Archive for October, 2007

Secret Cool Points

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Recently, Cass and I decided that certain things earn you cool points, and certain things earn you geek points or nerd points. But what a lot of people don’t know is that most geek points are actually secret cool points in disguise! (Unfortunately, some things are actually too nerdy to give you secret cool points, [...]

Welcome to Second Sock Syndrome

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

My first sock is all finished and, wonder of wonders, it actually looks like a sock.

Darn this people having two feet thing. Oh, well. It could be worse. I could be a millipede.
As a break from the pair o’ socks, I’ve cast on for another SWS seed stitch scarf with big needles, because it is [...]

The Sockening

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

The first Road Potato Sock is off the needles, although I’ve still got two ends to weave in. When I get around to doing that, I’ll take a finished object photo of it.

It bags slightly at the ankle (it’s somehow exaggerated in the photo; it’s really not so bad in real life), so maybe next [...]

Foot, Shopping, Fertilizer, Plungers, Etc.

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

It may seem like progress on the Road Potato Sock has been very slow (because it has), but this is as fast as I can knit it while also working a 55-hour week. I finished the heel a while ago and am now working on the foot.

Sunday is my only day off all week, and [...]