I found the Ukranian Circus sock!  Um, it had fallen behind my knitting bookshelf, which makes sense.  I had only worked a couple of rows, so I wanted to start fresh and ripped it all out.  An evening of knitting to get back on track, and a little Group Therapy on Thursday night at Knit Cafe, and I got into the rhythm of the socks again... I love stranded colorwork, I love Koigu, I love Nancy Bush's sock patterns...  I still don't love the color combo I went with, but the socks are not for me.  My mom gets away with more funky prints than I do; I can totally see her wearing these while she flits around her cottage-by-the-beach!  Santa Cruz isn't nearly as oppresively hot as L.A. right now (I have no air conditioning... the power went out the other night and the fan pointed at our bed cut off and I instantly woke up and wanted to hurt something... it was awful!), so she may actually get some use out of these socks right away.

I haven't started a new knitting project in a while (unless you count socks... I suppose I don't... I always have socks in progress, but I don't swatch or plan or anything... socks are my comfort knitting).  I've been determined to finish the projects I already started.  Left unchecked, I tend to juggle anywhere from 10-14 projects at a time, mostly because I am out of my mind, but also because, frankly, I just love starting new things.  I am chomping at the bit, wanting to start a summer shirt!  For now, though, I'm being good, and finishing up some WIPs.  For now.