Blocking Day and A Trip to my LYS

My goal is to try to post on this thing once a week.  As long as I keep knitting, it shouldn't be too difficult, but busy weeks like this last one will make it difficult.  I have however made some progress since last week.  

I should start by saying: I hate ends! They are by far my least favorite part of knitting.  In fact, I have been known to have projects go into my hibernation stash simply because I'm too lazy to tie in my ends.  (Yes, I have more than one project that would be finished in a matter of minutes, because lets be honest, that is really about the length of time it takes usually.)  Anyway, I'm trying to do better at tying in ends right when I finish something so that it's done and I don't have to go back to it.  I've also been trying to go back and tie in ends on some of the older projects I have sitting around.  So, I'd built up an arsenal of projects that had ends tied in and just needed to be blocked.  (believe me, this has never happened before.), So, last week, I got out the towels, commandeered the dining room table and went to town.

Pictured are: "Owls" by Kate Davies, A DROPS design 125, some slightly altered "Just Right Socks" by Sammie Carraher, two of my own designs, and a pair of gloves that my mom knit.  Not too bad for one blocking time.  I have to say, I LOVE the smell of wet wool.  Maybe I'm crazy, but I really do think it's a wonderful smell.  

I'm one sock into my 14 in 14 goal.  So I'm 1/28th of the way there!  I'll probably start it's mate as soon as I'm done here.  

I had the day off today, and have a project in mind for a pair of argyle socks for a friends baby.  (She herself only wears argyle socks, so it's only appropriate.  I found some really nice cotton yarn that I'm super excited about, and some other yarn.... I made it out with only two extra skeins of sock yarn... as if the 80+ skeins of yarn I've received in the mail in the last month and a half aren't sufficient to feed my addiction. 

I'm pretty sure that this is strong evidence that I need help... fast and soon!   I think I'll go knit while I wait for it. :)