A Tube and A Start

So Happy It's Thursday!  I hope you're safe and well; we're good here.

Yesterday I managed to complete my first tube on the sock machine!!

The yarn is self-striping, and I think maybe Neuro did the dyeing (Neuro - does this yarn look familiar at all??).  I've had this yarn for a while now and of course I have no notes with it or anything!

So you can see the yellow waste yarn at both ends.  It's actually not as ugly as I originally thought - I might even use it to add the heels and toes to these!

I still need to practice changing yarns/colors - I dropped a stitch both times I did that.

For my next trick, I'm going to figure out how to add the cuffs in the same yarn and then the heels and toes.  I've started with a top-down cuff at the top of the tube, and have started to mark the place that is the exact midpoint with a circular needle - this is where the Siamese Twin socks will be divided:

I think I might also cut the bonnet off of this sock and start another one.  That is, after I identify what yarn to use!!

In other news - I'm very happy to be busy working to support New York State's initiative to create a public health corps.  I started working part-time with Cornell in October and this public health series is a great fit with some of my education and experience.  I don't talk a lot about work here, but this is what will be competing for knitting time in the coming weeks so I thought you should know! (I'm also very proud to be a part of this important work to help get the citizens of our state vaccinated against the virus!)

In wildlife news - no sightings, but with a bit of snow on the ground it's of course easy to see the tracks.  Our lawn and field continue to be party central for the deer!