It's My Lucky Day!

My very first blog post of the new year, and we're only a month and a half in. So much has happened. Obama was elected in a perfect storm of Republican idiocy and unexpected public idealism. The economy has slipped even further down the pooper (it's down near the s-trap, I think, as I can't seem to reach it with a bent wire hanger). And I've made a bunch of stuff to take my mind off it all. Here's one:



These are sock blanks. I knitted up identically-sized rectangles of Patons Kroy superwash sock yarn, then laid them next to each other and dyed them stripe-ily. I now have two (more or less) identical balls of yarn with which to make two at-least-relatively-similar socks.

In other news, yesterday (Saturday the 14th) was Valentine's Day. We don't treat it as a holiday at my house, but on Friday I couldn't resist making the gals at my grocery store smile by having them customize this:



So Happy Friday the 13th to you all! Here's hoping next month's will be even better!