Ta Da!

Okay so I've reached my daily pinnacle of boredom at work and decided to post. I don't really have anything all that interesting or new to relate but I do have more pictures (coming up). We made it through the longest ice storm Texas has had in the last three decades but it's still wet and icky - not real hospitable weather. My dogs are bored out of their gourds at having to stay inside all the time where there's no cat poop to eat or little moue hors d' oeuvres provided by my serial killer cat. It's just me and I guess I'm boring. Look how cold it got!

I did get to take almost an entire week off from work but I have very little to show for it since I stayed up way too late every day and then slept in. I did make my first sock though and I'm so proud of it I could bust. For my first attempt I used Lion Brand's self striping sock yarn and the pattern on the label and by the end it was obvious that I had made something that would fit Paul Bunyan so I frogged and fell back on a pattern from my favorite knitting site, knitty.com, and used leftover Kureyon wool from the Lizard Ridge afghan pattern on the same site. I have to say that Noro's Kureyon is one of my favorite yarns EVER. I love to knit with it and my second sock was so much fun - and it fits! I like the toe-up pattern alot better than traditional sock patterns and I really like the whole wrap and turn thing - which is probably why I'm knitting the Lizard Ridge pattern too. My only problem is that I can't keep enough Kureyon around to knit!

So here are the photos as promised.......

That's my sock, and here's what I do at work (other than post to this blog).............

Am I useless or what! :)