One Crazy Fiber Lady

Sorry, this will be a quick posting.¬† The weekend is drawing to a close and there is work in the morning.¬† I do have progress on a number of fronts to relate.First, a finished pair of socks.We have a guest spokesmodel for today’s pictures.¬† Miss Kat has been extremely helpful (and attached to me) over the last week or so.¬† More about her later.¬† I finished these socks on Thursday at the SnB.¬† Project details are:Yarn:¬† STR – LucyPattern:¬† Own basic toe-up over 52 stNeedles:¬† US1Which was really excellent timing seeing as the order Dorre placed for Vesper had arrived and she was bringing my yarn that night.¬† I saw that there was going to be an update of Vesper but as I’d be on the train home, no way could I place an order.¬† I asked Dorre if she could do it for me and she was lucky enough to get a few skeins!¬† I started my Neopolitan socks Friday morning on the train.I’m back to using the US0 for this yarn as it is much finer than the STR.¬† Its not at tightly twisted as I prefer to use but rather nice all the same.¬† I’m digging the colors.¬† Somewhere along the way, I’ve gotten onto a Neopolitan kick and have all sorts of sock yarn (and some worsted for a felted bag) in the same colors.¬† I’m going to try the toe-up flap heel on this sock for something different and maybe feather and fan on the cuff.¬† We’ll see when I get there if I actually do it.Progress has definitely been made on the Setesdal for my impending niece.¬† I’m 2cm of binding off for the front neck.¬† Amazing how fast little baby knits go.¬† I did get a rude awakening after realizing that I had to use a 16″ Circ for the body.¬† I generally don’t like anything that small, but there really was no choice.¬† I’m surprised at how well I’ve adjusted to it.And now, the most important progress.¬† Potty training of the girl child.¬† She’s done remarkably well.¬† With the exception of an accident or two a day, she is going on the potty to pee.¬† She’s even initiated it and not waited for my periodic question of whether she had to go or not.¬† I do believe she’s rather pleased with herself.¬† There is one shadow on this sunny day though.¬† She has yet to make poop in the potty.¬† (Oh the new google hits that will turn up on the stats now!)¬† Makes for rather messy new panties.¬† This afternoon though, she was so upset about her latest accident that it took both mom and I to calm her down and tell her it was okay. Patterns are starting to emerge that the “accidents” occur right after nap so I started to drill her a little on what to do when she woke up.¬† Head for the bathroom, just like mommy.¬† We’ll see if that works.¬† We have another week before they go back to school so Mom and I can work on her further.¬† We got the call Saturday morning that the construction at the school still was not complete and certainly not inspected so they would be closed again this week.¬† Sigh.¬†I’ll leave with a final picture of the front of the house.¬† I forgot that I hadn’t posted a final/finished front shot.¬† With the wait, you can now see the new pole lamp that dad installed last week.Before…..After…Craft on!