Since the semester started this past Monday it is becoming increasingly more difficult to update my blog. The Internet is working surprisingly well, touch wood, but I think the firewall against blogs has been reinforced. Needless to say this is pretty frustrating for me. I’m trying my best to work around it but so far it’s been a tough go. I’m now attempting to publish through Google Docs & Spreadsheets, and I’m not sure how well it will work or how long it will work.

Before leaving for China I decided to make my Dad a pair of socks for his birthday, in November, but due to the time constraints that accompany a trans-Pacific move I didn’t have the chance to start them. Once we arrived it took me a while to get the knitting groove back as I was acclimating to a new environment. October came around and I thought to myself a month would be enough time to start and finish them. They’d be a bit late, but Dad would appreciate a gift a week or so late.

I’m sure you can see where this is going.

It’s now March and on Wednesday did I just finish this, the first sock.





At the rate I’m going they’ll be finished for his next birthday. What’s not helping is that I’m completely hooked on the Grecian Plait sweater pattern from Knitty (which I can't link to because Knitty's blocked and anonymouse isn't working right now). I know it’s a sweater, I’ve had the urge to expand my repertoire and am making another attempt at sweaters.