Socks Go Nuclear

I survived my first site visit for work. Even with delaying our flights to Monday because of the snow we were still able to get everything done we needed to, and leave on Thursday. All went well on site even though it was a little awkward to learn that I needed to be escorted to the bathroom, which was also in a different building. Once you go through security and are in the main area of the plant you must be within line of site of your escort. Luckily the women's bathroom only had one door so I could go in there alone. It was a great experience to be inside the control room we are upgrading and watch the operator, I feel like I have a better understanding of what they do and how best to layout the graphics on our system.

On to the good stuff. Because of our flight change, we flew down to Atlanta then to Cleveland. This added a few hours of flying time on and gave me a chance to knit the entire leg on my second Love sock. I didn't get much knitting done Tuesday or Wednesday because I was so wiped once we got back to the hotel after a full days work and dinner. But I did start the heel enough that I got through the top bumps that I was using stranded colorwork for. On my first flight back, from Cleveland to Detroit, it wasn't a long enough flight for them to allow us to turn on our electronic devices. So, I had to finish up the heel and heel turn by copying the other sock. I started to get bored of my Love sock so between the layover and the second flight I cast on my second Monkey sock and worked on my Fiddlehead mitts a bit. It's a good thing I checked my bag and didn't have to worry about it getting lost, I had a lot more room for yarn in my carry on.

I did finish up my Love Socks on Saturday at In the Loop and they are as comfy and soft as you could hope socks to be. 

Sunday I picked up a long lost project. On Christmas 2010, I start making these flower petal triangles for the Tosh Purse. Once you make 20 triangles you seam those together to make 5 squares and then seam those together to make an open topped cube. I feel like I'm doing a word problem now. Well it took me a few months to get a bunch of triangles together. Then I blocked them.

Now it's 2013 and I have all the triangles knit, and they are all seamed (twice). This past weekend I finished the little bit of work at the top of the bag and I'm on to the seed stitch strap! It's a really fun knit, there isn't a reason it has taken me over two years to get this far. Because of the open top I'm planning to make a drawstring bag with a square bottom to fit in the bag as a lining and closure. The yarn is an awesome bright blue-y turquoise from Creatively Dyed that could go with a solid or a print, I'll have to keep my eye out for something interesting.