Trellis Hell and Sock Tangent

Everything seemed to be going so well...

Today is my first day back at work since being out sick last week on Thursday and Friday. Was basically stuck on my couch for four days. Friday after the tragic frogging of the Jadis I did manage to finish the second peas and carrots square for the afghan. Blanking a bit on the details (surprised I don't have a phone pic!) but I also finished the first of the bean sprouts squares I think on Saturday. I tried to get going on the rosebud trellis square but what a nightmare. The pattern is wrong and so I'm working with a ravelerer's notes but after about four false starts I gave it up as a bad job for the day. I did also get around to washing the beer stains out of the white eyelet heart square. Definitely a bit concerned about how much larger the two lace squares are than the other squares. I shudder to think that I might need to re-knit both of them with smaller needles or something in the end. :/

Sunday I spent some time playing around with Pom Poms for Dad's golf club covers. I used the method in this video instead of ways I've done it in the past and was pretty pleased with the results. Man it's kind of a wrench making them though because it feels like SUCH a waste of yarn. Makes sense that decorative stuff was always for the rich - it's a waste of material for a purely aesthetic addition. Still frustrated with the laddering problem in the ribbed section of the covers, but honestly I am probably just going to accept it. He's not that picky of a person. I don't have any issues with laddering when I'm working in stockinette but for ribbing it keeps cropping up - and the k1 p2 rib in the golf club pattern is even worse than just a k1 p1 rib which I seem to be able to do okay on dpns.

What is this? A SOCK FOR GIANTS?

Since I wasn't ready to re-start the Jadis and I was feeling pretty over the afghan squares after fighting with the rosebud trellis, I decided to try and go back to the Easy Peasy Socks pattern and got about 2/3 done with the purple sparkly yarn. Gauge is wayyyy off (surprise surprise) so if I do finish it, it will be a very impractical and large sock. :P I got to starting the decreases leading up to the toe and then set it aside and started the pattern over with smaller yarn and needles. Have that with me today at work. The end of the pattern calls for the kitchener stitch to finish the toe. I've read and watched videos on how to do it, but never made an attempt -- we shall see how I do!