Here is the sock I’ve been working on.

As you can see in the photo, the yarn is Knit Picks “Sock Garden” and the color is Hydrangea, which I really do like. Last night I finished the cuff while we watched part of the 2nd Season of “The 4400″ which I got from Netflicks. I’m trying to get caught up before they get too far into season 3 as this is pretty much my only summer TV addiction so far . . . okay maybe that and “The Closer” so a Sunday night show and a Monday night show the rest of the week its DVDs for me!

Anyway, back to the sock. I’m doing one of the ribbed socks from Vintage socks with this yarn, should be an interesting combo, old pattern & contemporary yarn style. I can’t wait to see how it turns out. My gauge was different than what she had in the book so I have 80 stitches instead of 60 though I’m still using the size 1 needles. It seems weird to have 80 stitches for a sock for me. I usually do “plain” socks at 48 stitches on a size 2 needle and they fit just fine . . . but when I cast on the 60 stitches for this it just looked far too small . . . I’m hoping this works out okay . . . . we’ll see. If they are too big I think I know someone who could wear them anyway . . . . maybe.

And just so you don’t think I do anything other than housework and the baby . . . here is a picture of my garden this year.

It isn’t much, but it is mine. I’ve got about a 3 ft. deep strip, maybe 20 feet in length along the back fence where I have some flowers, cooking herbs, lavender and now 2 rose bushes along with a few tomato plants, eggplant and even some peas. Just a bit of everything. I added to it a lot this year, doubled the depth of it and have added a lot of perrennials so next year it should be really great! I love having the cooking herbs right there where I can just pick a little of this or that when we are cooking, very handy. In the photo above are lavender, rosemary, spicy globe basil and scotch spearmint. All yummy.

Well, we’ve got the kiddie pool filled and warming up and after his nap we are headed for a walk and then a swim and perhaps the sandbox until lunch time . . . busy day ahead!