he only need find someone’s sock and drop it at your feet. If he needs to potty he gets all Lassie like and runs in circles, runs to the back door, and repeats until you follow. And yesterday he correctly identified “Duckie” and ran to scoop him (at least I think it’s a him) up in his mouth and then followed me down the hall to my bedroom.We had a nice long walk yesterday afternoon as I listened to a Pixie Purls’ podcast and felt inspired and made a plan and reorganized my knitting queue. I realized that I have overwhelmed myself with projects that I felt inclined to complete because of a self imposed pressure to hurry up get done what’s already on the needles. And really, right now there really isn’t a project on the needles that I’m excited to be knitting. Which is robbing me of my joy of knitting. Which means I don’t knit much. And this is a hobby. It’s for pleasure and enjoyment. Not frustration and disappointment. What I need to do is find an easy, yet just challenging enough to be interesting, project that can reignite the knitting flames in my heart. And, I do want to commit to sock knitting. I do want to conquer the sock. So this is the plan.
- Find a simple pattern to knit myself a pair of socks using my new Socks That Rock yarn on U.S. size 3 needles.
- Begin the dog bed pattern that’s in my Trixie + Peanut book of all dog related patterns.
Put away the cable knit purse for my mom until I am more inspired. It’ll be a nice summer purse anyhow. - Frog the Swizzle Socks I began on U.S. 2’s in a slightly scratchy yarn.
- Knit the “Narrow Scarf” on my new swing needles when I feel like doing a short rowed project.
Sounds like a good plan, I think. Self realization is a good thing. And I know that I am The L.D. 
Knitter and it’s okay to know my boundaries and to lean on my strengths. The thing is, I really want to grow as a knitter. And I see these patterns of things that I want and I want to knit them. And I see what other knitters are doing and I want to be like them. It’s just like high school when I wanted to be one of the smart kids, so I took the honors and A.P. classes but it didn’t always come naturally to me. In her podcast Brenda Dayne stated that she only wears hand knit socks. She only wears hand knit socks! She only wears hansmal aroug! ablablh hadflj sdf snorf!!! Right now I only have about ½” of a hand knit sock and I’m talking about ripping it out!
I am paraphrasing the ancient Greek credo and making it my new motto. “Know Thy Knitting Strengths”
During our walk I took Derby to see the ducks that live at the pond down the street. To be honest, I think it was more exciting for me than it was for him. “Look Derby, ducks! See the ducks? They’re like Duckie. Only they don’t crinkle and squeak. Ducks! Derby, ducks! Ducks!” But by that point Derby had seen the ducks and he was done with them. It was time to move on. Not only is he the smartest most handsome puppy in the world. But he’s like a wise sensei. “Mommy, it’s time to move on. It’s okay to put away that cable knits for now.”
It’s been really nice getting to know my new 
friend, Sumiko. And she makes me feel a little less like one of “those” dog people. You know the ones who go around talking about their “children”, when they really mean their two standard schnauzers. One in a pink sweater and boys. The other in blue. The kind that would have a "dog wedding" for said schnauzers. My new friend also loves her little dog and sees her like her child. Okay, so I’m a dog mom. I am. I embrace that and my love for Derby Pie! Yes, my “child” can only wear the cutest of collars and yes he does have a signature color (it’s baby blue). And yes I do pour over the Doctors Foster and Smith catalog and glamourdog.com. But I did draw the line yesterday while peeking at k.pixie and figuring up how much it would cost to use the Lorna’s Laces yarn the Trixie + Peanut book calls for (about $105). Derby’s bed can be made out of something a little more inexpensive. Know Thy Knitting Budget.
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