Unknitting and some finishing

I started off my crafting time by unknitting, using my swift a sock that was 50% finished. It was hard to do but it had to be done. I had knit the gauge totally too tight and the sock could not be saved. I was supposed to have 8 spi but I knit 10 spi. Way, way too tight. You couldn't get the sock on your foot. I was knitting while anxious or upset and it shows. The moral of this tale. "Don't Knit Angry"

So I skeined up the yarn, tied it up and soaked it in my sink for a little bit and it's now hanging up in my shower, weighted down, drying up. I'm hoping this will take the kinks out of the yarn. I've never done this before but have read about it so I'm hopeful it works. In the meantime I'm working on the mates heel and it is knitting right on gauge.

Next up was finishing another project that I've been trying to get to the last couple of days. My problem was my helpers lying right in the middle of my work desk. Magpie, the cat would lay down and then push at my hand for cuddling and attention. But in the end she was good help and settled down to just nap.

Here she is giving me guidance on attaching the ears and the front paws. I love that she just wants to be where I am. She helped me next when I was finishing a teddy bears face. She kept playing with the yarn and just having a good time. It's nice to have a helper right at hand.