WIP Wednesday: Memories

For more WIP Wednesday madness, visit Tami's blog.

It's ironic that I wrote about my Kristi socks last week because they are basically the only knitting I've done in the past week.  It seems that lately every time something happens in the family I'm working on a cabled sock.  When my aunt died I knit my Cabled Highway Socks on the drive to the funeral.

On Monday my grandfather was admitted to the hospital.  We had brought him over for lunch earlier in the day and had a really great time.  He doesn't recognize most of us anymore, but he knows we are important and likes to spend time with us.  My sister, who is studying to be a nurse, gave him a manicure which had to be one of the cutest things I've ever seen.

Monday night I did a lot of knitting waiting to see how he was.  It was a rough night, which meant that I got a lot of knitting done.  Tuesday brought better news and we had a really good day with him in the hospital.  He is really sick, but he was mentally engaged and kept watching me knit.  I sat next to him watching the World Cup and he found me way more entertaining than the television.  At one point I let him look at it and he would not give it back for a full five minutes.  It was a great moment.

I'm almost done with the leg on the first sock.  Which is a big deal for me not only because they're Cookie A socks, but because I'm not a cuff-down sock knitter.  But I'm loving these, and I'm knitting in hopeful and happy vibes into them in the hopes that I can wear them next time I go visit my grandfather.

WIP Wednesday: Sock Yarn Conundrum

Check out more WIP:Wednesday posts from the lovely bloggers linked over at Tami's Amis.

We succeeded in winning back Middle Earth last night, just please don't send us back too soon or someone may have to very enthusiastically address Peter Jackson about their concerns with the lack of intermission.  I all but finished the Lodi Cardigan.  I think I have 4 rows left.  So expect more on that soon!

In the meantime, I have found myself in a bit of a pickle.  Yesterday I realized that my last two skeins of sock yarn are on the needles.  One special skein is becoming a very simple shawl that I try to only knit on my lunch breaks or just before bed.  The other is a most glorious shade of red (I told you, I have a recent red obsession. I blame all the time I spend studying the Soviet Union) .  In an effort to make it last because I have a feeling I will not get any more sock yarn for a while (try not to think about it. It's too painful), I am knitting one of the most difficult patterns I have in my library -- Kristi by Cookie A.

Now I'm sure there are at least a few more difficult patterns in Sock Innovation, but this one seems  tailor-made for my special skein of Knit Picks Stroll Tonal.  I've never knit a sock that is charted on every row and it has been requiring some intense concentration.  Unfortunately my plan to make  the sock knitting last may have backfired.  I am now completely addicted to the chart.  Much to the detriment of my writing productivity.

Oops!