Pomatomous Swatching and Other Rambling

I did my gauge swatch last night for Pomatomous. Gauge is 8 stitches and 12 rows per inch. Cookie suggested US#2 so I started with those but was only getting 7.5 stitches 10.5 rows per inch. So I switched to #1's and that gave me the gauge I need for these socks. PLUS, (and I was wondering about this) the purl bumps on the inside are less bumpy with #1's so they will be more comfortable to wear. I'm using Trekking XXL again, same as Unst, but this isn't a jacquard stripe. The color is 51 - its Royal Blue and Kelly Green with a smidge of Turquoise for contrast. I think its going to be PERFECT for this pattern. Reminder, this is the yarn I got in July on our Door County trip. Bought in Sturgeon Bay....Tempataions was the name of the shop and it was over 100 degrees that day...in Doory County! A peninsula that is cooled by breezes from Green Bay and Lake Michigan. What a freaking hot summer we've had...but I digress.

So while I was creating this blue-green swatch it jumped out at me that this is almost exactly the color or my school uniform at Holy Ghost Parochial School back in Dubuque, IA. Sorta nostalgic now but by the time I graduated from 8th grade in 1970 I had begun to hate that wool, plaid, pleated, kelly and royal skirt! For one thing it had to be ironed every Sunday! For another, it was freaking HOT in that skirt in September...and in May and June! Iowa warms up faster than Minnesota and stays warmer longer.

I love the color though and these are going to get worn a lot. :-) Assuming they fit.

On other needles the mid-month dishcloth KAL has begun. I'm using SnC-yellow. And the pattern is some sort of lace. I've only knitted the 9 rows of Day 1's post. Still waiting for Day 2 to be posted.

The temperature dropped about 15 degrees since around 1am. No tornadoes on our side of town but I guess the NW side of the Twin Cities had a very scary night with some significant damage from the storm.

Today it remains gray and wet outside and we plan to go to the Regal to see The Black Dahlia. I thinkI first heard about this story back in the '70s when I think they made a TV movie about it. There are tons of websites out on the net devoted to the story.....Here, and here, and here and there's an entry at Wikapaedia, too. So as a fan of the mystery genre, in truth and fiction, I have to go check out this new telling of the tale.