Back to my socks

Okay, so my blog digressed for a day to focusing on real life. Not exactly the last word, but a reply to David here because I can't figure out how to reply on his journal! So anyone else reading this will have to put up with the discussion. I don't believe in the old addage of not discussing politics and religion. When people shy away from the discussion of important issues of our lives, then how do we expect to make changes for the better? God gave humans (and in some cases I wonder which of us are humans)the powers of speech and reason and hopefully some critical thinking for a reason! Anyway, I don't think anyone poor person "asked for it" or asks for their home to be destroyed and their families killed. My sympathies are always with those of us civilians who are just going about our lives and never know when we might be blown up - or used as human shields. But I do know with every fiber of my being what I would do if it were my family being abused. None of us would ever go down without a fight. And there are many essentials of life that are worth fighting and dying for. Okay. Enough. That's how I feel on my blog. No beating of any dead horses here! I nearly finished my sock last night, but realized it was late and I had gotten a bit zealous in the decreases & had to frog a few rows. No problem. I'll be done today & will re-acquaint myself with DD's sweater. Actually, I've been chewing on a suggestion David made a few weeks back at the Farmer's Market about how to solve the problem of the humongous sleeves. I shall rip them out (yet again) and try a ribbed pattern, which will blend nicely with the existing pattern of the body. This should thighten them up. If the yarn weren't so nice and somewhat expensive (at least in my world) I would just toss it all!! BTW, I will post the particulars of this pattern and the book it is in upon completion and hopefully spare anyone else the aggravation it has put me through!:)