Travel Project: No longer

Until 16 March 2020 my Most Handsome and I were traveling to Boston about every two to three weeks for various appointments.  The 16th was the our last trip.  Like everyone else we have been told to stay home.  We listened.  Our excitement has been the trip to the grocery store. 

I have a project bag that is always ready to travel.  It keeps me busy while we are going up and down the Massachusetts Pike, about a 2 1/2 hour trip one way.  Well, with not traveling, I could not let these socks just sit in the bag.  I am almost finished with them.  I have the cuffs and heels to knit up.  

This was a sock yarn given to me by our youngest.  I knit both socks at the same time, so that when I am done, I am done.  

Here are the front and back of the socks.  

I begin with what is called a Sherman Toe.  (You are able to find the directions on the internet.)  I knit with five double point needles: four for the body of the sock and one working needle.  I keep track of the number of rows so that they end up the same size.

The picture above shows the front: fancy pattern all the way from just above toe to cuff, and back: knit pattern for the bottom of the foot and then the fancy pattern begins above the heel.

I make a Depression Heel (directions can be found on the internet).  If you look closely at the below picture, you will see a white or cream color row of waste yarn.  I will take that out as I pick up the stitches on my needle.  This becomes the stitches for the heel.  Then I knit and decrease stitches and a heel appears.  I then close it off with the Kitchener stitch and I am done.  I enjoy knitting socks and wearing them.  They are so comfortable.

Between the change in our schedule, the last six weeks being mostly grey, snow, rain and a very cold spring, I have been in inertia.   Some projects have been worked on, some completed.  

I have not wanted to do any blog entries.  Being as today is the last day of April, I needed to get at least one written.  

On the few sunny days that we have had, I was outside.  My raspberries are cleaned up, my eight raised garden beds are cleaned and ready.  I do have pansies but they are not yet in their pot as they still come into the garage at night.  Don't want the frost to get them, we have had some.  The perennials are coming up so there is hope that spring will get here, maybe in May.  

May this find you and yours healthy and comfortable.