Sock it to me!

I have been working hard, or hardly working depending on the stance you're looking from.  I started a new job, just a temporary holiday help, and supposedly only 9 hours a week, but this week I've racked up almost 11, and I have Saturday too!  So I'll be getting almost 15 hours if i get another 4 hours on Saturday.  Putting up Christmas stuff is getting me into the Christmas mood already!

After getting home from work today, I was exhausted!  If I was asked a question, I couldn't answer because I was so tired.  I just became a zombie for a bit.

But that is not why you're Socking it to me!  This is why:

I finished K's pair of socks, with enough yarn to make a second pair!  This is the same pair in different lights.  The one on the cement is outdoors in bright sun, bottom one is sunlight in the house thru a window LOL!  Having finished that pair of socks has allowed me to start a new pair for D for Christmas.  And lucky for him, it is "M(an)(N)ovember" in one of the groups on Ravelry.com Movember.  Man sock November.  Whatever you want to call it.   I have started them yesterday.  Only yesterday?!?! Its hard to believe, but yes, only yesterday, I am working on a pair of toe-up two-at-a-time pair for him.  On Saturday I went to CDA Yarn & Fiber with T and visited Andrea and the pugs Chester and Bugsy to choose out the yarn to use on this project.  I tried to get T's input on the yarn, but he was so busy petting Chester and sitting with him he was no help at all.  He did what his father does "Yes" and "That is good" with out really looking at the choices.  Way to be taught early!

But in the end we took home a couple hanks of Cascade Heritage Sock yarn in the color "Moss".

.That is in the early Sunday morning sun.  As of this very moment, I only have 2 more increase rows before I'm done with the toes and moving on to the foot!  And if I finish this in the next week or two, I may have to start a pair for myself!  OR there is an option to make a second pair for D if there is enough yarn left (which there should be if the legs aren't too long).  Once I finish, I will say what pattern they are, but may not post a picture of the finished product, because this is a present.  Granted K's socks are presents too, but she's not online!  Its great having control over stuff like that.


Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween, and brought in lots of candy!  I know we did.  Optimus prime was a hit!  And to wrap up this blog post, I will post some Optimus pictures!