one monkey complete

First of all…four more days. Four.

Second of all…it’s sunny. Right now. I think Spring has finally sprung. This has been such a long winter. I’m looking forward to this summer.

This weekend was a productive one. We don’t have anyone cleaning the house anymore, so Husband and I have to do it. Okay, usually Husband does it. But soon that will change - four days from now. I actually cannot wait to reclaim my house. There’s a lot of chores and deep cleaning I want need to do. The list is long.

This weekend I cleaned and ran errands because Husband had to work both days. In addition to the laundry and grocery shopping and scouring I did, I also, wait for it…wait for it…KNITTED. I picked up these two shiny silver sticks and created stitches. It was amazing. Did you know that if you make stitches over and over again, connecting them at the ends, a sock might appear?

I started my first ever Cookie A. Monkey sock eight or nine months ago. I am knitting these socks with Pigeon Roof Studios fingering weight merino wool sock yarn in Punk. It’s black and pink and red and cream and purple. This yarn would have made better socks in stockinette or rib. The lace gets lost in the craziness of the colors. But that’s okay. These have been fun to do. I finished the first sock Sunday night and I’ve started the second one, having now reclaimed my love of knitting socks.