I can't believe it took me over a month to finish one pair of socks, but, it did... And the only thing that finally actually got them done? Being stuck in bed for the last few days with a minor case of whiplash.
Yeah, my big St. Patrick's Day party was taking myself to urgent care after we got rear-ended on the way home from dinner. Whee. The van is fine, the kids are fine, but I'm not totally fine. Apparently even a small, slow accident can result in whiplash IF your head snaps forward and backward just the right (wrong?) way...
Vicodin, ice, and 5 pillows piled perfectly are helping, as are my mom, husband, neighbors and friends (who took the kids off of our hands for a bit.) Meanwhile, I did a bit of knitting and finally finished these.
Pardon the lousy photos, but holding the camera up hurts. Wah, whine. The pattern is called Ripple Leaf and is one of the 2 from the 1st Cookie A sock club shipment. You probably can't tell from these bad photos, but the right and left socks are mirror images- very fun. The leaf pattern wraps sideways around the top of each foot, and it is lovely.
I finished 2 more blocks for my crochet afghan, but the idea of getting them out and taking a photo or two is too much, so you'll have to trust me. Sadly, due to the whiplash I ended up having to skip March's class. I have the pattern, but, I'm not sure I get it just from words. So I may have to stop by Fancy Tiger to get Cat to give me a quick lesson.
And as for sewing? I think it will be a while before Iget to any of it. Which is a total shame- the 5 quilts Deb finished for me were waiting on my doorstep when we got home after the accident. They look AMAZING, but lord only knows when I will bind them now...
I love those socks!
I hope you feel better soon. It really sucks that you got hurt.
Posted by: ellen | March 21, 2011 at 09:43 PM
Sorry to hear you got injured :(
Gorgeous socks.
Posted by: Ruth | March 22, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Hope you feel better right now and I like the socks, it took a while but the result it worth it. :D
Take care of you!
Posted by: Susan | April 01, 2011 at 07:52 AM
Your socks are BEAUTIFUL! I'm still a beginner sock knitter. I'm knitting a pair of socks a month. My 13 year old niece picked out some purple & gray yarn that she just LOVED and asked for a pair for her birthday. So I just started my April socks in purple & gray.
Posted by: Sherri Lynn Wood | April 13, 2011 at 10:50 AM
Oooh, purple and gray. One of my all time favorite combos! Would love to see yours :-) A fun thing to do would be to make sure you get a photo of each pair and look back at the end of the year :-)
Posted by: Samantha | April 13, 2011 at 07:50 PM