socks frogs and mandy pie of course :)

first pair of socks done ... Laura promised if she could have them she would let me take a picture of them on her feet....
second try on needles frogged..... all due to trying a different look with stitches . I should know better always work on plain at first when learning anew thing.

ugh try again.. this time pick different color yarn. figured out that if i put the work down i have no choice when i pick it up but to begin with the yarn end that will let me knit. so no longer worried about setting the work down. still poke it into the yarn ball anyway good habit . i am listening to the Alexander link doing fine knitting along on this pair when i discover i turned one heel and didn't turn the other . frog back both so there the same. and keep on knitting.
i think a person learns a ton when having to frog allot. or tear it back. in doing so i learned i can put everything back on the two needles using my dp's and with effort have it on the way it should go and then continue knitting and come out ok.
so the fear of knitting on two needles is fading fast . and the total fascination of it all is strong and just taking hold fast. maybe soon i can do this and be confident enough to take on a totally different stitch when knitting socks.

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Mandy pie sweater. today she promised we will work on that. so far i know its going to have a heart some where but that is about it that and color.i told her fine but today when you wake up we work . design talk about your sweater until were done so i can begin knitting it ok . she smiled her sweet ok grams what ever smile and said yes of course and went back to her toons.
i did get the chance to fix her ivory necklace she got for Christmas. its a very tiny ivory flower with a gold nugget in the center. the chain broke. talk about a major pain trying to find a tiny enough o ring to replace the one that was missing. i finally found an earring find that i could shape into an o and cut that would actually fit . no guarantees it will hold for ever but its a working piece again . Mandy of course was tickled pink . I fell asleep last night to a sci fi movie and as she tucked into bed she said " grams if you fall asleep can i change the channel ?" i said "sure jut put the sleep timmer on ok. " woke up to total darkness and now i wait. still with a ton of questions. and alot of blank paper and colored pencils if needed .