Go Florida State Seminoles...

...Picture the stands full of people humming the "hmmm, hmmm hm-hm-hm" - the Seminole chant and seeing all those arms doing the Tomahawk chop then cut to a guy on a couch...

And you'll see this during football season:



This is a picture of my hubby (Bill or "The Big Nasty as Paige calls him) modeling his newly completed Florida State team spirit wear! They're made from Nature's Spun 100% Wool - will be warm! (And yes, he fully understands that they are NOT machine washable and has been threatened NOT to do so within an inch of his life)

I used 1 and a tad more of a 2nd skein of the Burgundy and not even half a skein of the Gold. Skeins are $6.25 each - so, not a bad price for a pair of socks! I used size 3 circs and they are a nice dense weight. They really are even in length - he just had the cuff bunched up on the one leg.

I started out following a basic boot sock pattern and Miss Sarah suggested that I do an afterthought heel since I wanted it in the contrasting color! And, Miss Sarah is not one to lead us sheep astray - and I just LOVE it... It was quite easy to do and I kind of like the look and Bill says it fits just right! Here's a picture of the heel:



I did make one sock 4 stitches bigger (and darned a small piece of the gold yarn on the inside cuff to tell the difference) as Bill seriously damaged one ankle (has pins, plates, screws in it) so, I needed to compensate for that!

He LOVES them and I think I have enough of both colors left to make him a matching hat - it won't be "double knitted" like his ND hat - but, it'll still be nice and toasty!

I'm sure during football season, he'll also be wearing his Notre Dame stocking hat, heee - I PROMISE to get pictures when he's wearing both..

So, I'm pretty excited, my 2nd pair of socks finished! (and the size of these - both feet and heighth should count as a complete other pair!)

On a side note: I'm still struggling and hating more and more those dang Jaywalkers! Maybe its because I'm such a "stay within the lines person" that "jaywalking" isn't computing in my brain - who knows... I will overcome though - maybe --- stay tuned....

Cruising Along...

Welp, I have finished Bill's socks save the "Afterthought" heel and hopefully, Miss Sarah will be back in time to show me how to do that on Sunday! Yay! When that's done I'll post pictures..

So, in the meantime, I've moved on to the Sheep Tote (doing with 2 strands of Cascade Quatro and a Cascade 220) - and the pattern calls for 24" circs - well, unless you're doing it in a fingering weight it is tighter than I can even knit (and all will agree I knit TIGHT) - so, yesterday went to Peggy's in Plainfield and picked me up a 32" and all is well and I have the bottom finished and 10 rows out of 64 of the sides! It's an "easy" knit too which is nice!

I also while at Peggy's picked up my Addi's in size 1 to switch the Jaywalkers too - so, when I have a "quiet" moment, I will be doing that - I just don't know in my little pea of a brain WHY these Jaywalkers are causing me so much trouble - EVERYONE says how they are so easy to knit - well, not for me... I don't know why.. But, they are certainly on my "look cute, but HATE to knit" list!

But, I WILL (battle of the wills) get them DONE, DONE, DONE!

Then I will start the Koigu ones and a secret project for a good friend... She'll love it I'm sure - It's not horse related, but, it will be SO ugly it'll be pretty - I think based on that statement she'll know WHOM I'm speaking of...

We haven't been out to spoil the horses this week, just trying to get organized and situated and the holiday in the middle of the week really has us "thrown out of whack". I'm filling Bree's little pool up right now so it can warm up some before she jumps in - but, heck she doesn't care whatsoever - that kid can handle cold like a bathtub full of ice - brrrrr - it's supposed to be 90 here today so it might actually feel good....

And, tomorrow, I'm transporting probably 6 2lb baby pot bellied pigs from Springfield up to my house (meeting my friend Paige in Springfield who's picking them up from the breeder) and a bunch of horsey people up this way will be here tomorrow night to pick them up - This should be absolutely HYSTERICAL - considering the yuppy scumville neighbors I have - they'll hear those babies SQUEAL and think Oh geez, what have the rednecks next door brought home now? Sadly, they'll probably be here less than 4 hours.. It'd be fun to mess with their minds for the weekend.. hehehehe

Here's the one that I think Paige is getting.. Isn't he ADORABLE?

She's looking for "bad-ass" names for the little guy - and right now is liking Hercules - anyone else have ideas - you can post comment here or on her blog http://www.strawnequine.blogspot.com/