Dan Mangan held my sock!

I was lucky enough to go to the Dan Mangan concert at the First Baptist Church in Ottawa last night. My new crutches (visible in the sock photo, a la The Yarn Harlot) were a pain (particularly when trying to leave in the snow!!!), but the music was amazing! Churches do indeed have great acoustics. The final song was a highlight, with the entire band in the centre aisle of the church, playing accoustically, and the entire audience singing our part as well!

My favourite song is Robots (watch the video below!)



We ended up buying the newest cd on the way out, as well as a cd from one of the opening bands, The Crackling. So lucky to be able to support artists I love!

And now its gone...

I have been knitting, and here's the proof:



I started working on a sock in some Lorna's Laces a while ago to deal with some long stretches in the car on a road trip (to the pyramids, which I still haven't posted about...) I love the colours in the ball, but the foot really wasn't working for me.



I don't know what it is, but I pretty much always have a striping effect when I'm using multicolour yarn. And I really don't like how it was working up.



The colour combination on the heel is much better.



So, I switched up the stitch pattern on the leg. (Its a simple, alternating slip stitch pattern.) Much better! Unfortunately, after ripping back once to lengthen the foot a bit, it is still too small. What I think they could really use is a slightly larger needle (I was using 2mm), but I didn't have one with me (since been found, and added to my Ravelry needle count). Frogging ensued, and I now have nothing more than a toe. Its not like I need them any time soon, so I will just keep working on them.