Apparently the problem was not just the router.  The modem had also bought the farm.  The Comcast guy showed up a little after 1:00 PM yesterday afternoon (right on time, actually), did a few tests, went down to his truck, fetched and installed a new modem (black - so it matches the new router!) and we were in business.  We did try hooking up the old router with the new modem, just to check, but it was DOA.  I would have thought the odds of both things going ribbet at the same time were fairly sizeable but I guess these things happen.

In the meantime…

The One Row Skinny Scarf was finished.

Quick, simple and fun to do.  The one row pattern, same on both sides, makes for an almost mesmerizing knit as you get into the rhythm of things.  It also creates a nice, springy fabric and I keep wondering what kind of a sweater it would make…

Also, the first of the Chatters mitts was finally finished.

This is basically the same pattern as the Glacial Gauntlets except not worked quite as high on the hand.  And without the beads :) I must say I was a little surprised by the yarn which is Lionbrand’s Magic Stripes - their short-lived sock wool.  It’s quite substantial and dense but not difficult or rough either to work with or to wear.  I’m curious to see how well it holds up over time.

And then there’s the sock :) This is what has occupied most of my weekend and it’s been interesting enough so that I hardly put it down.  I finally found the kind of heel I wanted - after traipsing all over the web a couple of times - right in my own backyard (just call me Dorothy!).  Schurch details just such a heel in her wonderful Sensational Knitted Socks - which I have :) I was poring over it a couple of evenings ago and found the toe up sock with exactly the kind of heel I wanted to do.  Okay - I’ll know to check my own library first next time :)

I did get the heel turned without too much difficulty and the heel flap was just what I wanted although working it while decreasing the gusset stitches created a bit of cognitive dissonance for a while :)





I finally reached the nirvana point last night - all gusset stitches decreased and straight stockinette as far as the eye can see.  Well, until the ribbing of course :) Of course I had reached the last decrease round and somehow managed to drop three heel stitches off the end of the needle which meant frogging back a couple of rounds in order to corral the varmints.  Other than that - which was only annoying because I was so ready to have the decreases over with - there were no problems or mishaps with this…





...except for the knitter’s apparent inability to measure her own foot correctly.  Look at the toe of that last picture - see the bulge of at least an inch’s worth of extraneous toe?  Not only that, but the foot is a little too big around.  Only by a couple of stitches I think, but too big all the same.  This seems to be my standard mistake, making things too big.

So...toe?  Good!  Heel?  Excellent!

Sock?  Not so much…

The Manos shawl lies, taunting me, in my workbasket.  I have all but decided to frog it and am only working up the nerve.  The blanket panels get worked on now and then, when I need something I don’t have to think about.

And I need to dye more yarn :)

So, how are you all doing?