for the demolition, I’ll just pile the stuff on my dining room table, set up the microwave oven on the dryer, and do my dishes in the laundry room wash tubs. One task this week will be to buy the new sink, faucet, and see if I can find the new refrigerator I need.

Jen1 is returning to work after what I’ve been calling her ‘sabbatical’ - time off from work for our travels and last weekend’s guild retreat. I’m having her and the other stitchers over on Friday afternoon for some stitcherly fun. Saturday is the guild’s stitch day so I’ll get to see most of the folks I missed seeing at the guild retreat while I was at the Hobby House retreat.