One pair off, one pair on...

Socks. I've decided I'm going to knit a ton of socks. Use up much of the yarn I've been hanging around with. Until it's painting season, then, I'm afraid, my little friends will be either benched or I'll have to switch to cotton.

I've knit enough that I can actually form the socks to my liking, but not enough that I can make one up from scratch. I'm loving the ones I have on, though. I was able to complete them without once having the needle yanked out by my Bambina.

My mitten thumb was not so lucky. I had a hole in my mitten. Which, after about 10 years, is probably ok. So i first did the honorable thing and darned it.... and was two stitches from done, felt the thumb with the double thickness of worsted weight and thought, "I could just reknit a single thumb." So I cut off my thumb....

Now I have (nearly) perfect mittens again, happy feet, and itchy fingers.... come on lime green socks!

Connecting to creativity & caring

I've been knitting a ton, recently. Socks and hats. Haven't knit a scarf in a while, but there's another one (several) in me.

I care. A lot. And I'm really creative. And when I'm doing a lot of both, I find I need to do as much or more for me. So I've been caring for the physical space I live in. I've been tossing, recycling, removing stuff out of our house. I've been there for almost six years with the random haul out in between. But stuff creeps in, as stuff is wont to do. So I have to get stuff out.

I'm going to turn 40 in a few months. And I'm determined to really deeply "get" caring for myself. For my own sake, for my body's sake, for my soul's sake.

My reward will be a child who does the same for herself.