A few months ago, my oldest son decided he wanted to buy Monopoly.  We went to a few thrift stores and he scored one for a few bucks.  My youngest son immediately started playing Monopoly ALL THE TIME.  

And they're done!  

Took a few months to make and a lot of baseball practice sitting, but my older son's socks are finished!  The yarn is a nice grey shade of washable yarn found at the local thrift store by hubby.  Despite the fact it's nice and warm today he's wearing them to school.

I won't be making this pattern again, I wasn't happy with the heels on either of these, nor the way the tops stretched out somewhat despite being directed to cast on loosely.  Ah well - now I can start another pair!

A lovely lady who was watching over the crafting table at our church yard sale gave me a bunch of yarn the second she found out I love to knit/crochet.

I had thought of a few things to do with the new stuff, and as I haven't done any projects for anyone outside family for a while, decided I would make some children's hats.

Found the pattern, found the hook, went to it, realizing far too slowly that I probably should have thought about checking yarn weight/gauge (simply based it on the feel of the yarn).

These socks have been many places with me over the past four months - birthday parties, get-togethers with friends, the Vancouver Aquarium, many car rides, the backyard, a bunch of ball games, the Canadian Museum of Flight for measuring and a bunch of other places I can't recall.  They were also the inspiration for a little sewn knitting bag.  

I LOVE looking at old crafting books.  Not like 80s old (too scary) but anywhere from the early 1900s to 70s.  My MIL's friend gave me a couple of really cool McCall's crafting books a while ago, and I just love flipping through them - in fact, I flagged a bunch of projects to make.  These are from the 1960s and I love how a lot of the classic sweater styles really stay classic.