Checks date. Ummm… I seem to be behind. But the January sock is finished! I am pleased. I did mess up the Kitchener stitch at the toe a bit, so I will have to redo it. (I am afraid a hole will develop where the goof is.) But here it is for now:
January Sock!
This past weekend was the annual Haliburton retreat. A bunch of us drive to Haliburton (an experience of it’s own in February) and we sit and knit and eat and drink and roll in yarn. Some people snowshoe across the lake but I had a strict no activity policy (which was thrown out the window when we had to push cars out the long, slippery, uphill driveway).
Just the same, you’d think with all the knitting done I’d have gotten further with my projects. I have about 2″ of February sock done:
See how much I have done!
And about 3″ of the Susie Hoodie completed:
It is long though
But much fun was had. Yarn was acquired. Much food was consumed. And the nice thing with going with 10 other women… everyone does a bit so it seems that the food just appears and the cleaning just happens. We ended up being delayed (due to being stuck at the bottom of a long slippery uphill driveway), and so we all cleaned the place in 5 minutes. 11 women * 5 is almost an hours work. Magic.
I am SO INCREDIBLY JEALOUS. Sounds like you had a fabulous time. Very much wishing for Rhinebeck post haste! Also, love the site and the WIPs — err, FOs!
I think I need some Hendricks now to comfort myself.
One of the women there’s last name was Hendriks. So every time someone yelled out “Hendriks!” I looked around for gin. You would have loved it. We did think of you.
Sounds like the most wonderful weekend, well except the hill at the bottom of the drive bit lol.
Love the sock and you made great progress on the socks and hoodie.
What a divine time to bond w/other women who knit, eat, and drink!
Yee gads…pushing cars up a driveway? Bleh. I hope you rewarded yourself plenty for that feat.
That sock is so cool! It involves cabling? What an intricate pattern and a great color.
More than a little bit jealous here, what a great weekend! I love your socks, and the hoodie is looking very pretty so far
Looks like you’ve made good headway. Feb sock is looking really interesting. Sorry you had the uphill mess to contend with…though your retreat sounds wonderful!
Sounds lovely. Hey, the knitting was really less important than the togetherness, right?