Finished and freezing

I was a good girl this weekend and concentrated on the second sockapaloooza sock. I wanted to get them done so that they’d have enough time to freeze their ass off (see previous blog post for the reason why). On saturday I knit some and by the time I went to bed I had turned the heel. On sunday morning I woke up early and knit some more and thought about things. I didn’t want to send the socks off looking all crumpled ugly ducklings, so I took a little break and made some sockblockers using pizza boxes and a Marimekko plastic bag. “Sockblockers” is reaching the status of being my favorite word at the moment, which is surprising considering that that status is usually held by a Finnish word or expression. Everytime I think it, I’m immediately reminded of Ghostbusters. I saw that movie again a short while ago, and it was not that disappointing. Usually childhood memories are best left as memories, but very occasionally one is positively surprised. I’ve wondered if I should dare see the Gremlins movies again, those were just great weren’t they?! But boy have I lost track of where I was going, aah, the sockblockers:

Cute, ay? As is evident from the photo, the sun was shining – very fitting for a sun-day. The weather was beautiful and not a cloud in the sky

I got a phone call from Frank at noon. He has recently moved from close by to even closer by, more like freakishly close, as he can almost (but not quite) see in through my bedroom window. His new apartment has a balcony which makes Frank one happy man. He would regularly talk about how good (previously) our balcony (now mine, all mine) is and how lucky I was that I got to keep it. In any case, Frank invited me to make a test run of his new balcony and drink some coffee and eat pulla (Finnish pastry, very yummi). Over there I went, and the balcony was pretty good. I knit some more on the sock. A careful inspection revealed the sock to be rather happy about the balcony as well

and it got finished there, so all in all it was a good day for the sock. We then proceeded to start the terrace season, and ended up behind Lasipalatsi where we had a few beers with Mika and Frank played around with the camera

Do you see it? I’m wearing the green monster. It is proving to be a perfect spring jacket. Despite the sun, the temperature is still quite low.Once home I washed the socks and dressed the sockblockers. Unfortunately I was so eager to stick the socks in the freezer that I forgot to take a final photo, but I can tell you they were crumpled ugly ducklings no more.