Friday, December 19, 2014

On and off the needles

  I thought the wavy stitch pattern looked like eyebrows.
At 8 pm the other night all my needles were bare!  my Christmas knitting was finished!!!! It was probably the first time since I started knitting socks 2 1/2 years ago that all needles were empty. so what could I do....first I cleaned up the cookie mess in the kitchen then I read for a while, then flipped through the channels about news time...........there was segment on addiction to technology and how some people check their phones hundreds of times during the day.  I am not one of them.  A few more runs through the channels and I was casting on another pair of socks. Knitting is my latest addiction, coffee and chocolate are right up there too, it keeps my hands agile and is a good work out for the brain too and I eventually have something to show for my addiction.I'll probably start another project over the weekend.
Tic tac toe socks from Wendy D. Johnson's book Socks from the Toe Up I adjusted the pattern to fit  31 stitches. I started another pair of gloves for a "to go" project, they will be mindless knitting until I get to the little finger, the stitch pattern on the socks takes concentration and the pattern right in front of me every stitch of the way. Happily addicted to knitting; I may never learn to text.--Ann-- linking to OTN at Judy's

5 comments:

Cathy said...

Lovely projects. Congrats on getting everything done before Christmas. I'm not quite there yet........

Judy D in WA said...

Those socks look like cute little foxes. :) Great projects and way to be an early bird! I must have something to work on while tv watching...it's been hexies but now back to knitting.
Merry Christmas

Dar said...

Your socks are looking great. I'm impressed that you are all caught up for Christmas knitting. I'm in awe. Love that you start lots of things and get them all done so quickly. Have a very Merry Christmas with friends and family.

Judy S. said...

Love those Christmas socks! Have fun wearing them... Have a wonderful Christmas!

Ramona said...

Congrats!! on getting your Christmas knitting done early! And we can't have empty needles. :) I'm looking forward to getting back to knitting... soon I hope! Darn shoulder. Merry Christmas!