Becky

Went to Stitch ‘n Bitch Tuesday night with my mom (oops - SNB - don’t want to break any copyright laws).  It was a pretty small group - only 6 total - I think the smallest group I’ve ever seen.  I guess people are still recovering from the holidays.  A writer for The Economist stopped by to interview us about the recent increase in interest in knitting.  I asked her to let me know when the article goes to print - it will be interesting to see what she ends up writing about.  I don’t think she had any idea how big the knitting world is - blogs, TV shows, knitalongs, etc.  I’ll let you know if I hear from her.

I traveled to and from Amarillo on Wednesday and Thursday which gave me lots of knitting time.  I worked on Olivia’s baby blanket - finished the green section and started on the yellow.  I also worked on my first pair of socks - a project that got put on hold during the holidays.  I’ve bought a lot of sock yarn over the last few months, so I am eager to get through this first pair and start making more.  I had to order some additional Knit Picks yarn in December as I ran out for an Irish Hiking Scarf I’m making.  I wanted to get free shipping, so I added in a book I really wanted - Senational Knitted Socks.  I took the book with me to read on the plane, and I highly recommend it.  Since I don’t own very many knitting books (and no sock books), I wanted a book that gave me LOTS of options to make different patterns and showed different ways to construct them (toe-up, top down, different types of heels, etc.).  I think this is a book that would appeal to knitters of a variety of skill levels.

Finally, I finished my gauge swatch for Mermaid yesterday and decided to use Addi Turbo Size 3’s (one size up from the recommended needle).  So I cast-on for the initial I-cord and am finishing that up tonight.

And here’s Major who was sound asleep while I was working the I-cord.