My mom rocks.. she brought over her old Koala Cabinet this morning because her new super fancy machine doesn’t fit anymore 
She actually got it as part of a package deal when she bought the sewing machine I have now (which she gifted to me 3 years ago) and I’ve wanted something similar, but I didn’t want to shell out the money, even for a “cheap” version of it…
All done… totally comfy too, despite being MUCH taller than I’d normally make my socks… just uh, ignore the fact that I need to shave, k? I’m loving the mismatchy-ness of them.. good thing I have 2 more skeins of mis-matched yarn for another pair.. not sure what pattern I’ll be using, but I was thinking spring forward from the most recent Knitty
I need to get back on track with a couple of my current WIP’s… but I’m also working on a pattern I plan on submitting to Knitty! Writing it up is proving to be quite a challenge… plus I’m waiting on the yarn I plan to knit my sample in (so far I’ve only done what equates to a giant swatch, to make sure the pattern will work). It will be super duper cute though, I hope they’ll accept it!
Is finished! 
I totally love how it came out, even though it took longer to finish than I thought it would. I only got 4 squares done while I was out of town, though I left here with 8, so that meant I only had 4 more plus all the seaming once I got back. I almost want to make another one
I started on a new pair of socks before I left, and I’m almost done with the first one now, just another repeat and a half of the pattern, then the cuff, and I can cast on the next one. (shown when the first was only half finished)
I thought I’d post this. I saw it on a friend’s LJ, and it was too funny not to do myself.. even though I don’t normally put this kind of stuff on my public blog
Amazingly enough, skunk is not on there. I saw a skunk about THREE FEET from my front door this afternoon! Thankfully it just took one look at me and the great big bag of trash I was wielding and quickly ran away (though I had, quite smartly, immediately shut the door, you know, just in case).
I know I’ll be too busy with last minute details tomorrow to remember, but Thursday I am heading out with the kids towards Estes Park! We’ll be there Saturday morning, after which we will continue on our way (a 7 hour drive) to our vacation destination - a cozy little cabin nestled in the mountains.
I will try to update while I’m gone (likely the rest of the month), but I can’t promise anything. I’ll have my computer, and I’ll have internet, but what I may very well lack is TIME. Always a problem with three kids, but take three kids away from home and it seems to cease existing
I did finish a pair of socks last night though! I wore them all day today, and they’re super comfortable. I’m not terribly happy with how the yarn pooled, but at least it pooled evenly, and just my luck - the large color patches at the tops of the socks are on opposite sides, so they’re all matchy matchy 
I cast on for another pair as well, and I’m almost halfway through the first one.. don’t think I have any hope of getting the pair done before I leave, so they’ll be going with me, as well as yarn for another pair. I decided I’m going to travel lite, and if I find myself needing something else to knit, odds are good I’ll have picked up something at the wool market, or if I get super desperate there is a cute little yarn shop about 10 miles away in Ridgeway (assuming it is still there - I think it is though). Not that I won’t be stopping there anyways, of course
The yarn for my afghan arrived, and I decided it would take up too much room if I took it with me, so that will be postponed for a while.
I tracked down some Sugar’n Cream Stripes! I’ve been wanting to get some of this for a while.. I have a tote bag in mind for it, and I probably will take that with me.
Work on my lace top has stalled - I got distracted by the socks since the weather is set to be a bit chilly compared to here, so I was compelled to make something warm for my feet. I plan on picking it up again when I get back.
I upgraded my blog software yesterday, and I fixed a few bugs with my theme that had been bothering me for a while - I just hadn’t been motivated enough to fix them. I tweaked the styling for my progress bars a little bit, and I also added support for Gravatars in comments. I also cleaned up a few other details like using widgets for my sidebar instead of coding it all out by hand.