April Fool's

Well as anyone in New England knows, Mother Nature pulled the king of all April Fool's pranks and covered the ground with cold wet snow. The forecast was for snow, but a part of me hoped I wouldn't have to get up to this:

I mean really it's April now! Shouldn't it be sunny and warm? A time to break out the shorts and the flip flops? Apparently not... 

Other than the snow it was still a pretty good day. As I don't pull pranks on others I didn't have to worry about anyone sneaking up on me. Sadly I didn't get much done in the way of knitting because I drove home to VT from Worcester today and that really does just suck up an afternoon. But I know the trip will be worth it since tomorrow afternoon I get to see my sister Ceara  play Patty Simcox in the MMU production of Grease. 

On the upside I did make some progress on the lacy sock I started a couple days ago and it's really starting to look like what I would expect a sock to start looking like:

I'm really enjoying making a successful lace project. It's great to know that lace can be easy and still come out so pretty. Hopefully I can get a move on and finish this sock. 

My plan is to then take a short break from my sock project and knit up a slouchy hat for Laurel who requested one from me a couple of days ago. Lucky for me she gave me a list of colors to choose from, which I took as an excuse to go yarn shopping! So off I went to A.C. Moore. I ended up deciding to get a ball of Vanna's Choice baby yarn in a really pretty light Periwinkle. 

Also lucky for me I had a 50% of coupon, which meant I could finally afford a cool yarn container I've been wanting for a while.

Yarn inside yarn container

And I can't wait to try it out. The container has a little hole in the top so you can load the ball of yarn in and thread the strand you're working with out the top. Then when you tug on the yarn as you work it stays inside and doesn't roll around or fall off the couch and roll across the living room (which happens more often than you'd think).

On a different note, I've been knitting longer than since just yesterday so I figure at the end of each entry for the next few days I'll put in a picture or two of past projects for you to check out. (That way even if the day is boring there will still be some pretty pictures for you to look at.) 

I think the best place to start is the felted slippers I made my dad for Christmas. I basically knit some GIANT socks and then shrank them down. 

My Dad trying on his slippers pre-felt

However, my knowledge of sock construction was (and still is) very limited, so I ended up making slippers with wide square toes. However, my dad still loves them and wears them all the time and refers to them as his "Hobbit Slippers"

The ever so lovely Hobbit Slippers