Life, Knitting and the Pursuit of Roller Coasters

On the 4th, my brother, sister-in-law and I went downtown for the fireworks then headed over to the Frauenthal for the Four Finger Five show. The Summer Celebration put on a decent fireworks display for the fourth and we had a reasonably ok spot down along the road.

Following the fireworks, the concert was equally impressive. I may be biased considering Four Finger Five is headed by my cousin Joe, but they definitely put on an amazing show. They filled out the band with a handful of guest musicians, had an on stage muralist working on an art piece for raffle during the show, and drew a decent sized crowd of about 200.  All in all a great evening out. And for the second time this week, I learned that concerts are great for sock knitting.

The purple traveling stockinette pair have  had a lot of neat places and things knit into them, and I’m proud that they got the concert on Wednesday night knit into the toe of the second sock. I started them prior to our coaster trip in May, they saw every park on that trip. They’ve had a little knitting time here and there around the house, and the second sock saw Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Four Finger Five in concert before they were completed. Let me just say, doing toe decreases and grafting a toe in a dark theater… not the easiest thing I’ve ever done. But, it’s another finished pair. 

I followed the finishing of that pair with another start. I’m almost done with the first sock in a new pair for mom. I’m doing the cross stitch block pattern from More Sensational Knitted Socks in handpainted yarn from Sunshine Yarns in the colorway Earth Day. If I can finish the first sock today and get a good start on the second, I might be able to leave them with her before I go home on Sunday. Here’s hoping I can finish my sockpal’s that quickly.