He Did It!

My son finished his first ever sock! It took him a long while but he stuck to it and finished it. The pattern is from Nancy Bush's Knitting Vintage Socks, Simple Ribbed Socks, and the yarn is Lorna Laces Shephard Sock. ...Now all he needs is another sock to go along with it and he'll have a pair.

DD and her hubby purchsed a new, new to them anyhow, house yesterday. It's an older home with a lot a character and a lot more room than their current home.

They seem pretty nervously excited about it (and I'm excited for them) They've listed their current home and hopefully it won't take long to sell. I'll keep my fingers crossed for them.

The house needs some work but it's not nearly as rough as our house was when we moved into it. It's a structurly sound house with lots of space and a large yard for the girls to play in. It's close to a park, schools and a library and is on a cul-de-sac so there won't be much traffic whizing past the house. I guess people in our family don't have a problem with taking an older home and fixing it up. Remodeling must be in our blood. I also think that I have some patio furniture that would be great on that porch!

I went to visit my sister yesterday and took her a belated Birthday present, more sock yarn and a few of other sock knitting related items. She is on her second pair of socks and they look great! I've been enticing her with sock yarn and I think the sock addiction is taking hold.
I hope she can go to Knitter's Fantasy with my daughter and me in April, I think it will be another great chance to inhance the stash (I'm sure we will be able to find sock yarn there).

The sun is shinning, the birds are singing and I can hear children riding big wheels down the street (I think it's big wheels, do kids still ride those?) I think I'll go outside and enjoy some fresh air.