No time to blog, no movement on the room, and I could wax eloquent for a while, but Joe and I celebrate our Anniversary today, and I'm going to spend the little time left in today with him. I did, however, finish my September self-imposed-sock-of-the-month-club, with hours to spare. (Just hours. It was a squeaker.) 
Pattern: Cirque, from Knitty, and the yarn is Red Rocks Fiberworks Aspen Sock in "Betty Boop Blue"
This is the first time that I'm not sure I matched the pattern to the yarn very well, I think it might be a smidge too variegated to really show up the cables. They seem a little lost to me - but I still like them, still think they're nifty, and even learned a little something with the twisted 3-needle bind-off for the toe. It's cool.
Until tomorrow, my pretties. I have a date with the very nice man I happen to be married to.
Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Yarnhog (Suzanne) at September 30, 2010 5:38 PMCongratulations, here's to many more years (and many more socks).
Posted by: stixnstring at September 30, 2010 5:38 PMHappy Anniversary, go have some fun!
Posted by: Kelly at September 30, 2010 5:40 PMMWAHAHAHA! I am the first one to post a comment! Yay for me! Happy anniversary Steph! I hope you and your husband have a lovely time together. I love the yarn and socks! I hope to do those socks sometime for one of my "socks of the month". Again,
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary! Great socks too! Hoarders does make for a strong desire to de-clutter and organize, doesn't it?
Posted by: islandspindler at September 30, 2010 5:43 PMok well, I would have been first had I not had the computer spell check. Is the sock pattern "hard" to do?
Posted by: Liz at September 30, 2010 5:43 PMCongratulations!!! Wishing you both many happy years together, and of course, many socks!
Posted by: Lucy Medins at September 30, 2010 5:44 PMHappy Anniversary! Celebrate all you want, the room will wait!
Posted by: Marji at September 30, 2010 5:48 PMHappy Anniversary to you and Joe and many more! Love the socks too!
Posted by: Debbie in sunny southern Ontario on the shores of Lake Erie at September 30, 2010 5:49 PMHappy anniversary! Dressed in style--wearing rings on your feet as well as your hand.
Posted by: AlisonH at September 30, 2010 5:50 PMthose are some mighty nice socks! i think the pattern works fine with the yarn but what do i know? I'm just giving you a snap judgment reaction and they're swell.
happy anniversary too!
Happy Anniversary! and many many more!
Posted by: Laura at September 30, 2010 6:01 PMCongratulations - and many more!
Posted by: Friday's Mom at September 30, 2010 6:01 PMwoohoo Sexay! And Happy (Sexay) Anniversary wishes too.
Posted by: Leah at September 30, 2010 6:06 PMI have been reading your blog since before you got married and just this year realized that your anniversary is on my birthday (my 50th today).
Happy Anniversary to you and Joe!
Posted by: Beth in Seattle at September 30, 2010 6:11 PMI think you must be the Queen of all overachievers. Happy Anniversary!! Love the Betty Boop Blue!
Posted by: CindyT at September 30, 2010 6:19 PMEnjoy! Happy, HAPPY Anniversary!!!
Posted by: Sarah at September 30, 2010 6:19 PMSo nice to see happy marrieds. Happy Anniversary. Sock club is working beautifully. Gorgeous socks, but agree with you on the "too-varigated" ness of the yarn with that pattern.
Posted by: Heather in WV at September 30, 2010 6:21 PMHi! What a tale - and it sounds like you are getting where you want to be. Want to come take on my house next? I have one more child than you do, but only one of mine has grown up enough to be away at school and not adding to the confusion. It seems to me it all went rapidly downhill when kid #2 arrived and kicked kid #1 out of the nursery room and into the guest/storage/fiber room. So I guess I can only expect that it will start to get better when there are only two kids still in the house and they are old enough to not be so messy... something like 5 years or so from now... sigh...
Happy Anniversary to you both. I had forgotten that we shared a season over this - mine is Saturday. Getting married in the fall is definitely the best. Be well.
Posted by: Karen at September 30, 2010 6:24 PMHappy Anniversary!
Posted by: Sonia at September 30, 2010 6:25 PMHappy Anniversary!
And for the record, love the yarn!
Posted by: cathy at September 30, 2010 6:25 PMHappy anniversary, friends in the computer. Many yarny/musical returns.
Posted by: ccr in MA at September 30, 2010 6:33 PMAnd how are you counting? From 2006 or way-back-when? Just wondering.
Posted by: Presbytera at September 30, 2010 6:34 PMHappy Anniversary! I'm glad to see that you have your priorities straight - a celebration with your husband should be on the top of the heap.
Posted by: Anita at September 30, 2010 6:35 PMHappy Anniversary & Congrats - both for the anniversary & for remembering what's most important to do today (or at least with what's left of today).
I do love the blue!! Happy anniversary :)
Posted by: Honeysuckleblue at September 30, 2010 6:48 PMHappy, Happy Anniversary!
Happy anniversary! (We share it, by the way - it's our tenth anniversary today.) Have a lovely date with your husband!
Posted by: Beth at September 30, 2010 6:49 PMBest wishes> Anniversaries are always better than house work. ENJOY. cd
Posted by: cecilia at September 30, 2010 6:55 PMHappy Anniversary! I spent my 20th, just last week, in Victoria, BC, on a fabulous trip my husband put together to surprise me. ;0)
Posted by: linda at September 30, 2010 6:57 PMVery pretty! I just barely finished my Sept. socks myself. :) Happy happy anniversary to you both!
Posted by: samm at September 30, 2010 6:58 PMHappy Anniversary!
Linda - we were married in Victoria 17 years ago next month. Lovely place to start, and celebrate, love!
Posted by: Jean at September 30, 2010 7:05 PMI love having dates with my "ex-boyfriend" too.
Posted by: stephanie at September 30, 2010 7:16 PMHappy Anniversary to you both!
Posted by: Jackie at September 30, 2010 7:17 PMHappy anniversary to a lovely couple!
Posted by: Kimberlyn at September 30, 2010 7:21 PMMake sure your wear the lovely wedding shawl (I admired it at Rhinebeck that year.) By the way, have you finished Joe's wedding gansey? No pressure, just sayin"
Posted by: Barbara M. at September 30, 2010 7:24 PMAhh... we celebrate a September anniversary as well- best month of the year. Congrats to the two of you, enjoy your evening!
Posted by: Melynda at September 30, 2010 7:25 PMHope you have a wonderful anniversary!
Posted by: Aleda at September 30, 2010 7:31 PMHappy Anniversary and the socks look great.
Posted by: Alice in the Heartland at September 30, 2010 7:36 PMHappy anniversary!
I agree that a more solid color yarn would probably show up the cables better, but I really like the socks the way they came out. In fact, I think they're my favorite pair from your self-imposed sock club.
Posted by: Meredith at September 30, 2010 7:50 PMWe have the same anniversary. :) (I'm not married, but it's a fell-in-love anniversary, and that's important too!)
Celebrating with stew, autumn beers, and cuddles with the cat. I hope yours is wonderful too!
Posted by: Caitlin at September 30, 2010 8:05 PMHappy Anniversary!
Posted by: Beth Rasmussen at September 30, 2010 8:15 PMNice men are good to marry, they keep well.
Posted by: Maureen J at September 30, 2010 8:19 PMHappy Anniversary!or Bon Anniversaire, even!
Posted by: Cloud at September 30, 2010 8:20 PMHappy Anniversary indeed! Lovely socks too.
Posted by: Shawnna at September 30, 2010 8:28 PMWishing you and Joe many more - Happy and Blessed Anniversary,
Naomi
Posted by: Naomi at September 30, 2010 9:11 PMHappy Anniversary Stephanie and Joe! May you have hundreds and hundreds more.
Posted by: Violet at September 30, 2010 9:14 PMHippo Anniversaurus!
Posted by: TimWarp at September 30, 2010 9:25 PMHappy Anniversary! Like yours, my sweetheart indulges my fiber fantasies and makes each day a wonder (even when we are apart as he lives in Wyoming and I live in Utah). Many happy years to follow. :)
Posted by: Adrienne at September 30, 2010 9:31 PMYou're right. The pattern and the yarn fight each other. They just look kind of lumpy. It's nice for you that you like them anyway.
Posted by: Mary at September 30, 2010 9:34 PMCongrats on both the deadline and the anniversary. Not to nag, but might we see some action on JOE'S WEDDING GANSEY when the stash room is finished?
Posted by: Leta at September 30, 2010 9:40 PMCongratulations on your anniversary!
Now that you're getting the room in order, do you want some knitting books? I have a bunch to get rid of; I could send you a list.
Posted by: Lynn in DC at September 30, 2010 9:51 PMHad the same thought re: a pair I knitted last summer--beautiful handpaint vs. lace repeat gave me a nice pair of sox, but detail got lost in translation.
Posted by: esskagee at September 30, 2010 9:54 PMvive l'amour! :)
Posted by: christine m. east of toronto at September 30, 2010 10:00 PMThey say a good man is hard to find. Glad you found yours! Happy anniversary to both of you.
(BTW, we're sending a team of archeologists up to help excavate the stash room in an effort to find the gansey.)
Posted by: Anonymous, too at September 30, 2010 10:00 PMHappy anniversary! Always something to be celebrated. Have a wonderful evening
Posted by: Olivia at September 30, 2010 10:03 PMI love your square toes. Have a great date.
Happy Anniversary Steph and Joe! <3
Posted by: Melissa (Meliabella) at September 30, 2010 11:05 PMJoy and peace in the year ahead!
Posted by: kj at September 30, 2010 11:19 PMI remember when you got married. It was so romantic. Happy Anniversary!
I love the toes on your socks and the 3 needle bind off. Just did that last weekend. Nice cast on, too.
Posted by: Juliet in Grand Rapids at September 30, 2010 11:19 PMI found something else romantic.
http://www.artprize.org/artists/public-profile/50566
Happy Anniversary! You're right about the pattern being lost in the yarn. But they are still beautiful socks!
Posted by: Bonnie at September 30, 2010 11:47 PMHappy Anniversary!
And I don't know. I really love the way those socks look. Maybe the cables are a little more subtle, but really they are beautiful.
Posted by: Christina at October 1, 2010 12:06 AMWe have two special days in common, don't we? My birthday is 11 June (quite a few years before yours, I admit), and today was our wedding anniversary. Second marriage for us both, and it's 24 years for us. Our day was most unusual - hoped to co-sign a loan for a new truck for my 45-year-old son, and for a variety of reasons it fell through.
So the 4 of us - his sig.other as well - went off to a fantastic casino about 100 miles away and all told came away about $150 ahead - for the 4 of us! A great visit, for a change. Also stuffed ourselves at their weekly seafood buffet, which was beyond wonderful. A stop at the local mall for a few goodies, including a few new knitting magazines, and home again. Some flowers from son and his SO and altogether a fun and very different way to celebrate the day. Next year the moon!
Posted by: Nancy Reed at October 1, 2010 12:11 AMHappy Anniversary!!
Posted by: Brenda at October 1, 2010 12:35 AMI think wedding anniversaries are the best of celebrations. Too often wedding anniversary celebrations slip into the cracks and miss the popularity of holiday celebrations. So enjoy your anniversary and most of all being with your husband.
Posted by: Deborah at October 1, 2010 12:46 AMHappy Anniversary!!!
Love the socks!
Happy anniversary!
Love the cirques, but think when I do them, I'll do in a solid.
That pretty pattern does get a bit lost.
Did my first 3-needle bindoff just recently in a pair of toddler socks, really liked it.
Posted by: GeniaKnitz at October 1, 2010 12:50 AMHappy anniversary!!!
Posted by: melissa at October 1, 2010 1:24 AMsorry, I don't know why that posted three times.
Posted by: melissa at October 1, 2010 1:25 AMHappy Anniversary!
Great socks. They turned out lovely.
stephanie and joe
sittin' in a tree
k i ss i n g
first comes love
then comes . . . . a period of time in which you live in sin
then comes baby in the baby carriage!
(then comes marriage lol)
Happy Anniversary! Have a wonderful time. Loved your socks.
Posted by: LORETTA BARRETT at October 1, 2010 5:55 AMIsn't it nice to have a nice man with whom to share your life? I have one and I think it's grand.
Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Bonnie H. at October 1, 2010 6:53 AMHappy Anniversary!!!!!!! I hope you have many, many, more! I love birthdays and anniversaries! I'm grateful for every birthday I have and I'm very proud of every anniversary. I consider every anniversary a real joint achievement! Your socks are very cool. The pattern shows up better in some pictures than others so I bet they're really gorgeous in person. I hope you had a great dinner and a marvelous evening!
Posted by: Dyepotgirl at October 1, 2010 7:47 AMEnjoy each other!
Posted by: Jane George at October 1, 2010 8:06 AMHave a wonderful anniversary!
Posted by: Marilyn at October 1, 2010 8:35 AMHope you had a wonderful day and an even better year ahead of you both. Lovely sock, can hardly wait to see which one you grap for Oct .
Posted by: JoanH at October 1, 2010 8:56 AMWell, nyah, nyah. I guess you showed us snarky doubters. We were rubbing our little internet hands with glee, thinking we had you with this one. That you weren't going to be able to finish the socks in time...oh well. There's always this month!
Now I am going to have that stupid "Happy Anniversary, baby" song stuck in my head all day....>:-)
Posted by: Hilarie at October 1, 2010 9:00 AMHappy anniversary! Ours is today (10/1). Love the socks.
Posted by: DrL at October 1, 2010 9:01 AMHappy Anniversary! I'm so glad you two are together; you both seem such nice folks & both deserve such lovely partners! On another note, I was relieved to see that even The Harlot sometimes thinks she's not got yarn & pattern matched up quite right; this is one of my own failings! I made a pair of Fetching Mitts (in Knitty), on which the cables are completely invisible due to the yarn. Oh well, I'll just give them away for Christmas....
Posted by: Anna at October 1, 2010 9:04 AMYeah! Happy Anniversary to you both. Hope you did something fun and relaxing.
Posted by: Francine Harris at October 1, 2010 9:09 AMHappy anniversary! You share the date with my boyfriend's birthday!
Posted by: Riin at October 1, 2010 9:14 AMHappy Anniversary. Love the socks.
Posted by: Patsy at October 1, 2010 9:18 AMHappy anniversary! I'm thinking of the cables as "stealth cables." :)
Posted by: Nina at October 1, 2010 9:20 AMA very Happy anniversary to you both.... I hope you enjoyed that little extra time together, bet it makes you want to start planning date nights..... Love all around.
Posted by: lydia at October 1, 2010 9:25 AMHappy Anniversary!! May you have many, many more!!!
Posted by: Susan B. at October 1, 2010 9:34 AMHappy anniversary, Stephanie! I'm glad you are pleased with the way your Cirques turned out; thanks for all the lovely words about the pattern! I think they look great. :)
Posted by: The Sexy Knitter at October 1, 2010 10:38 AMIs there anyone out there that can bottle time and sell it? If so please send some kind of notice out as several of us would like to buy a subscription!
Posted by: Yummy Yarn Studio at October 1, 2010 10:55 AMHappy anniversary! Before your date, make sure the bed isn't full of blocking pins and a wet shawl.
Posted by: Heather W at October 1, 2010 11:00 AMHappy Anniversary!
Posted by: Amanda M at October 1, 2010 11:26 AMHappy Anniversary. I like the cables.
Posted by: Sockmad at October 1, 2010 11:34 AMHappy Anniversary! I can hardly wait to hear you wax eloquently later.
Posted by: Helen at October 1, 2010 11:43 AMHope you had a wonderful anniversary celebration; wishing you many more!
Posted by: Pat V at October 1, 2010 12:12 PMI hope you had a wonderful celebration. And Happy Anniversary!
Posted by: Gwen In Bowmanville at October 1, 2010 12:42 PMHappy Anniversary. Hope every year gets better and better. Please share the bindoff that you mentioned, please?
Posted by: Linda Cannon at October 1, 2010 1:07 PMHappy Anniversary!
Posted by: Diane at October 1, 2010 3:49 PMAnd here I was thinking that Joe was out of town because you started this huge renovation project. I hope you had a lovely time. Happy anniversary!
Posted by: Rhonda from Baddeck at October 1, 2010 9:01 PMHappy Anniversary and many more!
Love the socks too :)
Posted by: Meli Santiago at October 1, 2010 11:27 PMHappy Anniversary! I hope you had a lovely date!
Posted by: ashpags at October 2, 2010 2:05 PMHappy Anniversary!
I really like the socks. They look great to me!
After borrowing it from the library three separate times, I finally purchased my own new (as opposed to used)copy of knitting rules. I wanted to get it from the LYS but they were out, and slightly unfriendly. I wanted to buy 2 copies, 'cause I am hoping to come across someone who is a just beginner knitter, but the large chain bookstore only had one copy. If that unknown new knitter emerges,I will get another copy. (the cashier at the large chain bookstore, speaks very highly of you, by the way).
Thank you for sharing the ups and downs of knitting and life. I am amazed at your creativity and that there are other people in the world that muse, fume, and rant like me.
Happy (belated) Anniversary! Yay for date nights :-)
Posted by: bonnie/AmpuTeeHee at October 3, 2010 11:24 PM