I spent a day or two working on this little sock puppet pattern.
When I was a little girl, I remember making lots and lots of sock puppets. I don’t know what drove me to spend so much time on them, but I was sewing a lot back then. I was constantly trying to make what I wanted and rework it and over and over I did these things. My mother has even kept a few of these horrible creations over the years.
So…I decided time to knit one, lol.
So, I am one and a half socks into the pattern for the Twisted Flower Socks by Cookie A. 
I really like this pattern. It does require a bit more of my attention than I like for TV knitting, but it it moving along rather quickly.
I am knitting it in a blank sock yarn for now, I thought I would dye it after I was done, because I just wasn’t sure what color I wanted. From browsing through all of the Ravelry projects, I definitely think it is more of a solid color type sock, not variegated. That would make it much too difficult to see all the glorious details in the sock. Just gorgeous!
Yes, these socks will be for me, I have a few pairs of socks that I’ve had for years now that are not going to survive much longer, and I need to replenish my stash of socks, so…..me me me!
Cookie A. is on Ravelry as well as her own site….Cookie A knitwear designs
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This is my Sakura Sock…..in progress. I got the pattern when I was in the Wool Girl Sock Club last year, but never got around to knitting it. As I’ve been working on de-stashing lately…I pulled out the pattern and the yarn and got to work on it last week. It is a little more challenging than I like for TV knitting, but just enough to keep me interested in finishing it quickly. I am knitting both socks at the same time, using the Magic Loop Technique.
We took the girls to see Avatar last night. It was everything we heard and so much more. I loved it! We all loved it! We went to see it at the IMAX in 3D and it was so amazing! I have never seen 3D like this before, holy crap was it realistic! I can’t get over it. I might even go see it again. I will definitely go see 3D movies like this again.
YTB’s Journey From “A”isle 19 to “Z”amZuu | Just Picture It Now.
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I was just browsing Yahoo news and up front is that Andy Dick was arrested.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100123/ap_on_en_ot/us_people_andy_dick
The short of it is that he is accused of “grabbing a bouncer’s crotch and groping and kissing a male patron earlier in the morning at a bar.” That’s too funny! I can totally see him doing that….but I think I’ve actually seen lots of women doo that too!
Come on….that’s the price you pay for going to a meat market isn’t it? Don’t bouncers get paid well to handled all kinds of incidents??? LOL
The other pattern I had posted prior to Christmas was for the Short Christmas Stockings. I had received a request to create short stockings to fit into a small space for a family in Japan. I met a lady at a craft show and her son and his family were in Japan working to rescue whales or dolphins? Can’t remember now. Anyhow, these stockings had to be under 18 inches tall.
I also ended up embellishing them with their names and a bell. I didn’t include instructions on that, just the basic knitting.
This was the last pattern that I posted before losing my entire blog to stupidity!!! What a horrible night last night. I can’t believe how much this upset me. Its just a blog right? Well, I guess I’ve grown attached to the darn thing even though I didn’t post to it very regularly.
Well, that is certainly going to change now that I’ve had to start all over. So…back to my point….. 
These are Warren’s Toe Up Socks. He apparently does like the socks I knit for him, so I wrote down the pattern as I made them and maybe someone else could use them too. Warren wears a size 13 shoe, so his feet are quite massive and required a lot of yarn and work to make a tall sock. Free pattern attached…
