Time Change
After all of the Hallowe’en fun, did you remember to change your clock? I certainly enjoyed the extra hour of sleep (who am I kidding…the extra hour of knitting) I had last night. Yesterday, our family dressed up to give the trick-or-treaters a scare.
the hands and faces glow in the dark
Some children yelled for their parents, others refused to take candy from those bony fingers, and others stood there telling me “I’m not scared”, “You’re not creepy”, “You’re not real”. They can’t handle the suspense and our silence as we give them candy. Others were masked and robed and sitting outside completely still, or operating the fog machine and strobe light.
jack-o-lantern
We went trick-or-treating at my grandmother’s house. She has lost track of how many pumpkins she’s carved in her 94 years. I brought my recent knitting to show her. She was excited by some of the things that are on my needles. She told me that she’s a swatchless knitter also because she has no time to waste anymore.
I have no time to waste either! I cast on several projects this fall for colleagues and friends who have new babies in the family. The babies are getting bigger by the day, and I’ve been ignoring the projects, knitting mittens instead. Here is one project that I finished. The pattern is Phazelia’s baby socks {Ravelink}. It’s based on a Turkish sock pattern. They are a very satisfying knit. The pattern is easy to follow, and explains well how to construct the sock. It comes with 3 different stitch pattern options, and a blank grid to design your own. The sole of the foot can incorporate the baby’s name, or birth year too. I think that they will make lovely Christmas tree ornaments when the baby outgrows them.
Turkish Baby Socks
And….for all those enjoying the extra hour from the time change, be inspired by these lovely tams (KnitPicks kit), which can have the clock face knit in colourwork numbers, or in cabled roman numerals. You can even knit your own clock face! I am not a tam wearer, and I don’t really need a knitted clock face, but I am inspired by the cable roman numerals. Who knows where I can incorporate that into a project later on.
clock tams
