Sunday, July 2

Weekend road trip, Knit list

2x2 socks There's a hole in my gusset, dear Liza, dear Liza ...

Yes, the pair of 2x2 socks is half done. I finished the first sock on Saturday at my grandparents' house while watching the end of The Amazing Panda Adventure, which, along with this, my grandpa had rented for some reason. My mom and I decided to go north and visit them for a couple of days — we ended up seeing quite a lot of family.

Today, on our way back home, my mom and I stopped at a cemetary south of Pocahontas, where her grandparents and other assorted dearly departed family members reside. It was a very small cemetary, and very peaceful.

Here is the top of the sock and the side view, if you're into socks. The pattern's in the sidebar. The ankle's a little bit loosey-goosey, which is interesting on my big ankles. I don't mind, though. The yarn's a cotton / nylon blend from the great Fyberduck.

My family members were all impressed by the knits. My uncle wants a hat like my Topi sans brim — he thinks it needs to be black and have a badge sewed onto it so he can wear it while he's ranger-ing. My aunt has requested washcloths for her kitchen (yellow and blue and maybe a little white and green), a la Mason Dixon and Elmore-Pisgah company. My step-aunt also requested a pair for her kitchen (light green and tan) and her mother's (red and black). My cousin K also thinks she needs a blanket. I told her it would probably be a graduation present. (She just finished third grade.) She didn't mind. I'm going log cabin style on that one, green and blue (MDK again).

I also went swimming this weekend in a public pool for the first time in a few years. It was a nice weekend.

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