Sleepy Saturday

I am sleepy! 2024 has started busy, and there have been some hard moments already. Yesterday, I attended the funeral of a dear woman, and you know how these things sometimes wipe a body out? Well, I am wiped out. I slept until 9:30am, that's like 11 hours, which is about 5 hours more than I usually sleep! 

To combat the sleepy, I may just take a nap. Or I may just keep working on some super-simple socks. By the way, if you've been considering one of those "slap bracelet," sock-sizing rulers, they are very cool and useful! But mine is not as accurate as I'd like, I am sad to say...

I wear a women's size 10US shoe, but I normally knit a size 9 sock (my feet are not super long, but wide). To test this ruler, I measured to the knuckle of my big toe, as usual. Then I held up the rule to my sock/foot, and it measures a size 7...I'd need to knit about half an inch more to reach the size 9 line. (Also, FWIW, I also thought the ruler on the back was an inch off, until I realized that the markings start at 1", not zero. So that was definitely user-error...ugh!)

So, clearly, I need a nap. If you also need a nap, please take a nap...and enjoy the long weekend, if you have one. 😴 

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health! 

A Million Mittens!

Well, not a million, exactly...more like 24! Here, take a look...

24 mittens are one of the ways I have begun unlocking Christmas around here. 

I mean, don't get me wrong...I know it isn't even Thanksgiving yet (19 days for those who may be counting!) but I have started to feel festive, and so has my staircase! Of course, these will not live on my staircase...very soon, I will box them up for my grandsons, and send them to live there for seasons to come! Even though they aren't mine, I do love looking at them...

Another fun thing about this time of year is the cooler weather which gives me lots of opportunities to knit. Since Hallmark Christmas movies have started, and since Sweetie is enjoying a late-season round of golf, today is the perfect day to get my tools together and cast on something fun and new!

I finished a birthday blanket (shhh! don't tell the birthday boy if you see him before next Saturday!)

So today is the day for mittens and hats, just for fun! When I finish those, a test knit wrap is project adjacent...squeee!

So, as you can see, it's clearly time for me to sign off and get stitching! What are your plans for this sunny Saturday? (Is it sunny where you are? If not, I'm sure you could knit something to fill your indoor time!)

Mid-week Amish Country visit  with Sweetie

Thanks for stopping by! Now, go Knit in Good Health, and I'll see you next week!