Reality Knitblogging

I was thinking about writing up a post tonight on the local grocery stores I visit. I'm a regular customer at no less than three different stores, and there are five that I visit probably at least once a month. It's a little crazy. I visited two in the last two days, and the difference between them is stark. So I was going to describe it all, and then I realized that the point isn't to put my readers to sleep, let alone drive them away. I'll leave to your imagination the details of SuperTarget (SuperCommercial, Super Self-Centered Shoppers, SuperPre-Packaged) versus the amazing local co-op The Wedge (a wedge of organic everything, a wedge of great advice from the resident chef who is very nice to my kids, a few wedges of lunch and treats from the awesome deli counter, and a giant wedge of friendly, crunchy shoppers who smile at my girls and treat each other nicely).

Bored yet? Me too. Let's look at some knitting pictures. Most knitbloggers do their best to show their knit pieces in beautiful settings, neatly - even artfully - displayed. I do it myself to the best of my ability most days. Not tonight. Tonight we are having reality knitblogging because I need to go tackle the stack of bills and crappe building up on my desk, as well as this:



No, not the cats - they manage themselves quite well, although they could really use a bit more attention than they're used to lately. I'm talking about the four baskets of clean laundry in my living room waiting to be folded, plus the two more in the washer and dryer downstairs. OY!

So let's have a look at the knitting progress. We haven't looked at Blankie since the 19th, and she continues to inch along. I didn't bother tucking in the ends tonight, so you can see what the normal mess of strings looks like.



And here's a close-up of one new section:



We're approaching the end of Socktoberfest, so I ran around the house and even out to the garage to gather up all the socks in progress for a little snapshot. First, let's take a look at where we were on October 7:



And now, artistically displayed on the high chair which has at least been wiped clean of tonight's pureed peas and oatmeal...from left to right - the Jaywalker that has been in the bag I take to the yarn store while teaching classes, the one that has been in the diaper bag (this one has seen the most knitting time this month); the plain-jane stockinette sock that's been living by the computer but also making trips up to the baby room while I get Sophie back to sleep; and finally the one that's been serving as emergency knitting in the car, which has been sorely neglected in favor of the diaper-bag Jaywalker. I'd really like to finish the Jaywalkers soon, as they are nice wool that will keep my toes warmer than the cotton-wool blend of the other socks. Too bad I can't work on them in the dark.



No kid pictures today, although Sophie got her first shiner this afternoon - nothing serious - just bopped her face on the side of the dollhouse while trying to stand at it on her own. Tomorrow I hope to get some better pictures of them in their Halloween costumes.

Now it's time for some chores!