coffee time

Some progress on this sock has been made since it last aired.

Leg - done.

Heel flap - done.

Not too bad considering I have four other socks on the needles and am working on a test knit project that needs to be finished by the end of the week.

No worries. I've got it covered - it's called intravenous coffee.

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves. 

~ Jeremy Collier

pattern by me in Hedgehog Fibres 'verdigris'

secrets

I'm afraid there hasn't been significant progress since you last saw these socks...

I've been secret knitting...

In other news, we're building raised beds for the garden...

Hopefully veggies and a photoflower garden will be in our future!!

Fingers are crossed...at least until I pick up the needles again :)

There is no planet, sun, or star could hold you if you but knew what you are.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Regan sock pattern by Liz Abinante in BDY opposites attract 'catherine & heathcliff'

Cotty by Irishgirlieknits in STR 'vintage'

tea time

If you are cold, tea will warm you;

if you are too heated, it will cool you; 

if you are depressed, it will cheer you;

if you are excited it will calm you. 

~William Ewart Gladstone

Something new and pink to send us off into the weekend.

Lunch with a friend, basketball and knitting,

and lots of tea will fill my weekend.

What about you? What's on your agenda?

Wishing you a cheery weekend! xo

Glynis sock by Cookie A in Impulse of Delight  'mountain daisy' 

fuel

some days

get a little derailed and need 

a little extra help to get back on track.

...the beginning of a new sock...

...a latte and macarons...

how do you get back on track?

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.

~ Kenji Miyazawa

pattern by me in Hedgehog Fibres 'verdigris'

variety

I hope you had a fabulous weekend!

I started the Heathcliff-half of the Catherine and Heathcliff

'opposites attract' socks.

Just like there is only one Mr. Darcy, there is only one Heathcliff.

Love. Him them.

In other news...Mr. NK and I spent most of the weekend photographing

at and around Waterfront Park.

We were testing a rental camera and taking pictures of

everything and everyone that moved in front of us!

Although lunch didn't move...we took pictures of it, too! :) 

And you? Any fun happenings for you this past weekend?

Do share! 

For variety of mere nothings 

gives more pleasure 

than uniformity of something. 

~ Jean Paul Richter

progress

Progress is impossible without change, 

and those who cannot change their minds 

cannot change anything.

~ George Bernard Shaw 

Cotty by Irishgirlieknits in STR 'vintage'

treasure

I haven't made much progress on my Regan sock...just finishing the heel since

its last post.

But I did take advantage of some sunshine this week

to take it out for some glamour shots!

I love the 'opposites attract' yarn from BDY...the complementary skeins are

lovely and the second sock really isn't a "second" sock if it's a different color - i.e. no SSS!

Are you doing anything fun for the weekend?!

My mother in law is visiting and I think we're going to hang out

at the waterfront...hopefully the weather will behave!

Whatever you do, I hope you have fun!

xo

A faithful friend is a strong defense; 

And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

~ Louisa May Alcott

Regan sock pattern by Liz Abinante in BDY opposites attract 'catherine'

belonging

I'm still recovering from losing an hour of sleep...how about you?

I love linen stitch heels...I now have two of them!

These socks are almost finished...

...and...

...I need something new to sink my teeth into.

Any suggestions as to which sock pattern I should knit next?

Life did not intend to make us perfect.

Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.

~ Erich Maria Remarque

Intrepid Traveler in STR 'ginger plum-licious'

this hour

A new sock to greet a new season...well...

the weather on Friday was very spring-like and it seemed like a new season!

Just a prank though. The weekend brought gray and chilly temps...again.

Back to the socks...Cotty by Irishgirlieknits in STR 'vintage'.

Every now and then someone asks me how I do my picot cuff,

a very long time ago I made a little pictorial, here's the linkety if you're interested.

I spent an hour or so at my new favorite cafe photographing my sock with coordinating macarons

while waiting for an appointment...Mr. Whitman's words were running through my head.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...

not for another hour, but this hour. 

~ Walt Whitman

blocking day

Never regret a day in your life: 

good days give happiness, bad days give experience, 

worst days give lessons, 

and best days give memories.

~ Autor Desconhecido  

And we're blocking...

I knit the pattern per usual except for the heel.

I replaced it with a linen stitch heel 

like the one found here.

gotta run now...I want to make today a memory day!

I hope you do, too!

Toasty Twist in STR 'metaphysical angst'

anticipation

The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting.

~ Andy Warhol

I'm a little behind in my picture taking...I'm glad I had this image biding its time

for a rainy day (literally and figuratively!).

So...what are you anticipating for the upcoming weekend?

Me? 

A break from the rain (mixed feelings on that), brunch with family and friends, starting a new knitting project (probably a sock...but we'll see...don't get too excited about a non-sock project...this sock knitting thing has been going on for a very long time despite my best efforts to divert myself!!), lunch with a friend here, and maybe a day trip to the coast.

Let us know what you're thinking about doing over the weekend
so we can join you in anticipating all the fun you'll have!

Happy Friday-eve!

xo

Toasty Twist in STR 'metaphysical angst'

Off the fence in STR 'hope springs eternal'

and

Intrepid Traveler in STR 'ginger plum-licious'

today

I spent some time walking around the waterfront last Friday afternoon.

I hit a coffee spot and then walked the esplanade around the river.

I was refreshed and ready for the long weekend!

I love the water...I think I must've been a fish in another life.

Look what greeted me Friday morning!

The first crocus of the year!

I look forward to the first crocus Every. Single. Year.

It's always a miracle to witness the presence of such a complex blossom 

after observing nothing in its place the day before!

Check out the new comment section! I upgraded to a third party format. 

I think it will be more fun for everyone to comment and reply to each other as they desire...

...and it will certainly be more fun for me to be able to reply to comments from people I don't have email addresses for!

Soooo....who's going to be the first one to post a comment?!

The race is on!

Today is a new day. 

Even if you were wrong yesterday, 

you can get it right today.

~ Dwight Howard 

Regan sock pattern by Liz Abinante in BDY opposites attract 'catherine'

hearts

We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. 

As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; 

so in a series of kindnesses

there is at last one which makes the heart run over.

~ Ray Bradbury

Wishing you a weekend overflowing with

the love of family and friends!

xoxo

courage

You have to accept whatever comes 
and the only important thing 

is that you meet it with courage 

and with the best that you have to give.

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Intrepid Traveler in STR 'ginger plum-licious'

invincible

We were hit by a big...huge...snow storm this past weekend.

I occupied myself with knitting, photography, more knitting, organizing my inks (ROYGBIV and neutrals) and walking in the snow - followed by thawing out fingers (and toes) to resume knitting.

I'm pretty sure I'm the only person who takes walks in the snow with knitting in one hand 

and camera in the other so I can photograph socks in the wild!! 

It's how I roll!!

There may also have been a little bit of binge watching of Justified...

...and a little surfing around facebook and youtube.

Just a wee bit.

I hope you all had a great weekend! xo

In the midst of winter,

I found there was, within me, 

an invincible summer.

~ Albert Camus

I Live You by Kevin Ciardo

Toasty Twist in STR 'metaphysical angst'

pixels 'n prose

Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

~ Matsuo Bashō

future

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Enabling the future.

More later.

:)

Regan sock pattern by Liz Abinante in BDY opposites attract 'catherine'

aspirations

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. 

For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.

~ Henry David Thoreau  

What the well-heeled knitter is working on:

Toasty Twist in STR 'metaphysical angst'

Off the fence in STR 'hope springs eternal'

and

Intrepid Traveler in STR 'ginger plum-licious'

Happy Friday-eve!

What are your aspirations for the weekend?

Knitting, photography, and a super bowl gathering with the family are on my list!

Whatever you are planning, I hope it's grand! xoxo

doors

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, 

but often we look so long at the closed door 

that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

~ Helen Keller 

Intrepid Traveler sock pattern by me in STR 'ginger plum-licious'

being

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. 

As a result, men are valued not for what they are 

but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness.

~ Thomas Merton  

The weekend is rapidly approaching...who are you going to be?

xo

off the fence socks by my in STR 'hope springs eternal'