Woolfairy

Ugh. Cars.

Our car is feeling rather poorly right now. It started acting up over the weekend and we had hoped to take it in this morning, but of course the dealership couldn't squeeze us in so Ez and I have another day stuck at home tomorrow. We are staring in the face of a possible $700 in repairs. We need the oxygen sensor(s) replaced. Since we are in California we have California emissions and therefore an additional oxygen sensor. It has crapped out because our head gasket is leaking and needs to be resealed. That is $150 each O2 sensor, $130 for labor, $220 for resealing the gasket. So $700 with tax. That isn't counting a possible fuel/air sensor at $225 and the oil pan gasket leak at $370. Hopefully it is only one of the O2 sensors and not both. And this is a 1997 Camry with only 85K miles. Of course the warranty expired 2 months ago, but I'm not sure the O2 sensors would have been covered anyway.

Enough about cars. Susan and Amy Stewart (!) left me a note about a really cool site (and project) called CityWorm Knitting and worms, I swear there is a site out there for everyone. It is just amazing. She also has a pattern to knit a worm. A red wiggler of course! Don't forget the yellow belly! Maybe we should have a worm knit along?

So, I've cast on the 2nd grey sock for DS. I'm tired of the grey and my heels could look better. I'm having a problem cleaning picking up the additional stitch when I pull out the waste yarn to put in the heel. So I end up with, well, not exactly a hole, but a very wide stitch. I think I'm going to take it in to my LYS when I get to the heel part and have them check out my technique. Can't hurt. Any suggestions or BTDT experiences? And this is it on this grey yarn. I am making Accordion in Oak with Gooseberry and Camel stripes.