My mom the blogger...

My mom has a blog - Debbie's Blog - how weird is that? Every now and then she surprises me and is actually pretty computer savvy. Of course her not-so-savvy moments are pretty funny. Like when she decided to check out "this facebook thing" and somehow ended up in my account sending an e-mail to an old boyfriend of mine - with my name and picture attached. Luckily she at least signed it "Deb" so he knew something weird was going on. The whole situation was a little awkward - funny, but awkward. But then she set herself up on her own page all by her self. Maybe she's getting the hang of all this computer stuff. The best news is that what she can't figure out my dad (the former programmer) will, and then I reap the benefits of that, without having to do the work. A win-win situation!

In craft news...I FINALLY FINISHED MY FRANKLIN SOCK!!! Thank God, I thought this one was going to be the death of me. I do like the end result, although I don't think the fabric is as soft as I would like. Maybe once it gets washed it will be better. I decided to make a pair for Marley next (quicker gratification - she has the smallest feet around here, but not by much. The poor thing has her father's feet). I'm using some knitpicks yarn that was actually the cause of my last non-knitting rut. I wasn't crazy about it, but I figure it'll be better in a smaller sock. I even did a (very little) swatch, but I think they lie. I measured her ankle while she was sleeping (which was interesting, trying not to wake her up) and it was 7". My gauge was 8.5/inch. Which comes out to 60 stitches around. The socks I just made myself were 64 and none too tight. So I compromised on 56 and I'll rib the leg. Hopefully that will work. After knitting so many socks I can't understand while I still have issues with gauge. I have a degree in Chemistry - gauge math shouldn't be such an issue! I even added a square to my sock blanket with the Franklin - I'll try to take some pictures soon, but now I gotta go to bed!