Stepford Wife

I got a pool membership today, so I think that makes me officially a suburbanite. Scary.

In keeping with my Stepford Wife status, I made some food for a school fair, Swedish meatballs and Pepparkakor. (This recipe is really nice, but they aren't kidding about it making around 300 cookies. Usually when a recipe says "Makes 3 dozen" I get a dozen. But Ingi likes these one better than the Icelandic ones, so I guess it's OK that we have too many.)

I also finished the first Bavarian Rockstar sock, using my Kool-Aid yarn. This pattern is pretty fun, although there are a few errors, I have to remember to email her. I have taught myself to cable without a cable needle on these, it's really the only way to go with this pattern. I also did a funky elastic bindoff from Lucy Neatby's Cool Socks, Warm Feet. It's the only place I have seen this particular bindoff, it took a few tries to get it right, but it does make a nice elastic edge. If I can find it somewhere online later, I will add a link.





However, I am afraid I am going to experience Advanced Second Sock Syndrome. At some point between being out knitting last night and coming back to sit on my couch and finish binding off, I lost 2 of the only 4 remaining Pony Pearl needles that I was using to knit these socks. I don't have any other needles in this size. So I am hoping I find the needles in my car or under the couch, or I will have to wait until I can go out shopping for new needles.

Does this yarn work with this pattern?

This is the start of an Elfine sock. It is my second foray into toe-up socks. This one uses the Figure 8 cast on, which is kind of challenging to do at first but I really like the toe it makes.

I am wondering if the pattern is too complicated for the yarn. At first, I was thinking it really was, but as I go along, I think maybe it works just fine.

I have to take Ingi to his driver's test now to get his American driver's license. It's kind of funny, he got a letter saying you had to go with a licensed driver, like somehow having driven for 19 years and having an Icelandic license isn't good enough to drive yourself to your own driver's test.