Well, it's already April 14th and I haven't posted my March socks yet. My excuse is that it's been a busy time. We had an exceptionally rainy month down here in Sunny Florida, although it was nothing like the MidAtlantic and my home turf of New England. This is one Connecticut Husky praying for the folks in Rhode Island.
This is normally our dry season and frankly the rain helps me to remember just why cold and rainy is awful, and warm and rainy feels so good. But it was an excellent excuse to catch up on reading and knit up a pair of LOUD socks. Definitely cheers ya up.
I recieved a few very positive comments about my quilt. Thanks for that. It was clearly a one shot project. I don't think I'll ever do it again, but in the process I created a family heirloom - I hope.
So now I am working on my April socks - 3/4 done - and a gift for a friend. One thing I have learned about self-patterning sock yarn: It is nearly impossible to get the socks to match perfectly. The bands of color, yes, but the little swirly stuff, no. Usually I don't even bother trying except to get the bands in the same order. But my current project has forced me to restart twice to get the decorative parts at least close, because it's such a riot of color that it would look like a train wreck any other way and I'd be embarrassed - they are a gift. Anyway, hope to have them done and posted in a couple of days.
Tomorrow night I will be in Punta Gorda for the Tax Day Tea Party, as well as to support the Florida teachers in their fight to have SB 6 vetoed. As a former teacher, I really feel it's unfair to base teacher pay and advancement on student tests. We have all had bad classes, uncooperative students and parents who fight us every step of the way. Enough said. Hopefully I'll have a few pictures to post from all of this
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