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By my count, this is my third – and certainly not last – pair of Monkey socks. Lene of Danceswithwool said last week that the Monkeys were her go-to, standard sock pattern at this point. I have to agree with her. They fit so well – especially now that I've realized that I have to go down to a size 1 needle to make them perfect.

Project Details:

Pattern: Monkey, by Cookie A.

Yarn: Three Waters Farm Handpainted Yarns, Superwash Merino Fingering Weight in the Mediterreanean colorway

Needle Size: Size 1 KnitPicks 32" circular

Pattern Modifications: magic loop; no purls; toe up; toe-up heel flap a la Wendy's Celebration Socks (free download)

Time to knit: Approx. 1 month

Final impressions: This might be my favorite pair of socks I've ever made. The toe-up heel flap is friggin awesome. (I learned how to do it from Wendy herself in the Loopy Ewe Spring Fling.)  This beautiful yarn was a gift from LauraB in the Loopy Ewe Spring Fling swap.

So…it's been a while since I posted.  I guess I'm just not really feeling inspired to write these days.  Probably has something to do with being out of the habit, right?  No promises on improving in that area, but I have been keeping pretty busy.  In no particular order, since I posted last, I've:

Traveled to Lake of the Ozarks for a Missouri Municipal Attorneys conference;

Traveled to Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia for a family reunion;

Been biking, running, and swimming to get ready for the Concreteman sprint triathlon next weekend;

Knitting (of course);

Working on a new household budget since my husband's promotion and raise have resulted in less income thanks to those fabulous self-employment taxes that now apply;

Buying baby gifts galore for all my fertile friends;

Cutting squares for a new baby quilt, which will have to get done in short order since apparently the baby is due a lot sooner than I thought;

Reading and working on my Style Statement for my book club;

Reading just the first chapter of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and wishing I lived on a farm and thinking that I should learn to can/freeze produce before my grandma gets too old to do it; 

Wrangling contracts and contractors at work 5 days a week;

and…. I guess that's about it.  =)