Today was rather better

[ailbhe]

We went out relatively early for a weekend and went to the painting session in the Town Hall. Linnea... painted. She was particularly amused to find that paint is slippery when walked upon, so she did a few artistic skids and a number of tracks. She also painted me and Rob, and her belly, and just before we started cleaning her up, she painted her hair blue. Thoroughly.

Then Rob and I bought ourselves some new socks, as a special "It's winter and now we need to admit that most of our socks are unwearably worn" treat. I think I will have to start buying socks in the men's department, because I like my socks to either have exciting patterns, or be warm and comfortable, and the women's department just about managed "not boring" patterns. I wonder what men's shoe size I take? I'm a ladies UK 5 or 6.

Thicker socks would also help my ankles, come to think of it. All my shoes rub to some extent.

Anyway, after socks, Linnea and I headed for the Forbury Gardens, and Rob went the opposite direction to buy sausages in buns for our lunch. Except that Linnea wasn't happy once she realised that Daddy had vanished, and turned around right next to the "Fathers For Justice" banner and called "Dadda! Dadda! Dadda!" so I had to stand there, holding her firmly by the reins, saying, right next to the "Fathers for Justice" banner, "Daddy will be back soon. Come on, darling, Daddy back soon. Daddy's gone to get lunch. Daddy back soon, I promise. Come on, darling."

She did come on that time, but outside the Early Learning Centre she lay down and refused to move for so long that I actually called Rob to tell him we weren't going to be at the Gardens.

Lunch, once we had it, was most pleasant, and she liked the onions very much. Then she ran around madly, until we decided it was late, and we headed home, via Oxfam, where I bought some loose chamomile tea (that is, just plain old dried chamomile flowers, nothing tealike about it). We got the bus home and Linnea napped for hours while I knitted and Rob ordered a wormery.

We've ordered one that takes no effort on our parts so hopefully it will be used.

My knitting is coming along nicely. I've realised that if I want to knit Linnea a winter coat I need to finish the project on my 3mm needles now so I'm working pretty hard at it.

Muffins make the world go round. And I think I won't need to buy any clothes this winter! I have found a bunch of perfectly adequate long-sleeved tops that probably still fit! Hurrah!

But I will need socks. I wish socks didn't wear out so easily. I must learn to knit them.

Comments

[k425.livejournal.com]

Men's and women's sock/shoe sizes are the same, I believe, so if you're a 5-6 you're a 5-6.

L has impeccable timing...

I have killed two sets of worms in the time I've had wormeries. Nearly every meal we eat involves onions. Apparently worms don't like too much onion.

I have lost my 3mm needles. Goodness knows how. Need to visit my LYS for more, next time I'm in for buttons.

Hurrah for long-sleeved tops that fit!

Socks. I'm still considering learning to knit a pair just so I can say I've done it.

knitting socks

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

Socks are not that hard to knit, at least I didn't find them so. Then again, I knit gloves, and once you've managed all that fiddly finger stuff, socks are pretty boring by comparison.

The Germans in particular, for some reason, make a lot of great sock yarn (80% wool, 20% nylon typically) with multicoloured splotches that turn into patterns automagically as you knit. It's quite fine, but socks are so small I don't find they take long anyway.

I have no idea if handknitted socks last longer, but at least the nylon should help.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Women's size 5 or 6 is generally UK men's size 3 or 4.

[k425.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure that's the case in the UK - shoe sizes are asexual here, I think. If you're a size 5 or 6 in women's you're a size 5 or 6 in men's.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

They are indeed. imc and I have the same sized feet (6) and can interchange both socks and shoes comfortably. Well, he'd be pretty uncomfortable in my high heels, but YKWIM. Technically there's a slight difference between a standard men's 6 and a standard women's 6, but it comes in width, not length. Which doesn't really matter for socks, obviously. Or high heels.

[wingedkami.livejournal.com]

I normally wear a size 8 and the one pair of men's boots I've worn were a 7, but I think that had more to do with the style.

The one pair of size 6-12 mens socks I own are a tiny bit big for me, while women's size 4-8 socks are only just big enough.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

Shoe sizes are weird. They're almost as inconsistent as clothes sizes.

[k425.livejournal.com]

You're not wrong there!