I Don’t Like Toe Up Socks
I tried another toe-up sock pattern a few weeks ago and ended up frogging the sock at the heel in pure frustration. It’s not the toe-up part that I have a problem with. I can easily do a provisional crochet cast-on and then graft the toe later. No — it’s the short-row heel that I hate. All of those wrap and double-wrap loops drive me nuts and I think the whole heel just looks lumpy compared to the nice, neat, heel on a toe-down sock.
Ravelry WordPress Widget
I stumbled across the Ravelry API page & the Progress Bar code last week and immediately thought “That would make a great widget”
. Someone did create a WordPress Progress Bar plugin about 4 years ago but it has never been updated. Also it still required site admins to add some JavaScript to their sidebar or pages manually.
So I decided to create a plugin widget that you just needed to drag & drop into (say) a sidebar. Of course, then I decided to see what else I could build into the widget as well as the Progress Bars and decided that a list of FO would also be nice.
More Seeds
Shopping in Tesco yesterday and spotted that their seed pots (previously 74p) were reduced to 24p each. Well, I couldn’t walk past and leave them on the shelf at that price, now could I? So I’ve now got tomato, sweet pea and coriander seeds germinating on the bedroom window ledge.
Still Pretty Good
K is now into his second month of almost no pain!
We did have a hiccup 2 weeks ago when the stomach pain returned with a vengeance. I thought he’d have to go right back to just one lesson in school each day but just as we were going to start that routine all over again, the pain suddenly stopped again.
He still has back pain but it’s not too bad & after having it for almost 5 years, he’s well used to coping with it. In fact, he felt so good last week that he joined in the PE lesson last week — a double lesson of team athletics.
