Am I really that stupid!!!!????

Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am finally at the gussett of one of my many pairs of socks. My buddy Zonda showed me how to pick up the stitches at the gussett and I did fairly well on that part. But oh boy, when it came time to start the knitting on needle 1 and 2, with row 1 and 2 I became so confused. Instep, heel, needles 1 and 2. It was all overwhelming to me. My head started to spin. Zonda showed me, told me, and even drew me a picture of what I needed to do and it still it did not click. We were both laughing over the fact that I could not grasp the concept. I have no clue on why I am having such a hard time with this, but I am determined to do this. I have got to, I have 5 pairs of socks to knit for family members for Christmas. Maybe I'll just give them each 1 sock and let them know that maybe they wll get the matching pair for Christmas 2008; :0)

Michele has met her match!!!

Holy cow. I swear that I am going to come unglued at any moment. I am trying very hard to get 5 pairs of socks sone for family members for Christmas. Everything was going good....Until yesterday that was. I must have hit a snag or a sock fart because I could not do anything right yesterday.
I was knitting the heel portion and was doing ok then somehow the heel was the size of a dime. So Zonda to the rescue...She undid my mess up and fixed it for me. So tonight again with the same sock I still could't get anything happening. I swear I am going to have a nevous breakdown. So once again Zonda not only undid my mess but also finshed my heel for me. Zonda knows how anal I am and how hard it was for me to admit that I was totally defeated by a damn sock.
So I was wondering what the deal was with me and this one sock. I am knitting 3 other pairs as well and never had any problems with them before so why now all of a sudden am I having a hard time. Then it came to me out of nowhere, making perfect sence. This yellow and orange sock was going to be my sister Michele's sock. I love my sister dearly but Michele can be difficult at times causing me stress just like this sock is doing. This sock was destined to be Michele's from the start and the sock wanted me to know it!!!

This is my knitting buddy Zonda. We are modeling our earflap hats that we knitted together. Yes we are very proud of our hats.

Preemie hats

These are just some of the preemie baby hats that I am knitting. Once I am through, I will be bringing them to the NICU at Cape Fear Valley Hospital for all the preemies to enjoy.

I love my dad. I had wanted a swifter for awhile now and had enlisted my friend Zonda to help me get one. Zonda sent me several sites that showed how to make a swifter. It looked like something that my dad could handle. So I emailed him the links and pictures. I was getting worried necause I hadn't seen him make this for me. So it was a week until my birthday and I decided that I would send him one last picture with a nice message that if he loved me that he would make this for me for my birthday. :0) Well it worked. On my birthday my father handed me this beautiful swift. He did a super job on it and I love him dearly for doing this for me!!!! Love ya Dad!!

This is my finshed earflap hat. I must admit that it does look good. I do not know if I can bear to part with it. Guess I'd better hurry up and knit one for myself or sister will not get it.

This is my hat project half finished. I was able to knit about 4 more rows but now I need some double point needles in a size 15 in order to finish it. As soon as I get the double points it will take now time at all to complete. I must say that it is looking pretty good. Hope my sister will like it.