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So I've been remiss in blog posting. Alas, I have nothing interesting and public to say right now.

It's been in the mid 70s to high 80s in Boston for the past week - gloriously sunny. Unfortunately, this means that it is officially way too hot to work on sweaters. The Irish Moss needs 2 more repeats of the central motif on each shoulder saddle - that's 32 rows of approximately 17 stitches, if memory serves, and so it's really less than an evening's work. Then it needs to be pieced together, and the collar knit - maybe two evenings' work, though mattress stitch always goes faster than I expect. But when it's 80 degrees out when I get home from work, picking up a sweater is the last thing I want to do when I get home.

On the other hand, the second blue sock is about 20 rounds away from being done. I've been knitting on the T. If you see a male sock knitter with a shaved head on the Red Line or on a bus near Davis Square, say hi.

There was a thread on Socknitters this week about the tiresome parts of knitting socks. Some people hate toes, others hate heels, others hate ribbing. I've determined that what I hate is change -- I never mind the toe when I'm a bit into it, I never mind the heel once it's started, and I never mind ribbing after the first row. But I've had socks sit for weeks before because I got to the point where I needed to start the heel, or start the ribbing, or start the toe, and I just didn't feel like doing it.

Go figure.

In other news, one of the goals for the weekend is to get my current projects photographed and on Ravelry. I meant to make it to a knitting circle this week, but I went to a board game night instead. I'm also trying to find a knitting shop in Boston that sells metal glove needles in sizes 00 and 000. More news as it happens.