My first pair of Socks!

Sock pattern from knitting socks by Ann Budd

I did it! I made my first pair of socks! It was easier than I thought, but it took me awhile because the sock pattern I used was from a library book that I returned after only making one sock. I did finally check the book out from the library again and finish the second sock. Thanks to my friend Catherine, I now own this book and can make many more pairs of socks without having to keep checking the book out from the library. Yeah! Thank you Catherine! Socks are way easier to make than I thought it would be. I think next time I will not use 100% cotton yarn. The socks are comfortable, but could be alot more with softer yarn. They are not as uncomfortable as the sock critic from Old Town Coffee and Chocolates said they would be. Catherine and I knit once a week at a local coffee shop, and when I was making my first sock a customer (a man) walked by and commented on my sock and said "my sock was going to feel like I was walking on sand paper." What the heck did this non-knitter know about knitting socks. Not that I knew tons about knitting socks, but walking on sandpaper...come on! Anyway, I am proud of my first pair of socks and cannot wait to make more!

Crochet! My first hat!

I woke up yesterday morning thinking I needed to learn how to crochet, NOW! I didn't want to wait until I could find someone to teach me, so I found a great video on YouTube "How to Crochet a hat". And I actually did! I knitted a hat for my first crochet project, and did it in one day. Now that is instant gratification. It is not perfect, but I like it anyway!

Two more pictures from Armstrong Woods

Hike at Armstrong Woods

Cole, Emma, Wren and Libby ate their Wheaties for breakfast.



Me & Pat


Cole with his wand (aka. stick)




The hill that would never end!



The kids resting on the hill that would never end


On our last trip down to Santa Rosa to pick up the girls from their vacation with Grammy, we went to Armstrong woods for a hike. Little did we know we would encounter the hill that would never end. The kids did incredibly well and only wined a little bit. It was a great hike, other than going down the other side and encountering plenty of horse poop, and some slippery terrain from the loose dirt. Cole carried a stick that was his wand around, and the kids tested their strength by holding up a tree ( not really).