ten on tuesday

inspired by my friend missy

1. finnigan randomly chooses handknits that i wear regularly and makes them into a comfy place to take a nap.  tonight it was my scarf and hat, lying on a chair near the back door.

2. i seem to find the brighter side to just about everything even faster than i’ve ever found it, lately.  and each one seems even brighter.

3. i heart cocktail hour at mom’s.  mmmm shrimp & mexicali dip appetizers on a random tuesday night!

4. lots of fun things and good blog fodder ahead in the coming days/weeks…  hell all kinds of fun things to come – i promise!

5. yay, my favorite holiday approaching…  i’m knitting mom’s socks ’cause she liked the st. patrick’s day ones i did for myself, last year.  here’s hers, in progress, a few more rows and i’ll start the heel flaps:

6. the socks above and my socks from last year were knit from yarn called flat feet that’s dyed by hand like a canvas on machine knit panels and then you unravel it as you go.  mine from last year looked like this when i first got going:

and by the end became these fun socks – photo courtesy of my girl karen.

7. we used flat feet to work two socks at a time for YC’s first installment of the 2010 sock club, too.  they’re lagging, but the march/april colorway has arrived and i’m excited to look through some patterns to choose what will look lovely in our custom dye-job. 

8. i might actually finish three Christmas present this weekend.  and no, i’m not that good – these should have all been gifts two months ago! 

9. i finished number two of the pirate hats mentioned in the last post on my lunch hour, yesterday…  too bad those were the small ones – i can’t even consider myself half finished.  heh.  they go quickly, though, and they’re so stinkin’ cute.  here’s #2:

10. oooh!  i did some reverse applique last weekend with anna, aforementioned karen’s daughter, for karen’s birthday!!  while karen was treated to dinner, anna and i worked diligently to present her with this when she returned…