I'm giving the adult socks away tonight but had to complete at least one matching baby sock so I could get a photo with both sizes. I used this pattern for the baby sock. I'll give her the matching baby socks later.

Trial run

My husband's in charge of the food for a meeting this Friday, and I knew what I wanted to make: Nutella-filled challah. But because I'd never made it before (and because I don't have to go to the meeting and thus cannot eat that particular loaf of bread), I baked some last night.

I was surprised at how much it split in the middle and saddened to see so much Nutella had oozed out the bottom.

It's good, but it could definitely use more Nutella. I am considering making the next loaf with four strands. (Here is a neat video showing 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-strand bread braiding.) And it should probably be bigger than this one, because the two of us have already made quite a dent in it.

I saw an interesting bird in my backyard and took several lousy photos from my living room so my husband could see it too. We later decided it was a sharp-shinned hawk.


I cast on a Monkey in the Sweet Georgia yarn I have, but I don't like the pooling too much.


A long time ago I finished this sock, but it's too tight in the toes, so I need to do something about that. I'm considering ripping the whole thing out to make the leg not be ribbed, but I don't know.