Small talk @ sockbug.blog-city.com

Time flies when you're having fun

sockbug — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 18:58:00 GMT

Hey! I realized yesterday that I missed my blogiversary last week. 3 years! Of course, I managed to miss most of 2004, so is that just a 2 year anniversary then?It's been another busy few days here at Chez Sockbug. I actually

Mail Call!

sockbug — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:08:00 GMT

Thanks again for all the nice comments you've sent about my socks! I do have a new pair of the needles, but I've been sorting and packing in order to get our house ready to list for sale and I just haven't gotten much done. I got a few new que

In which I digress hugely and attempt to distract you with spring flower photos

sockbug — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:52:00 GMT

When Howdy and I first started dating, he would cringe whenever I started a conversation with, "I used to date this guy..." As time wore on, I ran out of "guy I used to date" stories and moved on to something even more horri

Guess what these will be!

sockbug — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 06:00:00 GMT

Okay, here's a challenge for you...guess what these will be...a hint? Yes, it will be socks!

Super Sunday Socks

sockbug — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 16:30:00 GMT

Hey! It's Super Bowl Sunday here at Chez Sockbug! I actually like to watch football occasionally, and we are having friends over later on. I should be vacuuming, but I had to pop in and show you what I finished this morning!Taa

Conversation with Howdy

sockbug — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 23:58:00 GMT

Howdy walked in on me standing in the kitchen, camera pointing at the open microwave door. "What are you doing?" he asked, suspiciously eyeing me. "Blogging" I responded. Jump in the Wayback Machine with me...w

Bringing in the Sheep

sockbug — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:16:00 GMT

Well, I've got to tell you, I had high ideas for the week...then Howdy went to Houston. Then I got the sniffles, then I got the coughs, now I'm onto the sneezes and things aren't looking very promising for the weekend. Yuck. Howdy's

Frogging the socks

sockbug — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:24:00 GMT

Okay, you guys convinced me. The Six Sox socks are no more. Life's too short to knit socks you don't like! I should be hoeing out my UFOs and finishing something that's been languishing, but I might just take these needles and whip

Pattern correction notice!

sockbug — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 17:55:00 GMT

I was alerted by Jo to a pattern error in the Negative Bricks socks pattern. The written instructions to the stitch pattern were incorrect. The chart was correct. The pattern file has been corrected and uploaded! It's raining here!

Started the Six Sox socks

sockbug — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:02:00 GMT

I worked some on the Six Sox Standing in the Shadows of Love socks yesterday while I was waiting to get the tire fixed on my car.This is through round 16 of the cuff. So far, I've found this pattern is pretty fiddly and the color changes seem t

From my email box...

sockbug — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:56:00 GMT

I got some questions and comments in yesterday's mailbox... Cindy asks about the short row wraps in the Lava Flow Socks..."When you say lift the wrap over the stitch before knitting together, how exactly do you do that?" Well, if you

See why they call me Sockbug?

sockbug — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:02:00 GMT

I spent about an hour this morning browsing through my archives tallying up my accomplishments this year... scarves - 7 bags - 3 embellished flip flops - 6 pair hats - 3 gloves - 1 pair socks - 23 pair (I still have un

Only three days to go!

sockbug — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 16:09:00 GMT

I have only three days left to finish Howdy's Christmas socks that have now become Howdy's Anniversary socks. I only have a couple more rounds and I'll be at the heel flap.The pattern is kinda neat, like little steps. I think this is a be

Pile of socks (some assembly required)

sockbug — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:36:00 GMT

So, you want to see what Santy Claus brought me?Let's see, from left to right, top row is some alpaca and some Cherry Tree Hill Supersock in eyeball-popping Fall Foliage...bottom row left to right is LL in Desert Flower, LL in Amish, Lang Cotton in 0

Happiest of Holidays to You!

sockbug — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 17:46:00 GMT

This is an advent calendar bear that I made awhile back. It's super easy to do, you need a chalkboard from the unpainted wood section of the craft store, some paint...the green is plain acrylic and the red and white are Tulip paints, a bear, a

Yup, that's me!

sockbug — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 16:07:00 GMT

I saw this over at Jane's blog...

A darned cute Christmas thing...

sockbug — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 06:00:00 GMT

It was all Howdy's idea. He saw my basket of little balls of leftovers and mentioned that they'd look cute as ornaments on a tree. Of course, I just happened to have a tree here already that needed something. Taa Daa!

More Christmas!

sockbug — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:04:00 GMT

Today, I wrapped gifts. I wrapped all my gifts in less than an hour! How? Well, a bunch of years ago, it came to pass that I discovered that Howdy's sister doesn't use wrapping paper. She's just darned frugal, you see, and she

Cutting into my yarn budget

sockbug — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 18:36:00 GMT

Yesterday, I talked Howdy into going Christmas tree shopping. He hasn't been in the Christmas spirit, either. This is our second Christmas in this house. Our last house had vaulted ceilings and we had a 14 foot artificial tree that

Welcome to December...

sockbug — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:28:00 GMT

Here's the start of Howdy's Christmas socks...This is one complete repeat and the socks are about 3" long at this point. They've got this garter-diagonal-stepped thing going on. More news as it happens. I've been having a hard time