Eloquent Pedestrian

Lately I have had an affliction of the needles. I have too many projects on them. (I do have new needles since my last knitting post) But I have so many things going on, I can't stand to go to my projects page on Ravelry and see them all. So I want to FINISH things. So first, I finished up my first pair of toe up socks, which have only been waiting for me to have the right needles for them.  I initially "finished" the socks a little short because I was worried about having enough yarn. I had plenty of yarn, and I decided to use more up by adding two inches to each sock. I ended up knitting four extra inches, and I still only stopped because I couldn't stand the things any more.  That's me, doing my best impression of a foot form. I've also had a bug to knit a sweater for a long time. Just like with socks, I have heard a lot of talk about how hard sweaters are. So just like with socks, I decided to knit a baby sweater first. Fortunately my cousins are ...

This is my least favorite part of gardening. Come to think of it, this is my least favorite time in knitting too, which is why I'm working on so many things at once... Anyway! All of my lovely little plants are in the ground, it's too early to tell if the carrot experiment will work the second try, and I've waited this long to show you my lovely mulched garden:  Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must place it here, beside this shrubbery, only slightly higher so you get a two layer effect with a little path running down the middle. (A path! A path!) Oh right, have I not mentioned my roses are GORGEOUS? I have more to clear, and some more seeds to plant, but that's not the point. The point is that the exciting part's over, for now. Picking plants is exciting, watering them every day is not. Putting plants in the ground is exciting, weeding is not. So unless I become an obsessive record keeper and start measuring all of my plants every day and p...