He Loves Them!

Ian that is, he loves his new socks.   I finished them yesterday morning, removed them for long enough to trim his nails and then he wore them all yesterday; put them in the wash and then this morning he rescued them to wear them again today.  I'll need to steal them soon to wash them I think.

 I'm a bit miffed with Blogger, my insert images button isn't coming up with photo upload options; it seems to be linked to google docs only so I had to drag this photo from my files; hope it works ok.   If this sort of thing keeps up I may have to shift back to Wordpress.

The new Scott Base socks; notice the matching stripes!

Distracted

Tired as I haven't been sleeping well for the last few days, finger is still acting up and I'm totally addicted to playing Skyrim on the Xbox.    I need to get the game finished so I can get back to crafting.
I've cut George's hair, this is halfway through; it's now a number 2 cut.

 Also getting ready for his enrollment at intermediate level next year.   Some signatures required from us and him and I can take this in.    I'll wait till a fine day though, I have to walk as there's no parking to be had near the school at all.

I've not been a total loss on the crafting side.   I have at least got Ian's socks to the foot point and done some mending (does that count as craft?) and my stays are now bound on the bottom.    I'm waiting on the ribbon to arrive to see if I can get away with making eyelets with my current awl or if I have to wait till my bigger awl arrives.    I've also got the dies coming for my snap press to let me do eyelets on the press; that will be great for any Victorian era corsets I may do.

Ian's second sock is now looking good.

The stays all bound, that blue thing on the bottom is my current awl

 I might have picked up some leather and suede to use in my corsets as well.   Navy leather (lambskin) and navy, tan and chocolate suede which will be used mainly for binding in future.

My current spinning, very fine silk/merino

Hoping to get Skyrim finished this week.  Also have an appointment to see an osteopath to try and sort out my finger, will see if he can help with the IBS and painful periods as well seeing as I'm there anyway.  Also paying a visit to a spinning friend so her husband can fix 2 bobbins for me that stick a little; must remember to take the wheel and bobbins when I pop over!  Speaking of the wheel, she now has a new accessory thanks to Joanne who made a wee bag to hold onto those bits that get picked out of fibre when spinning and usually end up where they shouldn't.   Now I can pop them in there and then biff them when I get home; fantastic!

In garage news, it's held up due to levels, waiting to hear back from Skyline who are waiting to hear from a particular person in council to find out what options we have.   

Fed Up

A little over a week ago I got a sore finger which I've determined is a trapped ulnar nerve, in my dominant hand.   It's painful in certain positions and has really slowed me down for hand-sewing (which means my stays and work).   To compound it I've got a really nasty chillblain on the same finger, so it doesn't want to bend properly; currently hitting it with tonnes of Weleda Frost Cream.   
Can't knit while that stuff is fresh and same goes for the sewing.
Been to the chiropractor twice, first time helped, second one seems to have done nothing and I'm not sure if I should go back or not.   Trying some exercises off Youtube as well to stretch things out and try and persuade the wee sod to go back in place properly.

I have managed to get to the heel flap of Ian's second sock despite that, no spinning, am halfway around the bottom binding on my stays; should be finished binding them by now.    No work on the colourwork sheep cushion. 

Hoping to get some more progress for you next week.