Wednesdays - Not Just Hump Day

It's Wednesday!  I love Wednesdays because most weeks it's the day I get together to knit with my friend, Michele.  I started teaching Michele to knit a couple of months ago - I think it was the middle or end of January.  She picked up very quickly and after 3-4 weeks of learning and practicing, she made her first project - a washcloth.  After finishing one for each of her two children, I had her start a new project last week - the Petra Hat from a pattern on Ravelry.  It's the one I mentioned in yesterday's blog entry, except I rewrote it so that she could work it from the bottom up rather than starting at the top of the crown.  The reason for this is that she had only worked with straight needles so far, but would have had to start with double pointed needles working crown-down, and they can be downright fiddly to work with at the casting-on point.  By starting bottom-up with a split brim, she could use a circular needle but work back and forth as she had done on straight needles, then join and work in the round, then move to double pointeds when the circumference gets too small for the circular needle.  It's a much less stressful way to be introduced to the dpns.

Anyway, it's our knitting day!  Recently we've also been joined by Michele's (and my) friend, Leigh.  The three of us used to meet regularly at the cafe in Barnes & Noble back in November to work on our novels.  We all managed to start and finish at least 50,000 word fiction novels in a single month thanks to support, companionship, and caramel macchiatos.  Leigh works at Michael's and is a knitter herself, so we've become a little knitting group.  It's nice to have time set aside to work on projects and to also be social.

We usually meet in the morning, but today we're meeting at 11:30 for lunch and knitting.  Anytime food is added to an event, it makes it that much better!  I'm taking a pot of lentil soup that's currently simmering on the stove.

I think our dog is wondering why I'm cooking so early in the day.  He knows something is up so he's giving me those sad puppy dog eyes as if to say "Don't leave me.  Stay and pet me.  I need love.  My life is soooo hard."

Rogue giving me his sad look

But alas, I must continue to work on my Ribbed Ribbon socks while the fire is hot!  I have thus far resisted the urge to cast on another pair of socks!  Today I plan to work more of the gusset increases on these ones instead.

Ribbed Ribbon Socks - starting gusset increases

Hmm... soup is simmering, carpet has been vacuumed, laundry is in the dryer, and I have an hour until I need to leave for Michele's house.  I guess it's time to knit!