Sockapalooza 4!!
The socks:
Note the excellent fit and stupendous stripiness. I love stripes. Not shown: the toasty warmness.
The treats:
Clockwise, from top left: Zen Party trail mix by Archer Farms. Envelope from cute enclosed card (oops, no photo). Supercute yarn-printed emery board from Knitters Mercantile in Columbus, Ohio. Three samples of Soak. Ohio State University coasters.
The coasters, hmm. Well, I live about 30 minutes from the University of Michigan, sworn enemy of Ohio State. We have a little saying:
Ohio State
Yes, we are nothing if not clever here in Michigan. However, in honor of fabulous knitter Lola, we used the Ohio State coasters until the kids decided they made excellent mass-onslaught mini-frisbees.
The amazing Zen Party matchiness:
I love that the socks and the snack mix matched! I don't know if that was planned or not. But I love it. (Did I mention the love? I did? Ok then.)
What I Did On My Summer Vacation, or, Two Things Michigan Should be Known for Besides Amazingly Clever Rhyming Couplets Disparaging Rival Universities:
This bridge (more impressive when clicked):
The Mackinac Bridge (say MAK-in-aw) connects Michigan's two penninsulas (penninsulae?). It is 5 miles long, and is the longest bridge in the Western Hemisphere, 3rd longest in the world. The road level at midspan is 200 feet above the surface of the water. The water depth at that point is 295 feet. (Something you don't really want to think about while you're driving over it within recent memory of the events in Minneapolis.) Happy 50th Anniversary, Mackinac Bridge!
Lighthouses:
This is the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse, one of Michigan's many, MANY lighthouses. If you like lighthouses, this is the state for you. Very helpful when your landlocked sock pal loves lighthouses!
Ball Band Madness
Cocoa and Country Stripes. I like the purple one better, after all:
Used the leftovers from the first Nettie bag, plus the end of Country Stripes:
The top one, I was trying to be clever (you know us Michigan people and clever), so I held both yarns together while casting on and binding off. I hate it. I'll use it anyway. I made both of these in one week. For me, that's pretty fast.
Not So Fast
Ok, Nettie should not take this long to knit. I am stuck on the base garter stitch section. It's not hard, not at all. Just sloggy. A decent TV night should take care of it, if I just do it.
Sadly, I took this photo before I left, and it doesn't look much different now. Please don't tell Dreamy.
4 comments:
The socks look very comfortable!
It's good that you enjoyed you vacation.
I really like that blue and brown colorway you've used for that washcloth. Beautiful!
Thank you for stopping by my blog and for your sage advice on the LYS situation. Crazy, right?
Cheers!
I didn't realize that you lived in Michigan when I made my sister buy the coasters . . . she said Massachusetts (you know, all the "M"s are the same . . . I'm surprised it wasn't Montana). And, since I grew up for the first 13 years in Indiana, I can't stand OSU, even though our brother graduated from there in June (ugh . . . evil graduation). So, Go Blue!
Ava
PS - I almost swiped the socks, but then I realized I would have to knit another pair.
Oh my gosh your just going strong!
First I just love the ball band washcloth its gorgeous! - I love the colors.
And I love Upper Michigan. I would live up North if I could. Do you watch Dirty Jobs? One of their segments was on the Mackinaw Bridge. It was very cool!
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