I'm a Monkey!!!

Quick, name that tune. (no really, I am curious to see who knows their lyrics)

I finished my red monkey socks! Yeah!

I am really pleased with the way they turned out. I used Claudia Hand painted yarn in the lipstick colorway, and I think it may have surpassed the Dream in Color Smooshy as my favorite sock yarn. It is soft and cuddly and super fun to knit with. The yardage was perfect too.

At the end, I only had this much yarn left over. I think that is the least amount of yarn I have ever had left.

This weekend I will work on the wedding afghan and start my next pair of socks. They will by my 6th and final pair for SAM5. I don't think I will do SAM6, not because its not fun and motivating, but because I want to work on some other projects for a little while. I will go back to socks in a couple of months, after I have done a few other things.

In other news, I got a laptop. It is a green Dell and I love it. It is so nice to not have to be downstairs to be online. And it came with Vista, so I get to play the new and improved games.

If it is nice out this weekend I hope to get out somewhere to take some pictures of neat stuff. I have film that may be going bad, so I need to use it up. Yes, I said film. I miss using my film camera. Don't get me wrong, my digital point and shoot is great, but there is just something about a big (relatively) camera that just feels good. And my SLR is film. James can use the outing to get re-acquainted with his digital SLR (which he graciously used to take the above picture of my socks). I'll let you know how it goes.

Happy Things

Well, I did it. I finished the April socks. And here they are.

I actually managed to finish them on the 29th. I secretly like the sock on the right better. I like the stripe placement better. You can't see the pattern very well, but I like it and may one day make it for myself, however the next pair I make will be Monkey Socks by Cookie A. I am pretty confident that these will fit Sharon, and hey, with the weather we've been having she may even get to wear them yet this spring.

Other happy news: I just found out that my cousin Liz is getting married! Congratulations Liz and Scott! I thought it was strange when I got married and the family was down to only one Elizabeth S, does this mean that we'll have two Elizabeths but no S?

Even more happy news: On Monday I will be able to take a shower upstairs! Yes folks, it only took 41/2 months to repair the tile damage from having the window replaced.

Oh and also we took a TON of clothes to Goodwill today. We both have so much more closet space! I need bottoms for summer and maybe one or two tops, but luckily dresses and shirts aren't really what I am shrinking out of. They just fit a little better. And most of my dresses have a fair amount of adjustability to them.