I need to talk about it to keep me going. But I’ll sneak some knitting in here, too.

Yesterday, after finishing my post, I went for a 50 minute walk. It was fantastic. I drank a strawberry and pecan shake (1 cup milk, 3 huge frozen strawberries, 1/2 cup strawberry yogurt, protein and vitamin powders, and a handful of pecans). I took a fish oil capsule with it. I drank a lot of water throughout the day. I munched on hummus and pita chips. We BBQ’d skinless chicken for dinner.

It felt good.

I’ve started what I think will be Veronica’s stocking. I didn’t really know what to do with the cuff. I had intended on knitting a plain, rolled top but as I thought about it more, it sounded a bit too rustic for what I wanted. Instead, I did 2×2 ribbing for awhile, then cast off 8 stitches. I cast them back on the next round, leaving a “button” hole of sorts,

continued 2×2 ribbing for a few more rounds, then put the cast on edge on another circular and “hemmed” it with my live stitches to make a casing for an i-cord or decorative ribbon to hang the stocking by. It’ll either be brilliant or disastrous. Don’t know yet. Has anyone else done or seen a stocking cuffed like that? If someone else has done it and worked the kinks out, I’d love to know about it.

In looking at the picture, it seems like it would look better to start the cuff out as flat knitting, and then hem the cast on edge to the live stitches at the bottom of the rib to make a vertical hole, as opposed to an awkward looking horizontal one. The more I look at it, the more I think I’m going to frog and start over.

I started it late one night/morning in the wee hours when I couldn’t sleep for an unfortunate combination of reasons. It’s too small to knit on a 16 inch circular, so I tried to figure out magic loop just guessing at what I was supposed to do. I hated it. Probably because I was using a bamboo needle with a rather stiff cord. I think it’d be easier on a steel needle. So I decided to try 2 circulars, also not knowing the technique, but taking my best guess.

I like it. I like it a lot. I’m ecstatically, enthusiastically, brilliantly happy.

The down side? If the stockings are too small to knit on a 16 inch needle, how is Olivia going to knit hers?