Year of Projects Update #5 - Overflowing Sock Drawer

 

SuperSock World Championship is in the Finale Lap, and will be wrapping up later this month.  I looked at all the socks I knit since it started May 1st.  

That is fifteen socks total.  Don't worry the lonely pink sock at the bottom has a mate, but I knit it before SWC started.  And yes, my sock drawer is stuffed to the gills, and I really have to do something about that....not. 

In other news I finished the second repeat on my Wildernesse shawl.  I decided to have purple trees against a snowy sky as the first repeat was snowy trees against a purple sky....not sure what the third repeat will be....stay tuned. 

I added a few more rows to my 54 pickup.  Slow going what with six charts, three colours and doubleknitting which means k1, p1 all the way across.  Then I double check the pattern and go back to fix any errors as they arise....and they do arise.

It was our anniversary last Wednesday, and we both were able to stop coughing long enough to enjoy a movie - Formula 1.  Loved it.  Surprising to both of us how much we enjoy following the Formula 1 races ever since we watched the Netflix series: Drive to Survive.  In fact this morning while having our coffee we watched the highlights of the Hungarian race.  

So there is my week.  Knitting, Coughing, Knitting, Reading, Knitting, Studying, Knitting, Binge watching two seasons of Nurses, and, of course Knitting. And more Coughing. 

Oh, and here is a picture of my sock drawer:

And here is the just married, and then forty eight years later photos:

Until next week dear readers.  I think I might cast on a sock for my hubby.  He is so appreciative, and knitting socks for his large hobbit feet is easy TV knitting, and I still have four episodes to go on season 5 - 24.  How will Jack Bauer save the day this time? 

Year of Projects Update #4 -A wee bit late to the party

 

Oh my, not sure how it got to be Thursday already, but calendars don't lie.  In my defense I have been down with a nasty cough and just about everything seems like too much trouble.  

My progress to date has been working on two of my wips. 

My Contrapunctus are done - and they are wonderful.  I have never made a short row toe before and I really like the look and the fit. 

I started my Wildernesse shawl with a new colour scheme and fingering wool  I am much happier with the look and weight of the knit. 

Yesterday we were well enough (hubby has same cough) to take in a movie, Formula 1, to celebrate our 48th wedding anniversary.  And after we went for a lovely dinner at a local British pub.  

I also found out last week that I did get the Peer Support Worker contract with our local Health Department and I will start working with peers in September.  I am very excited for the opportunity to give back to the Mental Health program that has been so important in my own on-going mental health recovery. I did have an article I wrote about my journey get published as a guest post on the Spotlight on Mental Health blog.  You can read it here. 

Now I will go and check what the rest of you have been doing.  

I must be feeling a little better and hopefully I will be back in the ocean this coming weekend.