Waiting and Knitting

 We woke up to a light rain this morning....

the weather men were conferring over the conditions.

In the background, you can see the Magnolia tree.

 It is a towering giant in the front yard.

 Bill picked me a tight bud last night;  this morning it was beginning to open.

 By 9am, it was fully open and it was a heady aroma!

(When I came home 4 hours later, my room was and still is delicious smelling!!!!) 

 During visit time, I sat in the car during the drizzling weather.  I worked on a sock.

 I ran into a knot, rudely placed interrupting the flow of the stripes!  Grrrr.  I rolled ahead and found the right spot to continue the pattern. 

I bound off during the dinner prep waiting time in the evening. 

Technical stuff--I tried some new things with this sock; 

I started the toe with 14 stitches instead of 12

           then worked up to 60 stitch count on 2.5mm needles

                      when I hit the heel position, I slipped three stitches on each end of the front needle to                    the back so that instead of the usual use of half of the stitches for heel stitches,

because I increased the count to 60% of the stitches so

 I worked the heel over 36 stitches in this instance. 

 I worked a short row heel and that was straight forward. 

 The fit is nicer I think and I will be doing this on all future socks.  

(there was more room in the heel area and it wasn't so tight.)