Once upon a time, this was supposed to be a knit-centric blog. Oh well -- life intervenes. But for all of you out there clamoring for knitting posts (and you two know who you are) here's the latest.
Yes, I'm still working on those damn socks.
I've decided I definitely don't like knitting two at a time, not because it's hard, as I've gotten into the swing of it, but because you see no progress whatsoever. One sock is bad enough. I knit and knit and knit on these stupid things and at the end of a few hours each sock has grown maybe 3/4". I feel like Persephone, but without the ripping back. Will they never end??? They are my knitting albatross (to throw Ulysses and the Ancient Mariner together).
What is the ongoing fascination with knitting socks, anyway? In the last several years, it seems, socks have become the ultra-cool knitting project, the one that says "I'm a real knitter and you're not." I enjoyed my first seven pairs, but I now find them tedious and boring. Of course it might help if I did them in pattern (vs. stockinette, the vanilla of knitting stitches), but then they lose their mindlessness, at least for me. It is nice to always have one on the needles as they're super-portable and impress the hell out of people. They're just the thing for sports practice and doctor's waiting rooms. I just have to adopt a more zen approach: finishing is not the goal.
On the other hand, fingerless mitts are flying off the needles. (Could that be why the socks aren't getting done? Nah, that's just silly.) Though the
incredibly popular Fetching
pattern is vexing me. (Today's Ravelry Fetching count: 7,147. That's
seven thousand pairs, people!) I undid the first one I just finished
and added more cables to the knuckles for length, but the bind-off is
still bugging me. I just can't get it to look right. 
I need to move on though, as the Christmas queue is getting jammed up behind them...
Our Knit-Up group is doing well, continuing to grow in membership if not in participation. We get about 11-14 knitters in each of our two weekly meetings, which is a nice workable size. Not having a permanent home probably keeps the numbers down, and we haven't been publicizing it much anymore. When I get that Melissa-like urge to get all busy and grow it, I remember the reason I started it: I wanted to find some cool people to knit with. And I have. The women are wonderful, supportive, open, friendly and funny. It's perfect as is. "I LOVE YOU GUYS (sniff)."
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