Day 298 of 2026

Fireball and GB#6 

 

Day 297 of 2026

Second sock knitting has been slow this week, 

but it feels like I am back in the groove now.

 

Day 296 of 2026

Children's concert time.

 

Day 295 of 2026

Happy mail arrived today. 

These skeins fill some color gaps in my stash. 

I can't wait to incorporate them into future socks.

 

Day 294 of 2026

I love this view still in summer mode, 

but it will be changing to yellow fall mode soon, 

and I love that too.

 

Day 293 of 2026

Let's get this second sock done.

 

Day 292 of 2026

I am on my final color for this sock. 

I believe I have about three more rounds to knit

 before I start my toe. 

A final try on will confirm this. 

At this point I am very behind with the KAL. 

I should be finishing the second sock tomorrow 

but have not started it yet. 

 I have learned a lot and hope that makes the second one

 go so much faster.

 

Day 291 of 2026

A visitor is outside my window this evening.

 

Day 290 of 2026

Over the years I have collected fall and Halloween

 hand and dish towels. 

It seems I have way too many. 

I have washed them all and will try to whittle

 the count down significantly tomorrow.

 

Day 289 of 2026

What's for supper? 

Tonight it's salad with apple, bacon and cheese 

with French dressing, 

white chicken chili, 

and homemade gluten free cornbread waffle.

Day 288 of 2026

I'm behind on my sock for my KAL with M, 

but I am going to stop the pattern here 

and do the forethought heel. 

This will help me determine when to start the toe. 

I don't think it is far away.

 

Day 287 of 2026

Sleeping so hard, but I have to wake him up or it will ruin bedtime.

 

Day 286 of 2026

It's another pink October sky.

 

Day 285 of 2026

Hello.

 

Day 284 of 2026

October sky.

 

Day 283 of 2026

With so many other things going on at the same time, 

the puzzle work is going slowly.

 I'm trying to spend at least a few minutes a day at it 

because, as I have said before, slow progress is still progress.

 

Day 282 of 2026

Evening walk. 

There are a lot of new characters in the neighborhood.

 

Day 281 of 2026

I had a little quiet time today

 so I decided to be more efficient 

and wound the rest of my colors for my current socks.

 

Day 280 of 2026

I have met the first goal for this sock KAL with the exception of 

placing a waste yarn for a future heel. 

I'll do that tomorrow when I am able to make sure I am doing it properly. 

Everything about this pair of socks is new to me 

so I expect a huge learning curve and two socks 

that may or may not be similar in any way.

 

Day 279 of 2026

Time to change color, but it wasn't wound yet. 

I thought today was the target date for the first stage, 

but it is really tomorrow. 

 

Day 278 of 2026

M and I have set a schedule and have started our knit along. (KAL) 

I have completed more than this but got caught up in a question

 about the row I was working on and didn't figure it out in time

 to get a picture for today. 

My hope is to be able to stick to our schedule

 and have a picture of a much further along sock tomorrow.

 

Day 277 of 2026

A great group of college friends got together tonight 

to watch the Hoosiers play football...

and catch up. 

Many of them traveled far to be here. 

The bond is still strong after so many years.

 

Day 276 of 2026

Happy birthday!

 

Day 275 of 2026

The next installment of my jeans from the 1970s

 is the knee area of the same leg as last time.

The pink plaid is a piece left over from a long skirt

 with a ruffle on the bottom I made in college. 

The solid pink is a knit fabric

 that was used for a project that I can't remember. 

I have the feeling it was also some sort of clothing, 

but I'm not sure.

 The red butterfly is a purchased patch. 

I am going to label these posts as "1970s jeans" so you can find them all quickly in the sidebar.