Jigsaw anyone? New socks in action

 The socks are done and in action.

After I'd knitted to my preferred length, I even had leftover yarn, to my great surprise.

Knitting them side by side is definitely the way to go. Once one was cast off, the other was ready to cast off, and it was so much less laborious than one sock at a time. I think that's my m.o. from now on. 

And what treat to just keep knitting the same yarn instead of having to figure out stripes and other ways to eke out the supply. I did make some nice designs, but it's easier if you don't have to.

They're so comfortable, a bit warm for this weather but they'll be great when it's colder. 

Now the denim vest and the socks are done I feel free to think what next. 

Maybe the string mat thing. 

Meanwhile to my surprise I got out one of the jigsaw puzzles I acquired last winter for winter entertainment and never started.

And even found I quite liked doing my San Francisco street scene. Amazing, for someone who isn't a puzzler, crossword, Sudoku, Wordle, scrambles, all leaving me pretty much uninterested. So this is new. 

As a kid i liked to cut up pictures to make into puzzles, just straight cuts. And I created some pretty simple crosswords, and made up riddles to drive my sisters mad. But doing puzzles already thought up,  not so much. Maybe I'll actually do this puzzle thing this winter. 

The library puts out a puzzle now and then for anyone to sit and work on for a while. They set it up near the reference desk, because of experience with obstreperous kids and oblivious parents. 

I think their puzzles might be a bit beyond me, those solid color million pieces type. But we'll see if they resume,  now the pandemic is more or less manageable.

And food continues to happen, Roma plum tomatoes with seasalt, black pepper, blue cheese crumbles, parsley and flaked baked cod. 

Writing a blog like this one, with many ideas and observations and projects, it's always fun to see what people comment on. Often a random throwaway thought is what interests readers more than the ideas I thought were the point. Always good to see what people really like to talk about. 

So here goes again, from my desert island of a life, so many days with no company, no conversation, just my own resources. It's good to have a blog to anchor myself in the human race. 

Happy day everyone, puzzle on!

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