Stress Reaction

Could it be? Is it possible? Yes! It's true!

Margene is my Toasty Toes pal! (Wait, give me a minute, I feel faint...Ok, I think I'll be alright now)!

The Zen Goddess and sock knitting guru made socks just for me! And I love them. Adore them. Never want to be separated from them and would probably marry them if it were legal.

And, being Margene, she sent generous goodies as well. With exquisite attention to detail, she noted that I love Jelly Belly's, and chocolate, and some cute, cute stickers, and a froggy sticky pad, and a bat cookie frosted with purple and black frosting (which I have to say, Margene, it a little revolting) which my kids of course loved! Also lovely bath salts from Sundance which is one of my favorite places to get soap and jewelry both! Oh, and Bling! I love me some Bling, and the adorable tin contains mints, which I will, of course, buy in 10 lb bags from now on so that I can use my Bling tin forever and ever and ever.

And a bag of candy rocks! Which say "You Rock".

No Margene, you rock!! (And I'm still waiting to hear the story of the socks)!

Can you tell I'm overwhelmed?! Anyway, thank you so much Margene, for the best Halloween ever! Loved it and love you bunches. And Amanda, of course, for organizing such a select and wonderful group of women who know just how to rock the socks off of other serious sock knitters!

Well hell ladies, is has to be said: YOU BOTH ROCK!!

And while it's somewhat anticlimactic now, I finished my TT socks. After the fiasco of the first pair for which I just wasn't ‘feeling it', I have to say I am very pleased with the end result. I hope my pal likes them.

Added later: And I'm so totally counting the Chocolate Cherries pair for Socktoberfest. Yes I can!

There's wind sweeping down the plains. If you listen hard you can hear it. It's native America. And a great place to raise children.

There's no place like home.

I know. I know it's Sunday! All I can say is that I am frequently chronologically challenged.

But I also have knitting content. So you are rewarded for your patience with me.

I am knitting with…wait for it…my own handspun alpaca!! (See, I actually hear that in bold italics in my head; that is how very excited I am to be knitting with my own handspun alpaca)!!

Specs:
Yarn: My own handspun alpaca!!*
Fiber Source: Rocky Mt High from Spunky Eclectic
Pattern: Branching Out from Knitty.com
Needles: Addi Turbo US#5

It's also time to cast on for a new pair of socks, and I have several picked out. I'm so ignoring the fact that I also have several pair already on the sticks, so please work with me here.

Or…

Any thoughts?

*Reminds me of when Brenda Dayne from Cast-on mentions Addi Turbo and the little turbo noise she plays.

I was wondering, just yesterday in fact, where memes start. I found this one at Cara's. Feel free to join the fun (download the document, fill it out, scan (or take a pic) to your blog).

Oh, and I do have knitting. And spinning. More on that later...

You'd think that with these colors, I would be an OSU fan.

But I'm not!

We're going to the Big 12 Championship! Woo Hoo!!