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I got to go to lunch yesterday at Pei Wei, and totally enjoyed the food. The place is by the same people who own PF Changs, which I love, but can't afford all that often. The diner like place is way cheaper as there is no wait staff; you order at the counter and someone brings your food to you, like Pic up Stix, but unlike Pix up Stix, the dishes got whisked away as soon as they were empty. I can't wait to go back ; the dan dan noodle bowl at Pei Wei is only $6.95 as opposed to about twice that at PF Changs.. funny thing is, the location is about one freeway offramp away from each other. I had lunch with Liz, another knitter and we showed off socks, she is a representative for really yummy yarns and made socklettes in the most soft yarn, and we got to share food. Oh, I can't forget my Vietnamese rolls, wonderful!! Then we went to her place and got to talking about our hubbies and their hobbies and I got to meet her talking cat. I was so happy, I miss talking kitties, I came to realize mine aren't talking as I guess they have so many others to talk to they don't talk to the owner. Hmm. I hope we do that again. I am still working toes in the Vinca yarn so there isn't much to show off. I ripped one of the socks back about 8 inches one day on the step-mom socks, and last night, ripped about 4" on the other sock. I can not figure why the same size needle, the same yarn and the same hands can produce a fabric on a separate sock that is that much looser. Interesting, and I stayed up late to try to put back the stitches. OK, pix next time, OK?

There was some ripping out

I just won't what, and how much.

OOPS, I did it again

See that blue stripey color with green and sort of brown, in front to the right? I cast on today, even feeling as sick and ick as I do/did. I drowsed off watching tv for a couple of hours and actually feel better. I was all reclined in the chair, and one of the varmints (Gremlins brother) was trying to rip up the underside of this chair, making me think that these guys are part ferrett, not just cats. Anyway, I am going to do these toe up again. So there. I did it again. No knitting on already started stuff, just starting a new sock "JUST BECAUSE". Gee, I had a better attention span when I was still in my twenties!! wonder what this presages?

Good Afternoon

I have 5 cats with a rhino-virus, the vet said I could use benadryl to help them breathe, but the funny thing is, I too seem to have a rhino-virus, not a normal cold, so there was NO knitting yesterday at all. Nary a stitch. So, having got up at 2 in the afternoon, I don't project much being accomplished today; am roasting garlic in the oven, maybe the smell will wake my sinuses up. I got kitties sneezing but the wheezing seems to be over, and 3 cats have somehow not come down with anything. Good thing I don't have kids to take care of. Lemme find a knitting picture to make us all feel better :)

Oh, that first picture? Apparently Gremlin, who will be 2 in May, is feeling MUCH better and jumped from the top of the cat tree onto the top of the valance and curtain rod; that sight woke me from a snooze while I had been watching tv, and scared the bejeebers out of me, but what a brave little guy. Of course, he also thought, soon dispelled, that he would jump on the top of the halogan lamp. The Vinca yarn is going to be cast on soon, I have a friend who has a daughter with a love of pink, I have a love of green, so I thought she might like this. I need to show her the colors, it is obviously a big amount of yarn so I can share. While having lunch at Chilis' on my anniversary, with a friend in lieu of my deployed spouse, I took a picture of her socks she is doing the Queen Kahuna way using the Crazy Heels and Toes way. I got my book long before she got hers, years ago and haven't done it and she is swearing by it. The yarn is from Knit Picks, in Hawaii, landscape yarn (now discontinued) and it is much prettier in person. She is loving the interesting pooling.

Flashing my Newest Stash

I got a big ol' box of Vinca sock yarns from an Etsy shop, Jljulia and the prices were so cheap and the colors so gorgeous I just had to do it.

HELLO THERE

Blogger told me this addy was available so of course I signed up for it; this will be to show the socks in progress I hand knit. I start socks constantly, I finish socks occasionally so I will post pictures as things occur, along with stash finds.