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 5 am start to Gold Metal hockey game equals 30 rows on 64 stitches, on light blue Hawthorne socks. With a nap later am hoping to come close to finishing this pair. Then back to a scrap pr of monster socks, first sock is close to the heel. Then only two more pair of socks and the Koigu gloves and I’ll be caught up. Then I can start the earthy coloured pair for Cindy. Had two night of pretty cold weather mid -20`so with coldest being -27 C`, cold in either method. I flipped my comforter again and shut bedroom window. Temps above freezing for 5 of next 10 days will again melt the snow. Please leave a comment if you are a reader of my blog.

Chipped a tooth meaning I would have to go to town (Williams Lake) to a dentist, emergency appt, now all fixed. But since I hadn’t been to town and grocery stores since mid October, hit both Walmart and SaveOn. Big order, since last trip was in mid October, bought lots of produce and fruit, especially salad fixings, and spinach for both salads and with scrambled eggs for breakfast. Went in Thursday and first thing got a haircut then dealing with TD bank about declined card use, after a couple of hours ended up automatic payments from checking acct.  And card still isn’t working, needless to say I’ll be called emergency number for visa first thing in the morning. Ended up moteling and coming home Friday mid day. Took my knitting in with me but ended up being in bed just after 7:30, slept around the clock till 7 am. Trips to town are getting harder the older I get. Never knit a stitch. Tonight am going to try and stay up to see rerun of opening ceremonies of 26 Olympics. It’s on 8 pm...

 All the December snow has melted and froze, now ice, could ice skate in the yard if so inclined. Fortunately my driveway is south facing and with care can be driven up. Weather for next week if well above freezing for daytime highs, barely freezing at night. Looking forward to mud. Due to arthritis in fingers of left hand I’m having to learn how to hold my yarn all over again. Ring finger which I mostly used to tension yarn is in time out, while I figure out a new way. One thing for sure is that I’m not quitting. Finished a pair of men’s sized bed socks aka shorties. It was the oldest UFO, from January of 2025. Next will be a light blue Hawthorne with greens and blues with a bit of turquoise for highlights. After they are finished with start on an order using earthy colours, various greens, browns (I think), and whatever else my stash throws up. Haven’t been to town to do any grocery shopping since mid October, out of milk, bread, eggs, produce and fruit. One of the joys living 3 ...

  Counted and bagged all UFO’s yesterday and was unhappy to find 7, the oldest going back to January 25 of last year. They are now sorted by age and in zip lock bags, will start with the oldest and then will do at least 10 rows on each every day. The shortie bed socks being the oldest got a bit over 20 rows this morning, this is second sock, now have heel turned and starting decreases down the foot. Using vintage Regia yarn and am impressed with how much smoother it is compared to current issues. Made New Year’s resolution to not buy any new sock yarn until at least fall of 26, so far even with everyone throwing pix of new colours am standing firm. Think I have enuff sock to make everyone I know a pair or two. Watching news MSNOW about another ICE fatal shooting in Minneapolis, breaks my heart to see how far down the rat hole things have gotten. Am glad to stay put in my wild Canadian mountain valley.  Cooked a pkg chicken thighs last night for supper (don’t cook much for supp...

 Weird weather, +2, no snow, none. And am I ever glad I went to town when I did. Williams Lake and area  have really icy and nasty roads. Hopefully good now until I need prescriptions refilled the end of February. Hydro in replacing power pole up on the driveway. Stopped at the house to tell me that they’d be blocking driveway for a couple of hours, wanting to know if that was OK. Yes better than pole falling and power maybe out for half a day. Sock knitting going well progress on the 3 pair on needles right now. First sock of red monsters done and into 5th colour on second. Shortie bed sock, have ribbing done on number two. Using mostly leftover colours, turq was only full sized ball. I’ve saved leftover bits a yard and more, now two separate bags of variegated yarn and the other solids, as needed just reach in bag and knit with whatever I get, one variegated, then one solid. Second sock order reversed. Have an order for a pair similar to these orangerinos , won’t make them e...

 Since I last updated my blog in mid September have had lots going on.  First off I went to the Merritt Spinning Retreat October  17-19  and as usual a good time and one of my  yearly highlites. Cindy did and excellent job finding a place for us to meet, the Best  Western in Merritt, had use of their multi purpose room, was tight but we all fit. Gave Cindy (for all she did) her choice  of mild or wild, she chose wild and the gloves fit her perfectly.   Now to the many WIP's I have  going.   The garbage  hauling  neighbours get socks for the  grands,  this is the boys pair, the blue pr. for his sister are finished. They also  got a pair of shorties each.       Then the other socks on the go.  I do several rows on each sock every  day.  And lastly my much loved Koigu gloves. Just started on this pair yesterday, its hard to  not keep going on them to just see how the Koigu col...