still working out the bugs?

Wow. I seriously didn't mean to go so long between posts. I know I promised sock pictures last time around, but I haven't had enough time to sit down in an empty house and play around with the camera and Blogger. Need to have an empty house, otherwise as soon as I start something Dad is standing right behind me trying to help me and just confusing me more. Hopefully I will getthings figured out soon. I have turned the heel on my Painted Madness sock #2 (pattern 3 from Sock Madness). As soon as I have this one finished I'm definately going to be swatching and casting on for pattern 5-Mad to Dance. Somewhere in there too I need to finish pattern 4-Mad Weave (although I have a sneaking suspicion that I will have to make a trip to my LYS for more yarn since I had to add 16 stitches to the sock in order for it to fit over my heel and I wear a women's size 11 shoe). I am still trying to decide what pattern to use for my Sockapalooza pal's socks. I don't really have a yarn chosen yet either-but have been checking out her blog and it looks like she tends more toward pastels and purples for herself. That may be the biggest challenge for me-I tend to like things bright and loud. But I know that if I can find the pattern then everything will work out for the best.

Classes are done!

Ok, they were done last week, but I was too busy cleaning and doing things that I had ignored while working on my paper and my take-home final to celebrate. The last couple of days have been great--all I've done is work and knit (too bad I can't combine the two somehow). I've made a baby hat for a cousin who just had a baby and I've been working on 2 different socks from Sock Madness. I have the pointed edging almost done for sock#2 of the Painted Madness sock-it'll go much faster once the edging is done and the stitches for the cuff are picked up. I had the first sock of Mad Weave down to past the heel turn and thought it was looking a little small, so I tried it on. Yep-too small for me! So frogged the whole thing and started over with more stitches--looking much better this time. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have time to get some pictures posted here so ya'll can get an idea of what I've been working on.

In the Beginning....

Ok, I know-I have a really strange sense of humor. What do you expect from someone who is addicted to Mountain Dew, PEEPS and knitting? Sometimes I'm surprised that I can sit still long enough to knit with all the sugar and caffiene running through my system. Well, the title of this blog pretty much says what this whole thing is about--whatever random thoughts pop out of my head and into a post.