Socks

In an odd moment while looking at my own socks (below) I gave in to my curiosity re: how many stitches they'd have. At completion, at 56 st/row & 11 rows per inch and with 5" of leg above the heel flap & an 11" foot, the pair will have 19,712 stitches (give or take a thousand). At a rate of 1 stitch every 4.6 seconds (112 stitches timed today for this calculation), which includes sliding stitches along the cables, etc. it takes 25.2 hours to complete. That doesn't include knitting a gauge patch nor the time to close the toes.  Still fun to do something quasi-mindless while listening to radio, books on tape, etc.

With that in mind, my socks shouldn't be simply a testament to whether I'm smart enough to knit a sock, but rather something more of a personal statement.

Knitting socks

ew. I just did the math. at 8 st/inch and 11 rows per inch, for my feet, a pair of socks will have roughly 26,700 stitches(+/- a thousand).
Gotta stop this insanity.

Green Tomatoes

Fried Green tomatoes. Who thought to take these fruits early and cook them like that? rather like eating hot pickles. good but exhaust system in kitchen does not quite get all the smoke out.

maybe better in noodle soup.