Finished my Mother in Law's socks

Yay, I am so excited that I finished her socks now I can have some guilt free knitting!! yay! I also am learning to spin on a drop spindle and have made my first tiny skein ( do you say skeen of skane? skeen here) I have also dyed it blue, I will post pics in a bit, I am so excited to get back to knitting what I want and now spinning, having the MIL's socks done is just such a weight off, LOL...I will add pics of her socks too.. camera has to charge....

Kind of sad...

Well I am just not going to have time to get the socks done for the fair, but while I am kind of sad it's ok, because now I can relax and enjoy knitting my socks, and I can also finish my mother in law's socks, so hubby will get off my back. I am off the next 4 days, so I should have them done, LOL, today however I am moving all the bed rooms around, Jazzy is now in Ray's room, Ray is in our room, and we have moved to Jazzy's room, well it's still a work in progress but I don't have Jazzy's old room completely cleaned out, my little pack rat had a lot of trash but at least she is at school so she won't know what I tossed... down side her bed frame broke! I sat on her bed and the frame snapped, now I know I am over weight but I am not that fat! It's still functional as a bed, but it looks like crap, and I hate that.... but oh well, also this morning I was going to take a shower, but was suprised by this:



after I am done with the rooms I am going to rearrange the living room too...

Second choice pattern for the fair...

Well my second choice pattern for the fair is going well, I am on the heel of the first sock, now to just get going so I can get both done by 4pm on Wed. the 16th. I will post pictures when I get a chance. I also had my schedule changed at work, which I think is going to be a good thing, I am now working 4 ten hour shifts, with 3 days off, I am going to be off Sunday, Monday, and Fridays, not too bad. Well i am off to get ready for work, only 2 m ore fridays for me to work, Yay, it's also going to be nice to have a weekend day off, well have a good day everyone!

finished the first sock for the fair

Well I am happy I finished the first sock for my fair pair, here are a few pics, please ignore the partially dressed baby, like I said I really do like them and they feel so nice on!,



but here is the problem, I am 10g shy of having enough yarn for the cuff, toes, and heel, so I am going to have to wait for some yarn to get shipped, and well wait for some money to buy the yarn, LOL.. and here I thought it was going so well...

While I wait I have started some Rivendell socks, so that if I don't get the yarn in time I will still have something to enter into the fair. I am so irritated I didn't weigh the yarn before hand, I just assumed it was enough, oh well live and learn...

Started another pair...

This one is for the September challenge in the Sock Knitters Anonymous group, it's a mystery sock desgined by Nancy Bush, and Clue #1 is for the cuff, which was a lot of fun, it includes a vikkel braid which I have not done before here are a few pics...



My socks for the fair are coming along well also! I am on the heel of the first sock about to turn it, and I still just love how well they are coming along, I will have to get some more pics!

Found a Pattern for the fair...

I am knitting Cut your teeth socks but Connie Freeman here is a link to the pattern on Knitty.com



and here are some pics...







I am really enjoying knitting this pattern and it's going pretty quick. Although due to money and travel I am entering in my county fair and not the state fair, because I just don't have 30.00 to ship them back or the 4 hours to drive to pick them up, the county fair grounds are on my way to work... but it's still going to be fun to enter. I also have to finish my mother in law's socks, I am 3/4 of the way done on the second sock and yet I still can't seem to get going on them, although I do know once they are dong them I can just knit for me for a while with no guilt..

and lastly this morning here is a cool pic of a mushroom I took this morning.


The mushroom is growing in a tree in my front yard, I think its neat looking.

Setting my 2-at-a-time aside..

For just a bit, I have decided to enter a pair of socks in the State Fair, I was inspired by a lady on the Sockknitters group on Yahoo, I didn't know you could enter knitting into the state fair, and how fun is that, now it's like competitive knitting, LOL, and that is really right up my alley!! So now to find a patter that I can do, and do quickly, I have 2 weeks to get them sent in!