Lelah’s finally finished! I’m not as thrilled with the final result as I thought I would be, but at least it’s not hideous. We’re at my Grammy’s for the weekend, so when I was done with the crochet around the top and straps, she helped me steam the straps straight because they were still curling in, and let me use their good camera to take some pictures. Please excuse the facial expression! These are two of a huge batch of self-timer photos that I took.


C’est une beauté, n’est-ce pas? I really enjoyed making this pattern, and I’m also really glad that I finished it before we set off for California!
My sister and my grandma and I spent the day on the town looking around in shops. We went into a little place that sold yarn, and guess what I had the impulse to buy? Yes, that’s right, sock yarn. Even me, the total novice socknitter, bought two skeins of Brown Sheep Wildfoote Handpainted Luxury Sock Yarn (who came up with that name? It takes so long to say that I don’t really want to talk about it anymore) because they were $5 apiece. I do have a project in mind for it though. Since I’ll be in the car for the next few days, I thought maybe socks would be the perfect project because their portable and don’t take up much room, and then I thought, what pattern does good justice to variegation? Guess what, everyone, I’ve cast on for a pair of Jaywalkers!

Yes, I am aware of the fact that just about everyone and their mom has made a pair, but not me yet! I also am already loving the colorway I picked out (dubbed ‘Sonatina’ by the folks at Brown Sheep Company) and I think I’ll have no trouble finishing them before we reach our final destination.
Well, since we’ll be gone on vacation, I guess I won’t be blogging for a couple of weeks. Goodbye, fair readers! I hope you’re all having awesome summers!