:blooby: Good Morning Socksters!!
Karina~We use it alot with Isaiah’s school too I look for them to do that over here (they may in some states) but in OH they still have the ol’ books. We have 3 and dh keeps talking about building another for Isaiah :happydance:
Julie~Could it be his sinus instead of a head cold? I will usually get really icky feeling when that starts to break up and drain…you may wanna try a sinus med for him :think:
Computers are so helpful but also so time-consuming. The majority of my time is spent on it at work. I work 5 hrs/day and I’m checking emails, paying bills, checking kids school, coming here & ravelry, checking friends blogs, going to iTunes, etc. My kids do homework on it sometimes but most of the time it is iTunes & MySpace, oh yeah and YouTube. DH is going for his masters and does on-line classes so he spends lots of time. And here it is Sat morning and I’m on it. DH & DD13 went to library. DS15 is on his way to a swim tournament. Just me and the puppies.
DD13 just did a speech on how students should be given computers (laptops) instead of textbooks. She received a A+ 100% and the teacher aksed her to do it again on video for future reference for students.:happydance:
Yes, I do spend lots of time on the computer. 
Need help again as usual. The good news is I am knitting, but I got side tracked by a request for a pair of tube socks for a 4 yr old.
I have started them twice. Now I am using Encore Worsted in Lime Green with a strand of Bernat Glow on a size 7 needle. I did 2 inches of k1, p1 rib then switched to st st. The st st is knitting at 4.5 sts per inch and the rib was about 3 ribs per inch.
I am worried they are too big. I know I am using two strands of yarn and I couldn’t find a pattern for a size for a 4 yr old, with this weight of yarn.
I added the Glow as a surprise so I don’t want to show him them yet. Would I be better off working the tube sock in all rib st? (I figure these will be TV socks for him at night).
Any suggestions? Thanks as always. Marilynn
[B]Gina[/B]: I love scones. Do you have a favorite recipe to share? Love the second pattern you chose also.
It is freezing here today. I went to a visitation yesterday evening for a friend’s mother. She was elderly and had Alzheimers, so it wasn’t too unexpected, but always sad. It will be so cold at the cemetery today.
I will get back to my sock knitting this evening.
I forgot the 2nd part of the computer question, too! I would be cut off from my friends without my computer/internet! That’s how I felt when we were at the inlaws! disconnected!
Julie, how did class go today? Is DH feeling better?
Carla, wtg for your DD!!! Smart cookie!
Mare, rib does stretch and give more than stockinette.
Sue, I use a recipe I got from my aunt. They’re easy to make with a food processor, but you can do it without.
Scones by Auntie
1 c. sour cream
1 tsp. baking soda
4 c. flour (I use 1 C whole wheat, 3 C all-purpose unbleached)
1 c. sugar ( 2/3 is enough)
1 tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. salt
1 c. butter
1 egg
1 c. total raisins, currants, cranberries & orange rind, dried blueberries or nuts
In a small bowl, blend the sour cream and baking soda, and set aside. Preheat oven to 350o. Lightly grease 2 baking sheets. Pour flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and cream of tartar into food processor. Cut cold butter into slices and add to flour. Pulse until crumbly. Mix egg into sour cream and add to flour/butter mix. Pulse until somewhat mixed. (If no food processor: in a large bowl, mix the dry ingredients. Cut in the butter. Stir the sour cream mixture and egg into the flour mixture until just moistened.) Add fruit or nuts. Flour board and knead a few times. Divide dough into four sections. Roll each section out into a ¾ inch thick circle. Cut into 6 or 8 wedges and place them on baking sheet. Bake 12 to 15 minutes at 350o, until golden brown. After 10 min of cooling, glaze if desired.
Today, I added 1 c of tart dried cherries and 2 tsp. almond extract. I glazed with 1 1/2 C powdered sugar, 1 1/2 tsp. almond extract and some sliced almonds. (Thin it with water).
They’re also really good with 1 C craisins and 1 Tbsp. orange rind, then glaze with 1 1/2 C. powdered sugar, 1-2 tsp. orange rind and thin with juice from the orange(s).
I’ve also done poppy seed lemon…You get the idea…Just put it combinations that sound yummy!
Let me know if you make them!
Stay warm, friends!
Tami, hooray for your son coming home!
Carla, that’s cool about your daughter doing her presentation on video! 
I spend way too much time on the computer. I check email, instant message with my one good friend in Baltimore, read a lot here, check out ravelry if I’m looking for patterns, info, etc… and I have just been talked into making a facebook page.
So, the lovely man from Sears came and cleaned out my dryer vent- the load that took THREE HOURS to dry last weekend- took 45 minutes today! We spent the WHOLE day cleaning today- vacuuming, cleaning bathrooms, even dusting! We never dust. I even cleaned up some of the piles of random papers in the kitchen. I had a dinner party tonight for my church ‘moms of young children’ group. Only a few of the families were able to attend- all together we had 8 adults and 6 kids. It was so much fun! I made pasta fagioli and home made apple sauce, and the other families brought food too.
Gina, thanks for posting the scone recipe, it sounds wonderful!
Well, I’m off to put another load of clothes in, and then work on the baby sweater I’m doing. I was hoping to have it done by Wednesday, but it’s not going to happen. Last week on Wednesday we decided to have a shower for one of the girls in handbells, and it’s going to be this Wednesday. She’s the one I knit the dahlia baby blanket for, so I do have a gift for her… and she’ll get the sweater eventually. This is the pattern.
I got a sewing machine!!! OK so I don’t actually get it for two weeks (I might die in the interim…), because its a birthday present, but I finally get to have one of my very own! OK so that’s my exciting news.
returns to homework
Carey - I am glad the cleaning did the job. Sounds like you had a great time at your dinner party.
Emily - congratulations on the new sewing machine. I would love a new one, to many other expenses. Tell us all about it when you get it. I did have one that had both a foot control and a stop/start button on the machine. Now I want another with the button, so much nicer than a foot control once you get used to it.
:blooby: Good Morning Socksters!!
Carla~That’s great! :woot: …did you sign back up for the SAM KAL? I let it go this time :teehee:
Marilynn~I haven’t made a pair of tube socks…is that with no heel? The ribbing will stretch out more though once put on while the st st won’t. :think: I’m sorry I’m not much more help 
Gina~thanks for the recipe, they do sound yummy! :happydance:
Carey~I’m so glad the cleaning helped and that you guys had a good time! I can’t wait to see the sweater :yay:
jess~Congrats on the sewing machine :woot:
Karina~How is everyone feeling? I hope everyone is on the mends! :happydance:
Hi everyone!
Nothing much here but re-working a heel (a different sock). I need to work on laundry too…I hope you all have a great day of knitting :blooby:
Mare do you need a foot circumfrence of a 4 year old? If so I have one 
Dustina I think that’s what the problem was, he seems all better today! finally.
Carey I love knitting for babies, too bad they grow so fast. That sweater is cute! Looks like the EZ February baby sweater.
Gina thanks for the recipe, gonna have to go back and copy/paste it for my recipe book.
Jess :woot: on the sewing machine!
Carla :happydance: for your DD on her A+ and her video thing.
Class went well yesterday, for some reason when the teacher (lecture) loaded on the powerpoint lecture note things on the college website they got all jumbled up so I couldn’t follow, I was going all over the place trying to follow her slides; said she’d fix it last night & we’d have them correct for next week. Lab was fun; finally getting to do some things that pertain to nursing! Like figuring out doses & such based on the math and converting from mL to g etc. The interesting stuff. And in lecture last week we were supposed to read through chap 3 & I had 3 pages left, well we only just finished chap 2 yesterday so for homework I have a post lab to do and then read the next lab & then the last 3 pages of chapter 3 for lecture :happydance: that means I’ll have time this week to knit Dh’s second sock & spin a little!
OK well I think that’s all & if I missed someone please hollar.
Julie, yes, if you could give me the measurements for a 4 yrs foot, that sure would help. Right now I am knitting in the dark about if the size is right or not. I just want a tube sock, but I don’t want it to be too big.
Thank you and enjoy your spinning time.
Marilynn
Marilynn take a pair of regular socks that fit him and measure. I have not knit tube socks but I can see that the critical measurement will be around the heel of the foot. This is the widest part of the foot. I would consider measuring a sock that fits him at the ankle, heel and ball of the foot and average the measurement.
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Carla- Sorry I missed the post about your daughter doing so well. Well done to her.
Julie - glad your lab practice went well. Hope you get some spinning done. I have dragged out my wheel again and hope maybe on Tuesday when Maisey goes to playschool to have a little play.
Kameron is better and will go back to school tomorrow although he will have to wait another week before he can go back to swimming lessons, too cold.
Kamilia spent Saturday throwing up, so I had to starve her for 24 hrs. I think that did the trick and she feels a bit better.
Karina I hope all your kiddos are better this week & no one else gets sick.
Mare I’ll get that measurement for you tomorrow-the one Chris suggested too. He just went to bed so I’m not going to wake him but tomorrow morning or afternoon I’ll have it for you.
I finished the ribbing on Dh’s second sock, only needed 2 more rounds, then knit the leg (36 rounds) and am about 4 or so rows into the heel! Hoooray for being able to knit during nap time again! Tomorrow I have to clean this house; it’s a wreck, looks like a tornado has been through each room. :hair:
I don’t know if I would like a push-button sewing machine. I’m really used to the foot control, I think I would feel lost without it. I like being able to control my speed that way. I have to sew with one shoe off for that reason - I need to feel the foot control.
Julie, you should appreciate this, and probably some of the rest of you: My Psych (Brain and Behavior) professor brought giant stuffed neurons to class on Friday. Like, a teddy bear, only a neuron instead of a bear. They sell such things on www.giantmicrobes.com and I SO need to get something like malaria or mad cow or e coli or something.
OK I really need to go read my Evolution homework. and then if I have time, knit before bed, right?
Morning all,
Well, I’m a bit busy again, but I don’t feel like working on my masterpaper yet, so I decided to drop by and post here. I don’t give myself time to read everything, because I really have to get started. I’m working on my discussion right now, and after that I’m done. Only thing that’s left is putting everything together, do a bit of editing and I’m done. It feels weird after working on this paper for so long and studying for 5,5 years to be almost done. I’ve already got some job-appications running, but no luck yet. Although they liked my CV, there aren’t a lot of jobs for starting psychologists. I think knowing there’d be a job after my masterpaper would make me more motivated to finish it.
Well, on knitting. I’ve started the 2nd sock in panda cotton, but found out after about 20 rows of stockinette stitch I made my ribbing to long so I had to frog back to the ribbing. The sock is going again, because I really want to finish it. The yarn feels so soft and I want to feel it on my feet instead of in my hands. I still didn’t buy a zipper for avast, I really should do that, because winter won’t take that much longer and Steven only wears knitwear when it’s really cold outside. Buying a zipper is on my to-do list for this week, after I’ve finished my paper (which has to be tomorrow, because I promised to hand it in tomorrow).
Well, I’ve got to get started, no excuses left.
Happy knitting all!
:blooby: Good Morning Socksters!
Karina~I’m glad that Kameron is feeling better and hoping Kamilia is too… are you ready for the workshop, I’m getting excited! :happydance:
Julie~YAY for knitting time, I know what you mean I’m cleaning up from the weekend today too :teehee:
jess~I hope you had time to knit last night :yay:
Lieke~:hug: Thinking about you on the job front, and can’t wait to see the socks!
Nothing much going on here but cleaning and working on some socks. The mitten contest ends on the 31rst and they haven’t answered my question yet on keeping it fair…I was wanting to try to get another pair done but that isn’t going to happen I don’t think :think:
I hope you all have a great day off knitting :blooby:
I’m done :happydance:!!!
:woot:
Ok, I finally started my first sock. I am using size 8 circulars and Bernat Baby Jacquards yarn. It is a toe up sock with the magic cast on method. I took a bit to figure out how to keep my needles straight (as to which was which). Next time I buy 2 needles the same size, I will get different colors. =)
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I do have a question . . . Doe anyone know how to convert a top up pattern to a toe up pattern? I think I can knit socks like this, but most of my patters start at the leg, not the toe. Any help appreciated. You know, it may just be that I am missing the big picture. LOL After all, I am a natural blond (with gray highlights)! LOL
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I think I dated some of those in my misspent youth.