Life, Knitting and the Pursuit of Roller Coasters

It doesn’t feel like it’s been as long since I posted as it has been. I guess I’ve just been crazy busy with summer around here.

My CSA is going well, the half-share I got has been just right for me for a week. I can get through the veggies in  a week and I don’t feel like I’m drowning in food. Awesome selection of veggies too. Its done as I’d hoped and gotten me back in the kitchen.

My brother and his wife are in the state this week. Dad swung us some VIP tickets for the Kenny Wayne Shepherd concert Saturday night at Muskegon Summer Celebration. VIP seems to be a ticket designation for the sponsors. It included a catered dinner, free drinks, and bleacher seating for the outdoor concert. The opening acts weren’t really fitting, but weren’t bad, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd and band put on an awesome show.

On Wednesday, we’re heading for the fireworks and my cousin’s band, Four Finger Five, is playing an after concert that we plan to attend afterwards. They are also opening for INXS on Saturday night, but I’ve got a ton of other things going on Saturday so I’ll unfortunately have to miss that show. Definitely check them out though, they’re awesome!

On Saturday we also went down for the art fair. I didn’t see many knit goods aside from some generic dishclothes, and some crocheted towel toppers. But my mom decided that I was a sideshow for being able to knit and walk at the same time. I was motivated to finish some socks this weekend, so I knit at the art fair, and knit through the whole concert. Which worked well, as I finished one pair and am on the verge of finishing another now.

May I present my second pair of Monkey socks. These ones are all mine and I love them. This is that Two Waters merino yarn that I’ve been fighting with for at least a year. I tried several patterns before it finally behaved properly in the Monkey pattern.  I’ll have a second finished pair yet this week (the purple stockinette socks I’ve been picking at since May are nearly done). And I will FINALLY cast on my sockpal socks.

Mom is also convinced that I’m a super woman (and a greedy one at that) and is starting to ask when she’ll get another pair, so I’ve also got the yarn set aside to knit her another pair soon. I’ll also probably make my sister-in-law some socks eventually too. And, I’m starting to look forward to Christmas. It may be the new sock fumes getting to me, but I’m actually contemplating getting measurements for dad and my brother. To understand how completely insane this is… dad wears mens 10 1/2s… Adam… last I knew was wearing somewhere between a size 15 & 19. I’ll get the measurements, may even buy yarn. But I will definitely guarantee nothing.