First of all, before anything else, I want to say “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” to Carrie. Lucky girl to have an August birthday — August is the BEST month for birthdays (not that I’m biased or anything)!

And secondly — I have a finished object to show off! Go me!

I finished Nate’s socks, so now he and Daddy have “matching” socks. (This is where the awwwwwwwwww, how cute part comes in — I mean, how precious can you get? Matching socks for father and son? If I weren’t so proud of myself, I might gag myself.)

But really — don’t they look like an adorable set?

And can I just say — WOW, 3-year-old boy feet are so TINY compared to 30-year-old boy feet? It’s quite refreshing, really! Click here to see a closer view of just Nate’s pair.

Nate is IN LOVE. I finished the first sock on Friday, and he spent most of Friday night playing on his dad’s computer, sweating his little rear end off (he’s one of those children who sweats really easily and all the time), wearing one 100% wool sock — because he refused to take it off after I had him try it on. I had to negotiate pretty hard to get it off long enough to weave in the ends!

So when after I wove in the ends on the second sock this morning, I had him try the pair on for a photo shoot — and needless to say, they didn’t come off again. He even wore them out to the grocery store (with his navy blue Crocs, so cute!) — in the middle of August. In Houston. After the trip, he decided maybe it wasn’t such a bad idea to take them off.

I’m going to apologize for the poor quality of the photos — I STILL have not found the “sweet spots” in our new house for taking natural light photos (so much time doing other things!) and I’m currently suffering from a migraine, which always makes the quality of my photos suffer. In addition, I have had a BITCH of a time capturing the color of these socks accurately. The modeled pictures are probably closer to the true color than the others, but they are still not quite right. (Sigh. Every time I think I’m getting a handle on this photography thing . . . )

Details, details, details . . .

• Pattern: None really. Basic 2x2 rib on leg and down the top of the foot (this is where the socks vary from Daddy’s; I did NOT carry the ribbing onto the foot in sww’s socks), and I refered to the Yarn Harlot’s sock “recipe” in Knitting Rules to figure out how to actually make it a sock.
• Yarn: Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sport in the Blackwatch colorway. I LOVED working with this.
• Needles: US size 4 Bryspun DPNs
• Notes: Only as noted above — it is NICE to make socks for a teeny 3-year-old foot!

As far as other knitting — not so much. Still plugging along on Mom’s bag; I’m going to kick into high gear on that, so that I can get it DONE before I start either Christmas/Solstice knitting and/or the shrug for my sister’s wedding. There has been no appreciable progress, so no photos — it still looks like a candy cane.

In other crafting news, I finally got my sewing machine and sewing “corner” set up. Unfortunately, the only spot for it in our new house is in our bedroom, but the bedroom is big and I can live with that. I also threw out the bag that I’d started — I finally decided I just couldn’t live with it’s sloppiness; I couldn’t find the instructions for the pattern to finish; and the damn handles with their cording were driving me to tears. I’d been avoiding even thinking about tackling any sewing because the bag was causing me so much stress. So I tossed it. It was only about three dollars worth of material (though HOURS of time), so I didn’t feel too bad about it — and the emotional relief makes it well worth it! I think pretty shortly I’m going to fire up the machine and tackle some knitting needle cases. I’m sure I’ll be talking about how it goes!