Some knitting...

So last post I promised politics and knitting. I am not in a particularly political mood tonight so I will briefly sum up my thoughts:

1) I am happy that Stéphane Dion won the Liberal leadership vote. I don't think that any of the candidates were perfect, but I like the combination of him and Gerrard Kennedy, so if they work together I think they will do a good job. I may just be a geek, but I really enjoyed watching the convention itself. It made me want to be more involved in the process as well. Maybe next time I'll be down on the convention floor? Bonne chance Stéphane!


2) This whole Québecois as a nation thing - sigh. I have more to say about it than that. But for now we will just leave it at a sigh and a shake of the head. Stephen, Stephen, Stephen...

Okay, that's it for politics right now. On to the knitting.

I am very proud of the progress I am making on Koigu sock 2.0. Some of you will recall my failed attempt at Koigu sock 1.0 and the disaster of the lost stiches. I will pause for a moment to mourn their loss. But, at our last knitting/games/meet Pokey party, I started over again and things are going much better this time.

As I mentioned above, the wool is Koigu Painter's Palette Premium Merino in the P462 colourway. I just love the colours, purples and blues, and I think I am making pretty good progress:


(I have to say - taking pictures of knitting is harder than I thought, especially at night)

Here is another view that shows the length a little better:


The pattern is from Lucy Neatby's book "Cool Socks, Warm Feet", the Marietta Rib Socks. It is very simple so far, just a straight rib pattern all the way down, and a Common Heel (not short row). I am scared of the heel, but don't think I will get to it before I am home for the holidays, so I intend to ask my Mom for some help! She started with this same pattern, and this is her finished product:

Nice eh? Yay Mom!

I am also still working away at Pokey's knitted gift. It is coming along - should be done pretty early in the New Year. No progress pictures for that one though, since his Mom and Dad both read the blog. In the meantime I bought him a sleeper, and this is him wearing it and looking as cute as cute can be:

Such gorgeous, gorgeous eyes! What a charmer.

In keeping with the theme of cuteness, I have noticed that people often set their knitting "work-in-progress" pictures out in the garden, or against a lovely background, or sometimes, they even pose them with their pets. Now I do not have a garden, but I do have a pet. However, when it came time to pose, Julio was less than cooperative.

Exhibit A - inspecting the sock:



Exhibit B - thinking about eating the sock:

Perhaps I will think twice about the "with pet" pose in the future.

Finally, I will end with the newest version of my "On Notice" board.

Baseball players have been dropped. #1 labmate pointed out that they has never really done anything to me, and I grudgingly admit that she is right. I have replaced them with the Tim Horton's ladies in UCC - it my just be me, but I do not think that "Earl Grey" and "coffee" sound very much alike. Thoughts? I have also added "Christmas Lists" in honour of the season, and "pants from Cleo" for reasons that deserve their own blog entry (soon, I promise).

'Night!
me and julio

P.S. Il neige...

P.P.S Blogger's spell check function is not working right now - forgive me any spelling errors...