Alas the best laid plans and all that

Well I enjoyed regular blogging for a bit then pfffft. Sorry about that but I know how important breaks are.

Burt also agrees that breaks are very important. He is highly disappointed that I have started going out into the world again. Highly disappointed! Who would not want to stay home and knit with Orange Ball of Love? He does want me to point out we have been working hard at being less ball like. He is down a pound and a half and does not resemble a walking basketball anymore. We are so proud of all the work that we had his teeth cleaned. And now he is five teeth lighter too. 

Grumble grumble too soon Momma too soon to be joking about my mouth when the stitches are still in. 

Never fear Burtie Dear I will show them pictures of what I am knitting to amuse them other ways.

I am in need of some bright green to counteract the brownness that is New Mexico this year. I mean New Mexico is totally The Land of Enchantment but with humidity in the single digits, temps rising and forest fires ranging, I can admit I miss rain and green things, right?

Yes Momma it is Ok to admit it is very dry here, but hey weren't the blooms in spring just beautiful?

Let's talk about that sock instead. I was going to knit it plain as it is such a fantastic varied color I thought a pattern would compete too much with it. Once I got a bit into the plain knitting I knew it would look best with a bit of a wave show off. I was also missing having a new fancy sock so I dusted of a pattern from a few years ago Spring Forward Socks by Linda Welch. I remembered these being very fun to knit a while back and came back to them.

Hard not to say I was right. Alas I have been working on other things and I have only managed to knit half a sock so far. So yeah the pair of socks a month is running way behind. I don't want to admit I think these are the March socks for 2022.

I also don't want to admit that April and May socks are not faring any better even though they are plain knit socks. Hey I never said I had to knit a pair a month just 12 pairs in a year.

This is where I show you what has been distracting me from sock knitting; blanket and shawl knitting.

The baby blanket that I should really call a toddler blanket or even Grandma blanket is even bigger than this picture. I am working on the second to last color and it is lovely. So lovely that it may have to stay at Grandma's house instead of going home with the kid. As I heartily love Grandma I have endorsed this plan.  I do have a lovely picture all spread out with Mellie, the knitting inspector, proudly approving in the middle of it. I will be sorry to see this go but happy to see it home.

Oh the shawl is a little bit of a struggle for me. Remember these pretty colors?

Well they have slowly been turning into this puzzly bit. It will be a rectangular shawl and has been a bit of a stretch for my knitting style. I think I will enjoy it but I cannot say I enjoy cutting yarn and weaving in ends in the middle of a project. Also bobbles are my knitting abomination! I do not like knitting bobbles! I do not like knitting them at all! 

I ended up knitting one section at least five times. The count would just not work for me. So this project is scheduled to come out of time out later this week. I hope we can be friends for a bit before it turns on me again.