Good morning!!

Today I had time to get up slow, have a proper leisurely breakfast with a newspaper, and spend a little time checking the e-mail before getting dressed and heading out to work. And look - there's daylight by eight AM! Ain't it purty?

But during the quick trip, there was some knitting accomplished. This is the sock yarn I got at the LA County Fair. I thought I might make a scarf, or maybe some gloves, perhaps a hat, but then I got a wild hair and thought, "Why not use this sock yarn to make a pair of socks?"
Well, for starters, I didn't know how far it would go. Sooooo, I decided to knit a long tube using up ALL the yarn, Measure and mark the middle of the tube,grab a contrasting color to knit a toe at the end of this long tube, then clip one stitch where I marked the middle, unravel a row, and put a contrasting toe on the newly freed live end. Voila! Two tube socks with contrast toes and no waste specialty yarn. If I feel really compulsive, I can even add in afterthought heels.

As I knitted on this, (cast on in the airport waiting for our first flight. Knitted while flying and while riding in the car to and from) I discovered that by loosening my tension, the stripes slanted to the right. When I tightened my tension, the stripes slanted left. I had so much fun driving the stripes back and forth that the knitting just flew. Soo, if you don't like the way your yarn is pooling, tighten or loosen your tension accordingly. Eureka!

Work was nice and calm for me. Unfortunately, there's a respiratory thing going around, and two staff members called in sick, so the boss and her second in command were stuck with the whole magilla for the rest of the afternoon. I had made other plans and couldn't stay to help, darn it. Maybe tomorrow. That means less time to prep for knitting, though. Think people will notice if I don't get the laundry folded and put away? I'm hoping that if there's enough to eat, people will forgive a lot.