She Held My Monkey

If you ever get an opportunity  to see the Yarn Harlot give a talk, jump at the chance. I was lucky enough to catch a Facebook posting for her "This Your Brain on Knitting" talk in Watertown, last Friday and I am so glad I did. Spending so much time on Facebook finally paid off.

Not only was the talk given in the same quick witted humor that she writes her blog with, the Yarn Harlot did a lot of interesting research on scientific studies, specifically studies that involve knitting (duh). I couldn't possibly go through everything that she said but the bottom line is that knitting = good brain vibes.

Afterwards I was able to get a picture with her. Of course she recognized my sock was a Monkey and so I had to ask her to hold my monkey.

I'm on a roll with socks right now, just in time for sock madness to start (less then 24 hrs till the first pattern is released) . My monkeys are over 75% done. Which is good because then I get the monkey off my back, ie Jeremey. (Is that a saying? I feel like it is.) After getting sidetracked with the LoveSocks I'm back on for Club13 with my Concentric Socks. I am loving this pattern.  You start making a circle for the ball of the foot and then the toe magically appears. It's amazing. I'm really excited to get to the heel to see what happens then. If you can't tell by Pi's face she is also very excited to see how these socks turn out.  If she continues to sit this well with knitted objects I see some adorable Christmas cards in our future. I just need to start training Gem.