Little robin red breast seems to be saying, 'What the heck is going on?'. Yup, we've had more snow and it isn't leaving. It should. Nobody wants it. It isn't welcome. But it just keeps staying. It's like the visitor that doesn't realize it's time to go.
We've got soybeans, pintos and black beans, and corn to harvest. The corn can be done with snow in it but the beans grow too close to the ground to get harvested with snow laying in them. It is getting to be freak out time in this part of the country.
As soon as I finished the Upstairs Shawl on Sunday I started these socks for DH. I knit him a pair before but they are pretty big on him....he likes his socks on the tight side...anyway he asked for a pair that go higher up the leg too. So the only way to do that and not have to worry about how much yarn you have left is to do a toe up. Something new to learn!
This is a different cast on than what is usually done I think. I didn't have any size 2 circular needles for the Turkish cast on so I kept hunting for something different. This one is, cast on 12 stitches, knit a row and then pick up 12 stitches on the other side. It's a bit ridged but I had DH try them on and he said they didn't feel bad. And these will be house socks and not worn in shoes. So far so good!
The yarn is Jitterbug and I have 2 skeins so I should be able to get those socks quite aways up his leg. His foot does measure 11.5" from toe to heel though, so the foot will take up a fair amount of yarn too....
