Christmas countdown: T-5

Five golden Toques!

Sorry, a Bob & Doug moment there. It's all good. Today I'm not working at the store (thank heavens, these closing shifts are hell on wheels), so it's housework, groceries, cooking, etc. First on the chore list is laundry, which precludes dish-doing (or showering), so while the laundry launders, I'm surfing and knitting.

After I finished the striped scarf, I dug these socks out of the WIP pile - the first one only needed six rows to finish the toe off, and I cast on the second right away, but it's only a couple inches in. These are in Patons Shetland Chunky, a discontinued dark pink/charcoal marl, using their Happy Hands 'n' Feet pattern. The first pair of socks I ever made (for Peter) was using this pattern and these are warm socks - great for inside big rubber boots, or just for wearing around the house. Sadly they need hand-laundering, but so be it.

Once this pair is done (hopefully this week), I'm getting back to work on Peter's sweater - he's been making noises about it. And I have a request from a guy at work to knit him a sweater: "a big chunky shawl-collar type." Egad. So I have to research patterns for that over the holidays; I told him that I'd do it for double the cost of the yarn, whatever that is. I could make $100 or more on this, if I'm lucky (I know, don't do the hourly wage calculation, but money is money). But for today, socks and housework. You know, I'm going to have a heck of a time getting back to my fulltime job next week!