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Thanks all for your input on the inside – outside sock dilemma.
When it boiled down to it, my issues were:
1) Like you, I thought the inside was more visually interesting than the outside.
2) But I started the sock w/ the pattern as is and w/o a bit of tweeking (which I didn’t feel like doing) [...]

10.5″ of tube knitting and still working …

Hardly worth bogging about, but there ya go.
Making a sock with an afterthought heel (hence the odd green line in the sock). Thought it would be a good thing so I can replace the heel as needed. However, knitting the tube, which will be almost a foot long [...]

Some random updates. Mostly about school news. With a wee bit of knitting.
1) Big news in the house is that Madeleine got her braces this week. I’ll be a good mom and spare her the embarrassment of having her picture plastered (again) on the internet. Bad daddy!  M’s not a happy camper. Yes from the [...]

I’ve been stealthily knitting away on my Deep in the Forest mittens. I think they are looking quite nice. Except for one spot:

See it? There at the braid join? Looks a bit crappy. =( I fussed with the braid join a few times and decided that little bump is just a peril of knitting the [...]

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A more complete FO post with a (hopefully) better photo to come.

Much to the kids’ dismay, there was no snow day today. In fact, there was no snow. Damn rain shadow! Despite the severe lack of snow, the school district went in 2 hours late. Go figure. At least the kids can console themselves with the hope of snow again tonight. The forecast is not as [...]