Monthly Archives: February 2023

The sock pattern I’m currently doing is by a German designer. Which means, of course, including a weird-ass heel that I’ve never done before. It’s the Jo-Jo/Yo-Yo, which… so far, so good? I’m almost to the point where I turn the heel, and I thiiiink I’ve got the idea in mind. It’s pretty clever if it works. I mean, it… Read more »

I looked over earlier, and spotted one of the kittens sleeping with this leg up position weirdness. I couldn’t tell which one without risking waking them up, but at least I was able to get photographic evidence. So tiny, so cute. Been a pretty non-day, but not in a bad way. We did a family trip to Tesco to pick… Read more »

I caught up with where I was pre-frog today, which is pleasing. Right now I’m trying to get my head around the heel that the pattern calls for, which is the jo-jo/yo-yo heel. I might just do a normal heel, I don’t know. I think I’ve found a couple of places that attempt to explain it, so it’s just a… Read more »

I decided last night in bed that I was going to frog my sock so far. There was a little run along the pattern section, and just. No. I had to slap my hand to stop myself overthinking the same spot and repeating my error… I think I’ve got it under control. And this pattern knits up so quickly that… Read more »

I’m well stuck into my next pair of socks now. I’ve already completed the first iteration of the charted pattern, and am making good headway on my second pass. The main thing is that I’ve managed upright all day. Had to throw the heavy artillery of pain meds at it, but I’m more or less holding up. I need to… Read more »

I woke up feeling a bit spinny, so slapped snooze. A few snoozes later, I just turned it off and went back to sleep. I got Z to bring me water and some meds in the early afternoon, and managed to get out of bed around 4pm. I am still feeling awful, but I’ve had food, more pain meds, and… Read more »

One of the things we got Smaller for Christmas was a small snowglobe kit. It came with pictures you could colour and change out behind the globe, which I thought was pretty neat. She managed to bash it open on accident a few days ago, so it ended up on my desk. I bought some glitter to add to it… Read more »

It’s a stack/pile of very good boys! October was in the window strutting her stuff for as much attention as she could, because that’s what the tiny diva does. Halokitty kept circling his big brothers trying to figure out how he wanted to jigsaw in, and this was only one of the permutations. Z had his long covid consultation today;… Read more »

So it turns out my appointment today wasn’t my ENT appointment being bumped up — it was a separate appointment with Audiology. I had a lengthy hearing test, and now have confirmation that I’ve lost a fair amount of hearing in my left ear. Rude. Then it turns out that ENT cancelled my bloody appointment because if I’m seeing Audiology,… Read more »

Halokitty was chilling in the bathroom this morning, so I took a picture. And then decided to art it up, because my wall needs cleaning and this way I can pretend I’m stylistic, ha ha. Plus, it means trying to actually learn basic Photoshop skills I’ve neglected over the years, so. Bonus. Past that, just trying to keep the dizz… Read more »