Socks and other problems ................

These socks haunt my dreams a bit....they are the Embossed Leaves Socks from the Interweave Favorite Socks book. It is a bit unfair, I think. They look too hard, what with that star toe and all. But, undoubtedly I will get bored as soon as I finish the socks I am on and attempt to order the yarn for it. But not from Patternworks, because i am still waiting for my Encore!!!!! Yes, still!! Two weeks and counting.. Another one of the benefits of living here (as I tell my husband everyday "It is time to go home!" insert crying fit here). Back to the sock story..............I want to knit these socks but I have two obstacles:
1. Harry Potter.........yes, that Harry Potter. See, with the movie and the book coming out, I feel compelled to knit things Harry Potter-ish, such as hats and such. After the hats, I am going to try and knit some Harry Potter house socks, ala Charmed Knits. And Wool Girl has the yarn, or she will very soon. She even told me so. I have been driving the poor woman crazy, nagging and gnashing my teeth and being altogether very disagreeable. Not really, but she has kindly agreed to let me know as soon as more comes in, which should be early next week. Off topic, that is a nice store. I love looking at her great yarns. I picture my credit card being much abused there. And she is super friendly. I really think yarn stores are the last bastion of customer service.
2. My right pointer finger.......is infected. And is hurts alot. Why? From being poked too many times with a sock needle. A super sharp Knit Picks Option size 2 sock needle. Ugh, I don't have anything clever to say about this, but there it is.
So, the beautiful socks will be in my future and not the present. Unless all the chemicals leached into the soil here have my sprout extra arms overnight, which, judging by the looks of the local wildlife is entirely possible.

July is upon us................

Hotdog Eating Champion
Originally uploaded by Poor Luci

You can tell July is almost here when DPG stages its mandatory July 4th Celebration, usually around the end of June (don't ask, I may tell you). This is where the entire work force is required to sit around and go to "fun and informative" safety presentations by each division out here. Since my poor husband was required to stay there until 5, we kept him company a bit. But my anti-social, never leaves his room son actually decided to enter the hot dog eating competition, and won! For his trouble, he received a shirt and an upset tummy, not to mention the rights to horrify his vegetarian mother. Ahhhhhhhh, Utah.

Dramatic Music please ....

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Originally uploaded by Poor Luci

I felt I would be remiss if I did not include a photo of Poor Lucifer's evil arch-enemy........
Princess Rosebud.
Do not be fooled by her appearance or underestimate those iron bars, she is bad.
She is also a He, which goes to show you how tricky he is.

Lucifer the fierce

Lucifer the fierce
Originally uploaded by Poor Luci

Lucifer, who I found hiding on top of the circuit breaker box. Happy little girls are not his thing.

Happy mismatched girl

Happy mismatched girl
Originally uploaded by Poor Luci

This is what happens when little girls spend too much time with their dads. Note the two different shoes, the stained face, the too-large diaper cover. No one seemed too bothered by it but me and ..............

Gryffindor hat

Gryffindor hat
Originally uploaded by Poor Luci

Ah, the latest on the Gryffindor hat...........I am slowly getting it finished. I took off with such speed and now I am slowly sputtering along with it. I am using the Plymouth Encore and I really like it, I say that because I am so surprised! I usually do not like acrylic but this is very soft and even has a nice sheen. (Please, please let me finish it soon. ) We are entering Harry Potter mania here..........so is everyone else, I think, that is why the yarn was so hard to track down. None of the LYS ( I use that term lightly because the LYS is about 85 miles away) carries it so I had to scour the internet for it . I ended up at two of the biggies, Patternworks and Webs. I ordered some from Webs and shipped it out in 2 days, after charged 3 bucks more for shipping but it arrived in 2 days so I forgave, still, 8 bucks for shipping is high. With Patternworks I am still waiting for my yarn, it has been 2 weeks and I still waiting for my yarn......ugh. So, there is something to be said for high shipping, I guess. Now,I am just waiting for Webs to restock the Ravenclaw colors and I will be raring to go.....

Enter the Gusset

My sock progress
Originally uploaded by Poor Luci

I am finally finally at the gusset. I am really beginning to worry about this sock. I think the size 2 needles I am using are too big. This yarn is really stretchy so I may have been better off using a smaller one. And I decided to tempt fate and not do a gauge swatch. I had knit enough Lorna's Laces to know I was knitting at 9 stitches to the inch with that and thought there was something wrong with me. 9 stitches to the inch, isn't tat a crazy gauge? Jeez, my socks were tight. I really need to do gauge swatches............................

Lizzie in hat

Lizzie
Originally uploaded by Poor Luci

Here is my oldest girl in her freshly knitted Hufflepuff House hat!

Wigs closing in on my sock

Wigs closing in on my sock
Originally uploaded by Poor Luci

Every single photo she has to be in.........................it is so hard to be 18 months old and cute. Here is my latest sock to be, in Online Beach Cotton, what great yarn!

Wigs in her Slytherin hat

Wigs in her Slytherin hat
Originally uploaded by Poor Luci

Here is my completed Slytherin hat with its model, the Ham. Not bad I think.

Tofutsies June sock yarn

Tofutsies June sock yarn
Originally uploaded by Poor Luci

I think I got the last on the planet of this stuff! This is the June edition of the Tofutsies sock club yarn with Wild Kat pattern. This stuff is so soft. It is made of tofu, wool, and crab shell. I wish I had more time and hands.

Lavender garden Sock Pixie yarn

Lavender garden sock pixie yarn
Originally uploaded by Poor Luci

Look at this stuff! All I can say is WOW. I was so impressed with this yarn.

This is lavender garden from Sock Pixie, I have to say that woman is a Artist! It certainly makes me feel inferior but at least I get to knit with it, if I ever get finished with this Harry Potter hats! She has a few new colors, La Vie In Rose, (which means My Life In Pink, thank you Muzzy!) and Ladybug. As soon as payday comes around and my husband is not paying attention, I am all over them, all quiet and sneaky like.................

my pitiful sock yarn stash

my pitiful sock yarn stash
Originally uploaded by Poor Luci

I have come to the conclusion that I could be a lot happier if I owned more sock yarn. This realization came to me other day when I received two new skeins in the mail, one from Sock Pixie and the other from the Tofutsies June sock yarn club, which my cat promptly attempted to consume.

My first blog

I have decided to record all the things I have knitted, or attempted to knit, as well as all the attempts by my cat to dissuade the process.
More coming soon