It has been hectic around here and hence my posting has suffered.  We got over the sicks which ate up most of the month of February.  Then the latter part of March was taken up with the flood fight.  We live in the Fargo, North Dakota area which made national news for our flooding.  In fact, our house was in an area that was evacuated due to the Red River Flooding.  We made the decision to stay even with a little one.  I am glad we did because a pipe popped it’s cap and started flooding our basement.  Because we were here we caught it and averted disaster.  Some of our neighbors that left did not fair so well.  The mystery pipe appears to be a link to the storm sewers that dates back to the old days.  Right now the community is breathing easy but bracing ourselves for round two which could be just as high next week.  Keep your fingers crossed.

 

What does one do to occupy the long nights of staying up to watch the sump pump and flooded streets?  Why, one crafts of course.  I started a pair of socks.  I have only knitted one pair of socks before, so they kept me busy.  I used a pattern that was written for double point needles but used two circular needles – the more complex the better a project, hahaha.  I have just about finished one sock and will probably get to the second sock when the river crests for the second time.