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Age is in the eye of the beholder

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The little girl who lives across the street likes to come over to play with Pepper. Her family has two large dogs and Pepper is more her size. She just turned 7. Her dad also had a birthday. He is now 40. So naturally she is curious about how old people are. She asked Mr. Aitch how old he is. Then asked him how old I am. She told him that I don’t look that old.

We were sitting on the front step Friday evening and she said to me, “I know you’re old. But you don’t look old.”

“How old do I look?” I asked.

“In your 30s.”

Wow! I’ll take that!



Weekend Shorty Socks

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Yes, I’m still around. Pepper keeps us busy.

I managed to knit these Weekend Shorty Socks rather quickly (in my opinion) probably because they had such short cuffs and no leg to knit.

I loved using up some odds and ends of sock yarn to make this almost matching pair. The pattern calls for six different colors plus a basic for the foot for each sock. I used the same colors for the pair and changed the solid area on one cuff for narrower stripes.

All yarn is Knit Picks Stroll. Other than the white aka “bare”, the rest are from partial balls of yarn: Dusk (blue), Scarlet, Rouge (pink), Ash (grey), and Peapod (green).

I knit the Eye of Partridge heel flap as I like the texture and mostly because I think it looks and wears fantastically.

My only complaint (and it’s my own fault) is that the socks are just a tad too small/short for my feet. Yes, I could rip out the toe and add a few more rows but I have two granddaughters with smaller feet that might wear them. Of course, I’d have to knit another pair. Or I could give them to my one sister-in-law who has smaller feet.

Gratuitous Pepper picture…

Pepper

Happy knitting…

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…on the Dumbledore Blueberry Smoothie Christmas Stockings.

I managed to rope Mr. Aitch into taking some pictures of me wearing the socks so you can see how they look on real legs and feet.

Tada!

If interested in knitting these socks, I knit Chart A twice then Chart B, then after then heel turn Chart A, B, and A for the first sock. I reversed the charts for the second sock. I can’t tell which is which and I’m not sure if it makes any difference. Just wanted you to know.

Now to find something else to knit…

Finally…

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…a finished pair of socks!

Dumbledore’s Blueberry Smoothie Christmas Stockings are off the needles and ready to wear.

The pattern was easy to knit with the included charts. Just knits and purls. No slipped stitches (other than the heel flap). No crossover stitches.

I used 64 grams of Knit Picks Stroll Bare that I dyed myself and 10 grams of Stroll in Dutchess Heather for the toes. If a toe gets a hole, it’s easier to rip out the contrast yarn and reknit for repairs. The leftovers include 41 grams of the Blueberry Smoothie and 5 grams of the Duchess Heather. Maybe enough for a pair of shortie socks??

The texture would work well for any dye lots that might pool, however, that was not an issue. In fact, I like the plain stockinette stitches just as much as the texture stitches.

I showed these to my neighbor and she asked who I made them for. Don’t know. Perhaps mine. Then she said that they were too pretty to wear. They might be colorful but that doesn’t bother me anymore. The last picture is closest to the true colors.

Two more things…. 1. Mr. Aitch’s brother is home and doing well. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. 2. Pepper is six months old and starts school on Friday. Fingers crossed that she is a good student. And that I’m a good student, too.