Fair warning: this is going to be a pictureless post. My head and I are engaged in an epic battle, and lest I risk defeat, I’m not going anywhere NEAR the camera.

And it’ll probably be a relatively short post.

But hey! It’s a whole lot better than what was going on most of the summer!

I started a new sock project — I’ve found that I get antsy if I don’t have a pair of socks on the needles, because socks have become my “between” knitting — and most importantly, my “at the computer knitting.” So when I’m reading forums, blogs, or email — I’m usually knitting away on a pair of socks. And I like that. So I started a new pair of socks, for my friend Lily in Canada. I chose the Hedera socks from Knitty, and WOW. So far I am having so much fun knitting them! I’m using a 75% superwash wool/25% acrylic blend (can’t remember exactly what yarn right now) in a dark, dark bluish-charcoalish color, on US 2’s, and I am loving how much fun I’m having on them. I’ve finished four of the leg repeats — the lace pattern is so easy to memorize, so easy to execute — and yet so attractive! I just hope Lily loves them. They are done on four needles instead of five, which is the first time I’ve done socks that way, and I’m definitely liking it. (I talk like I’m some kind of prolific sock knitter. This is my fourth pair of socks. But I see many, many, MANY more in my future. Including, I hope, eventually, a pair for myself!!) So I’m having fun with that, which means . . .

I am neglecting Mother’s bag. I know, I know. Bad child. But I can only work on it so long at a time before my brain goes numb. It will be finished before Christmas — and that’s the only commitement I’m making about that bag. I’d LIKE to finish it before I start on the shrug for MT’s wedding — but. We’ll see.

I have picked out a yarn I would LOVE to knit the shrug for MT’s wedding in — LL Lion and Lamb, in the solid charcoal color. Yeah. That’ll be one hell of an expensive shrug. I’m going into negotiations with my sister little and my mother to see if they’ll subsidize the cost, since it IS for her wedding, as a member of the wedding party. We’ll see how that works out. But it would be such a great yarn for the purpose . . . still, I’m going to keep looking and see if anything else strikes my fancy.

Okay. My head is telling me this is about as long as it’s willing to spend at the computer. Hopefully I’ll be back soon, with pictures. I’m also working on getting a “finished” page put together for Rogue, and some stuff to add to the permanent structure of the blog. We’ll see how that comes along.