It’s not even 2:00 pm as I sit down to start writing this post, and already it’s been a very busy day (and it’s not like I get up early or anything, either…) Lots and lots of fibery stuff to write about. So, bear with me, bitte!

Last Night: I finished my newest sock. I’ve decided to call them the “Get to the Point” socks. Mostly because the pattern comes to a nice point every 10 rounds, but also because, well… The point? The point is knitting for knitting’s sake. I don’t need socks right now. It’s practically summer. I couldn’t, however, photograph the dang thing last night, because it was just so dark. So this afternoon, I got a few shots.

The first of the Get to the Point Socks finished, done in Fleece Artist Nova Sock on size 1s and 0s

An awkward shot of me wearing the first Get to the Point sock

A closeup of the foot - isn’t the colorway so pretty?

A closeup of the leg, showing the “pointed” stitch pattern

Another closeup of the foot, showing some of the stitch detail

It’s actually a really fun pattern to knit. Only a 10-round repeat, and four identical panels around, so it’s easy to memorize. And I love love love the Fleece Artist. It seems a bit heavier than most of the fingering weight yarns I’ve worked with, but it’s soft and fuzzy while still being fairly tightly spun. They’re comfy to wear and feel like they’ll hold up well. I’m quite happy with them. I wish I knew what the colorway was, but it didn’t say on the ballband. Oh well.

Later Last Night: So after I finished the sock, I started reading through some of the blog posts that had piled up in my reader. I started seeing pictures from Maryland Sheep & Wool. And oh how I drooled. I really would like to go next year.

This Afternoon: However… (there’s always a “however,” isn’t there?) It looks like even though I wasn’t able to go to Maryland this past weekend, I may still get to have a little fiber trip of my own next month. Mom called to tell me that plans had changed, and that she could bring me along to Market in Columbus this June, afterall! So we booked the flight, and I get to spend the first weekend in June hanging out with mom and browsing through all the fabulous stalls at TNNA this year. Words cannot describe how excited I am about this. (!!)

This Morning: (sorry ’bout the reverse order there, but that segue was a little too good to pass up) I’d read about Ravelry in a number of blogs, and so the other day I went over and signed up. I got my invitation to join this morning, and spent much of the morning and early afternoon setting up profile and projects. It’s way too much fun. The only thing I don’t particularly like about it is that you have to have a Flickr account to show pictures of projects. And while I do have a Flickr account, all I’ve got is a free one, which limits you to 200 photos. Most of my photos are hosted on my own webspace, and it’d be nice if there were a way to display those instead of (or in addition to) the Flickr ones. But it’s still in beta testing, so… we’ll see how it goes.

Later this Afternoon: In non-fiber-related kitty news, Seymour caught his first bumblebee today. He somehow managed to get part of it in his mouth (without the dang thing stinging him, too), and then it started flapping its wings (do bumblebees “flap” their wings?), freaking him out, and he ran inside with it still in his mouth. (Stupid cat - now the damn thing’s inside!) At that point, he let it go, and it started flying around the living room (a bit haphazardly, owing to the fact that Seymour had sorta taken a chomp out of him). I was finally able to corner it and squish it… But that was one very pissed off bee. Before it started flying around, I think it did sting Seymour on his paw, but he seems okay … He’s not limping or coddling his paw at all, so… No harm done, I guess (except to the damn bee… That sucker’s dead. I don’t take kindly to insects in my home.)

Speaking of insects, I have to wonder if we’ve got termites here. I noticed a few piles of what looks like sawdust on the porch railing the other day, and I have no idea what else could have caused it… Very strange.

Sawdust on my porch railing… from termites, perhaps?

ETA: Apparently, mom was right. My problems aren’t bumblebees and termites - they’re carpenter bees! Freaky. A few fun minutes of contorted poses and camera angling showed me this:

The first is up underneath the porch railing, directly above the pile of sawdust. Interesting. And icky. The second is up on the overhang up over the porch. Also icky. Icky icky icky. I don’t like bugs. And reading up on these suckers grossed me out a little. Ew.