The Rewards of Idle Time: Or How I Finished Socks When I was Supposed To Be Resting....

WARNING!!!! Pasty, untanned leg alert! Continue at your own risk!!!

Well, the advantages of a day off are that you can sort of lounge and finish things that have not had proper time and attention, case in point, the Fern Clog Socks. I knit two at a time, toe up, so the pattern you see is upside down to what the *real* pattern looks like. And I knit the front with it, and it's not on the heel, so they are not clog socks at all. And then I ended up with ladders due to the pattern rather than the two circulars......you know, whine-whine-whine.
But as I sit here with them on, they are quite comfortable and it is a warm day, so they should be good on cooler days. And photographing socks by yourself is not easy to do without ending up in traction.
Now what to knit next....

A different view----they aren't bad. I wanted ferny-like color, but the selections were few so I have stripey ferns.
Oh well.

Other guilty pleasures of the weekend, and another disclaimer.
I am not, nor ever have been at ANY time in my life, a KISS fan. I thought they were a bunch of over-rated, over dressed, just plain OVER goofs. Plus Gene Simmons said nasty things about women who played bass (AHEM!!!!) and that torqued me off but good.
HOW EVER.
I watched a marathon of episodes of Gene Simmons Family Jewels and I hate admitting this.....I reeeealy, as an old Punk hate admitting, I feel like I am being a traitor to our code......it was one of the funniest things I have seen! His children are articulate (and he is too) and, (sigh and ick) he really seems to love the woman he lives with and has fathered his kids with. Of course, his kids think he's a dork who thinks he's cool, so that goes a long way in making the show funnier.
There.
Now I can go wash my mouth out with turpentine.
Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed watching Gene and family in situations that were most entertaining, especially when he (extremely Jewish!) was asked to be the Godfather in a Catholic Baptism. (that one's priceless) Trust me---for a belly laugh, and a few touching moments, watch this show if your have spare time.
And there's no way that hair is real, but so what? If you buy it, it's yours....right?

Movie surprise of the weekend:

UNDERDOG!
Yes, I was a fan of the cartoon and remember seeing promos for the movie thinking "no way.....".
Okay, I was wrong on that too. It's a cute, good little family film with some funny moments and the special effects are quite acceptable---not overblown but keep the feeling of the original 'toon. Watch it when you need your brain to chill.
Now it's the start of another week and I'm off to the Doc, so blogging may again get dicey and sparse but hey, I'll find something artsy or asinine to fill my page. ;-)
Now have a good one, and seriously, I have not lost my mind......really. Don't send for the padded wagon quite yet.
Maybe tomorrow.......

Pax.