{"id":116,"date":"2009-04-16T09:47:55","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T16:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/?p=116"},"modified":"2010-06-24T13:18:56","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T20:18:56","slug":"hearts-afire-or-i-love-these-socks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melissaruth.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/hearts-afire-or-i-love-these-socks\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearts Afire or I Love These Socks!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I almost always think that the latest pair of socks I make is my favorite. \u00a0And I do, certainly, have favorites. Last year’s Lizzie is definitely a fave, and the Popsicle socks I completed recently.<\/p>\n

And these, which I finished\u00a0maybe three (?) weeks ago but forgot to blog about\u00a0– Hearts Afire, by a designer on Ravelry. Perhaps I should have chosen a more solid yarn, but I love the yarn, I love the pattern, I have no complaints.<\/p>\n

\"Hearts<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0The yarn is Araucania Ranco Multy.\u00a0 I love this yarn, with its rustic feeling and nice colors.\u00a0 I have a couple more skeins (maybe four?) in my stash, which is great! The stitch definition is nice and I just like it in general.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The pattern is well written and very pretty. It is written toe-up and I prefer top-down so I changed the pattern in that way and added two pattern repeats down the heel.\u00a0 If it weren’t for such a well-written pattern I would not have been able to figure it out.\u00a0 So, props!<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"Hearts<\/a><\/p>\n

The weather has been iffy here lately – warm one day, cold the next, and it hailed yesterday! It’s been pretty chilly at night but I heard it’s supposed to get warmer… which I hate. But I have central air now, so this summer should be quite pleasant!<\/p>\n

We had Easter at my house this year, and that marked the first social event I have had since I moved in.\u00a0 (I think my friends were over when I first bought the place, but I remember a distinct lack of furniture… so that didn’t count.) Basically I was forced into major cleaning mode, and that kind of boiled down to shoving things in closets and a major clean-up… which ultimately resulted in a clean and fairly organized house!\u00a0<\/p>\n

I don’t know what to think about that!<\/p>\n

So, various and assorted things are coming up that I am looking forward to – this weekend a bead show in Oakland, my friend Julie is coming to visit from Biloxi at the end of the month, and the Maker’s Faire is in about a month.\u00a0 I also have some irritating real-life things to take care of, like the broken toilet and taking my car in for scheduled maintenance.\u00a0 I also had to pay taxes this year, and that really pissed me off.\u00a0 Not to mention, I still have dental work to complete! yaargh.<\/p>\n

Basically I should be more solvent by the end of the third fiscal quarter 2009. *sigh*<\/p>\n

Here is a meme for your reading\/stealing pleasure:<\/p>\n

Sunday Stealing: Green Meme<\/a><\/p>\n

1. What is your current obsession?<\/strong> Having\/not having money.\u00a0 And turnips on Animal Crossing. (Who has Animal Crossing for the Wii? Let’s be friends! So I can steal your fruit!)<\/p>\n

2. What\u2019s a good coffee place?<\/strong> My kitchen.\u00a0 I brew coffee just the way I like it – strong enough to knock your socks off, then doctor it up into delicious honey latte territory.\u00a0 I used to be big into Starbucks, but have totally lost interest; it’s not strong enough for me.<\/p>\n

3. Who was the last person that you hugged?<\/strong> My grandma at Easter,\u00a0I think.<\/p>\n

4. Do you nap a lot?<\/strong> I nap whenever I get the chance.\u00a0 I napped yesterday afternoon (knocked out by a combination of a headache, overall tiredness, and a tetnus shot), but as a result\u00a0was awake until almost 1 a.m. Napping is best done on the weekends.\u00a0<\/p>\n

5. Tonight, what\u2019s for dinner? <\/strong>Some form of macaroni and cheese, and probably chicken.\u00a0 Maybe a vegetable. (maybe.)<\/p>\n

6. What was the last thing that you bought? <\/strong>I bought a bunch of books on Tuesday, but today I bought a ham\/cheese\/egg\/english muffin at the downstairs bistro, because I was in need of protein.<\/p>\n

7. What is your favorite weather?<\/strong> I hate most weather.\u00a0 I love rainy weather – the type where you stay inside and listen to the rain and are cozy inside. Thunderstorms – love ’em.\u00a0 But I hate being cold, being hot, being neither hot nor cold… I am not easy to please.\u00a0 Probably 74 degrees and no humidity would be perfect weather for me.<\/p>\n

8. Tell us something about one blogger who you think will play this week? <\/strong>What?<\/p>\n

9. If you were given a free house that was fully furnished, where in the world would you like it to be? <\/strong>Either San Antonio, TX or Boston, Mass.<\/p>\n

10. Name three things that you could not live without.<\/strong> My glasses, my (quality of life changing birth control) pills, and comfortable shoes.<\/p>\n

11. What would you like in your hands right now? <\/strong>My pillow which means I could be at home and sleeeeeeping.<\/p>\n

12. What\u2019s one of your guilty pleasures?<\/strong> I like Mandy Moore.<\/p>\n

13. What would you change or eliminate about yourself?<\/strong> I wish I had more (any) patience.<\/p>\n

14. As a child, what type of career did you want?<\/strong> I still don’t know.\u00a0 In high school I wanted to be a geologist, but once I started down that path in college\u00a0I realized I didn’t really like science. I APPRECIATE science, but not enough to do it as a career.<\/p>\n

15. What are you missing right now?<\/strong> Money.<\/p>\n

16. What are you currently reading?<\/strong> Liberty & Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto<\/span> by Mark Levin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

17. What do you fear the most? <\/strong>I really kinda worry that our country is headed towards socialism.<\/p>\n

18. What\u2019s the best movie that you\u2019ve seen recently?<\/strong> Death Race.<\/p>\n

19. What\u2019s your favorite book from the past year?<\/strong> From the past year? I don’t know if I can choose. I really enjoyed the last two Jim Butcher books (the latest from each of his two series), and am currently HIGHLY enjoying Pride and Prejudice and Zombies<\/span>!<\/p>\n

20. Is there a comfort food from your childhood that you still enjoy?<\/strong> Sure, meatloaf or whatever. I like food.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

I finished a pair of socks for my sister last night and I started a pair of socks for me out of the new Cookie A book.\u00a0 So, at least I will have blog fodder later in the week. Or next week. Or whenever.<\/p>\n