Heels - Done

 I always feel there is something quite magical about knitting heels on socks.  On my warm and cozy 12ply socks, these  heels are knitted in three stages.  First the reinforced heel flap, then turning the heel, and finally the gusset, picking up stitches each side to do the heel shaping.  Somebody really clever obviously worked out how to do do all this, and I'm in awe.    I have to sit quietly with my pattern, knit one row at a time reading the instructions, and carefully marking off each row in my notebook.  

Heels, done

I like to knit my socks two at a time, flat, on two needles, because there is no way I would even attempt those tiny double pointed needles, that seems much too hard for me.  And because both the foot and the leg parts are just straight knitting, it's really quite simple.  

Our weather has been quite nice recently, and there was a sprinkle of snow on the ranges behind us last week.

A sprinkle of snow

And then it all changed, with Mother Nature reminding us that it is still winter, and don't you forget it!  What a morning, rain blown by strong winds and cold temperatures.  Reports came through of wide spread power outages, not in my area, thankfully.    Strong winds and lightening strikes caused downed power lines in the South Island, with flights cancelled, and the interisland ferries maintained their sailings in the very rough sea conditions.   I always worry about our Arch Gola when the wind gets up, as I can hear it rattle and moan in the wind.  

It was a wet, windy, miserable day today

The storm seems to have passed by as the day wore on, hopefully it will be a much better day tomorrow.  It was a good day to stay hunkered down at home, luckily I didn't have to go anywhere.  I was nice and cozy, with tasty homemade soup for lunch, while the wind and the rain did their darndest outside.  Did a little stitching, some knitting, read some of my library book, a nice quiet day home, safe and sound.