Monkey-ing around

I came to a revelation today.

This recent bout of finishitis? Its really just a mode of procrastination.

I have a house to pack up and I haven't started and the moving cubes are coming in a week and a half. I am actually moving in two weeks. It is time for me to get rolling on all that. So I am slowing down this bout of finishitis. I have one project left that I would like to finish before the move, but then after that I need to focus on the MOVE. And I need to find an easy project for car knitting (my friend JCap is  helping with the driving- it will be a three day trek. And then she is staying with me for a week and a half. A good friend that JCap)

So the latest finished up former UFO.

My monkey socks.

You can't see the lace detail too well in the picture, but you can totally see it in person. Loved the pattern, loved the Tofusies sock yarn (a gift from friends) that they were knit it. Really fun and these are great socks. These are also my first pair of socks that are patterned that I knit for myself (my other pairs were for swaps). I have printed out more Cookie A patterns and I think more fun socks are in my future. 

I also just got the new "Socks from the Toe Up" by Wendy Johnson. I love it- I am totally going to try a pattern for the sport weight socks in there- I think it is a great book, and it is very clear and well written. I also like that the patterns are fairly straightforward. Bonzo sock patterns seem to be exploding on the internet, but frankly I tend to only knit socks as my mindless knitting, and while patterns are fun, I prefer ones that I can memorize.

So I only have the Cable 8 shell left on my finishing up list. Will try to get that done this week sometime, in between packing downtime, but I do think that the packing is going to suck up a lot of my time now. Ugh. I plan to have books, winter clothes/coats/shoes/knick-knacks packed by the end of the week. That will just leave the kitchen for next week.

In some sense I never unpacked (the stash is already packed in tubs, so are my sweaters and handbags- some books never came out of boxes) and I didn't acquire much this year- so very little needs to be sorted and tossed out (unlike last year). I just need to decide what will go in the car and pack everything else. I don't actually have to pack the cubes myself- I hired men to do that for me. So that is a relief.... but its also very "here we go again."

I will of course have pictures from my great North to South/Southwest journey... I have a few weeks, but I think it will come sooner than I am expecting! 

Comments

[Rebekah]

Very cute socks, but you really should maybe pack. Although don't pack the kids, they won't like being in boxes for weeks :-)

[Lazuli]

The socks do look great with the yarn! I'm glad it worked out so well!

[Jaime]

The Monkeys are gorgeous! That color is very pretty and flattering to the lace.