Yesterday, I stood on my scales, and found that I'd dropped another 9 or so pounds. Feeling a little dubious, I decided to try again--since I'd been stuck on 207 for WEEKS, but I got the same result 196.
I was ecstatic! I threw a little party in my head, and went to the office wearing my thinner jeans and a smile!
You can almost see it coming, can't you?
This morning, I stood on the scale again, and I'm back up to 205. No way I ate 10 pounds of anything yesterday!
So I removed the battery from the scales, and I'm getting a new one. This machine needs something of an overhaul, and it's most likely the battery.
My biggest fear? That it will tell me I weight a lot MORE than I ever thought because, Hey! It's got a new battery, right?
So I'm feeling let down this morning. Betrayed by my own scales. BUMMER.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
When there is even more Fretting
I think I've finally got the pattern ready for below the waistband--I picked up stitches and did a row of eyelet inside a rib, which looked much better that the stockinette that I started with and ultimately FROGGED. I also went down two needle sizes, and it lays fairly flat now.
But I am still at a complete loss as to how to do any sort of pattern to match the sleeves, just done DIFFERENTLY and LONGER. So I am still stewing basically. What's weird is that I can *see* it in crochet. I can't see it in knitting. Not because I don't know enough about knitting itself because I've knit for over 40 years, but because I don't want to do the WORK, only to find out it's NOT WORKING! I really hate ripping. So much that I will knit an entire article that I don't like the look of after all, and simply give it away or simply call it a learning experience and let it take up room in my bureau drawer--that's how much I hate to rip.
So I will give it another day to gel in my mind. In the meantime, I sewed on the buttons and they work perfectly. A pic tomorrow!
In the meanwhile, I have some seriously good news. I have lost just a ton of weight over the last several weeks. You see I haven't really been watching it, and I stayed at 206 for the LONGEST TIME, wondering
"Why am I not losing weight?"
This morning I got on the scales, and they say 187! But I'm a little dubious about it--since I weighed 196 on Saturday, which was only 3 days ago, and I doubt I can lose 10 pounds in 3 days--it just doesn't fit. But my older jeans are saying it's a valid loss--and I'm starting to be able to put on some of the older clothes--which are still fashionable (thank god for small wonders). But it's making me wonder what I'm doing differently that's causing me to lose so quickly. I'll check my weight in a couple more days and if I find that I've lost another 10 pounds, I'm going to go buy a new scales.
I can't tolerate a pair of lying scales...no matter how nice they talk to me. Of course, I wouldn't want a set that said "GET OFF!" either.
But I am still at a complete loss as to how to do any sort of pattern to match the sleeves, just done DIFFERENTLY and LONGER. So I am still stewing basically. What's weird is that I can *see* it in crochet. I can't see it in knitting. Not because I don't know enough about knitting itself because I've knit for over 40 years, but because I don't want to do the WORK, only to find out it's NOT WORKING! I really hate ripping. So much that I will knit an entire article that I don't like the look of after all, and simply give it away or simply call it a learning experience and let it take up room in my bureau drawer--that's how much I hate to rip.
So I will give it another day to gel in my mind. In the meantime, I sewed on the buttons and they work perfectly. A pic tomorrow!
In the meanwhile, I have some seriously good news. I have lost just a ton of weight over the last several weeks. You see I haven't really been watching it, and I stayed at 206 for the LONGEST TIME, wondering
"Why am I not losing weight?"
This morning I got on the scales, and they say 187! But I'm a little dubious about it--since I weighed 196 on Saturday, which was only 3 days ago, and I doubt I can lose 10 pounds in 3 days--it just doesn't fit. But my older jeans are saying it's a valid loss--and I'm starting to be able to put on some of the older clothes--which are still fashionable (thank god for small wonders). But it's making me wonder what I'm doing differently that's causing me to lose so quickly. I'll check my weight in a couple more days and if I find that I've lost another 10 pounds, I'm going to go buy a new scales.
I can't tolerate a pair of lying scales...no matter how nice they talk to me. Of course, I wouldn't want a set that said "GET OFF!" either.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Contemplation....
Okay, I finished the other sleeve yesterday, and unpicked my provisional cast on for the waistline only to find out it wasn't provisional at all---
It is a tubular cast on!!!!!!! Oh dear. Another setback? How could I forget that I made this nice, lovely sort of cast on for this sweater which makes it nearly impossible to add a lace panel to the lower edge without looking totally ridiculous and slapped together??????? OHMYGOD!
So as I pulled out the waste yarn, the stitches just sort of folded over onto themselves, and made a very NICE finished edge,
and now I'm wondering if I should pick up stitches to make the lace edge along the waistline, as the sweater is a bit...
well...
short. No pic here, as I'm just too embarrassed.
And so I'm back to fretting about the best way to pick up those stitches to add a 2" border to the waistline edge. The rest looks lovely, and while I fret, I'm going to go to JoAnn's and pick up about 3 small pearlie buttons for the tabbie front.
Okay, so having said all that, while I'm waiting for my Ebay bidding to finish up, I'll sew on the buttons. But I didn't get it done, so I'll have to do it tonight...durn it.
And then decide what to do about that midriff hugging, too short a length--I think what happened is that when I originally measured for the waist, I didn't allow for the neckline to pull up a bit--and that's why it's now a mite too short. I've even thought of doing a different lace entirely, but it depends on my method of picking up stitches from the tubular cast on--I can't believe it turned out SO NICE only to be SO SHORT.
Oh well. Life hands you lemons now and then--and you learn to make lemonade, God willing. Of course, God's been watching this entire process, but let me make it too short ANYWAY! I call that neglect, what about you?
I will figure this out. I think I can, I think I can. Maybe a trip to the LYS will provide a hint--it's worth a shot, and on the way to the JoAnn's store. In the meantime, I can get myself a bit of breakfast, too. So I wait for Ebay, do a little blocking, wait for Ebay, do a little blocking--and then take off for the craft store!!!
In the meanwhile, I peeked about on Ravelry, and found a very nice Shrug here and a really cool pattern for a pair of fingerless mitts here for which there is no pattern yet--but there will be, and they are SERIOUSLY on my todo list. Plus there's about 3 pair of socks and 2 books on order at Amazon--Cookie A. has come out with a new book on how to make socks that literally pop on your feet, and make your legs look like you really care about them...and another book, which I can't remember it's name at the moment, but it's due out sometime this month, so it will be like Christmas in July, only in March.
Also, there are shawl patterns on the MMario listserve that I want to try very badly, but before I can do that, I have to complete the Princess Shawl--which I set aside about 2 years ago for other things--I think I have 30 repeats of the border to go, and the pattern starts by making the border, so I am only like, 1% done with it. The pattern is difficult, but not impossible. I'm just being lazy. But the Peacock Snowflake (also on Ravelry) is a must do. A circular shawl that pins out with massive points--and is so intricate in the center that, dear god, if I am able to do it, I will. But it's one of those things that you don't wear, but that you put on black velvet and behind glass and display it on the wall instead of the plasma television!
And Monthly Dishcloths KAL starts today, too--nearly forgot that!
And a pullover done in the same slip-stitch pattern as the February Mid-Month that I considered to be the dishcloth from hell--seen on Ravelry, but only in the baby size...what a cool pattern for my husband as a pullover? Well, that's going to take some calculation there---measuring, and then more measuring, but I think I can make it--and it would take no time at all!! I figure if someone from my knitting group can make a pair of socks with that waffle pattern, then a pullover should be no big thing! All I can say is that it's on the table.
And what about my Aran Bag? I have the pattern now, and the yarn--and the purse handles. I just have to start it...and and and
I believe...
THAT I'VE HAD TOO DARN MUCH COFFEE THIS MORNING!!!!
Oh Dear.
A cute pattern for a dishcloth on Ravelry...with a teapot on it! It's precious! This is the trouble with Ravelry. There are just so many cute patterns! You know, I think it's so new, that I can't even access it yet! How bad is that??????? But I've been watching Ravelry pretty closely lately, and while I don't have a credit card, I do still have a card--after a fashion which I set up special just for online ordering...and when I need to buy something, say through PayPal, I call the bank and transfer just enough funds to cover and then I send payment. It's been working really well, and keeps the balance low in that account so that if somebody WERE to break into my files and such, they wouldn't get much in the way of real money.
Not that I'm loaded mind you. But you should check out some of my purchases on Ebay--orange and blue sock yarn by Cherry Tree Hill and some Zephyr Laceweight for the Snowflake Peacock Shawl that I have on my todo list....
It is a tubular cast on!!!!!!! Oh dear. Another setback? How could I forget that I made this nice, lovely sort of cast on for this sweater which makes it nearly impossible to add a lace panel to the lower edge without looking totally ridiculous and slapped together??????? OHMYGOD!
So as I pulled out the waste yarn, the stitches just sort of folded over onto themselves, and made a very NICE finished edge,
and now I'm wondering if I should pick up stitches to make the lace edge along the waistline, as the sweater is a bit...well...
short. No pic here, as I'm just too embarrassed.
And so I'm back to fretting about the best way to pick up those stitches to add a 2" border to the waistline edge. The rest looks lovely, and while I fret, I'm going to go to JoAnn's and pick up about 3 small pearlie buttons for the tabbie front.
Okay, so having said all that, while I'm waiting for my Ebay bidding to finish up, I'll sew on the buttons. But I didn't get it done, so I'll have to do it tonight...durn it.And then decide what to do about that midriff hugging, too short a length--I think what happened is that when I originally measured for the waist, I didn't allow for the neckline to pull up a bit--and that's why it's now a mite too short. I've even thought of doing a different lace entirely, but it depends on my method of picking up stitches from the tubular cast on--I can't believe it turned out SO NICE only to be SO SHORT.
Oh well. Life hands you lemons now and then--and you learn to make lemonade, God willing. Of course, God's been watching this entire process, but let me make it too short ANYWAY! I call that neglect, what about you?
I will figure this out. I think I can, I think I can. Maybe a trip to the LYS will provide a hint--it's worth a shot, and on the way to the JoAnn's store. In the meantime, I can get myself a bit of breakfast, too. So I wait for Ebay, do a little blocking, wait for Ebay, do a little blocking--and then take off for the craft store!!!
In the meanwhile, I peeked about on Ravelry, and found a very nice Shrug here and a really cool pattern for a pair of fingerless mitts here for which there is no pattern yet--but there will be, and they are SERIOUSLY on my todo list. Plus there's about 3 pair of socks and 2 books on order at Amazon--Cookie A. has come out with a new book on how to make socks that literally pop on your feet, and make your legs look like you really care about them...and another book, which I can't remember it's name at the moment, but it's due out sometime this month, so it will be like Christmas in July, only in March.
Also, there are shawl patterns on the MMario listserve that I want to try very badly, but before I can do that, I have to complete the Princess Shawl--which I set aside about 2 years ago for other things--I think I have 30 repeats of the border to go, and the pattern starts by making the border, so I am only like, 1% done with it. The pattern is difficult, but not impossible. I'm just being lazy. But the Peacock Snowflake (also on Ravelry) is a must do. A circular shawl that pins out with massive points--and is so intricate in the center that, dear god, if I am able to do it, I will. But it's one of those things that you don't wear, but that you put on black velvet and behind glass and display it on the wall instead of the plasma television!
And Monthly Dishcloths KAL starts today, too--nearly forgot that!
And a pullover done in the same slip-stitch pattern as the February Mid-Month that I considered to be the dishcloth from hell--seen on Ravelry, but only in the baby size...what a cool pattern for my husband as a pullover? Well, that's going to take some calculation there---measuring, and then more measuring, but I think I can make it--and it would take no time at all!! I figure if someone from my knitting group can make a pair of socks with that waffle pattern, then a pullover should be no big thing! All I can say is that it's on the table.
And what about my Aran Bag? I have the pattern now, and the yarn--and the purse handles. I just have to start it...and and and
I believe...
THAT I'VE HAD TOO DARN MUCH COFFEE THIS MORNING!!!!
Oh Dear.
A cute pattern for a dishcloth on Ravelry...with a teapot on it! It's precious! This is the trouble with Ravelry. There are just so many cute patterns! You know, I think it's so new, that I can't even access it yet! How bad is that??????? But I've been watching Ravelry pretty closely lately, and while I don't have a credit card, I do still have a card--after a fashion which I set up special just for online ordering...and when I need to buy something, say through PayPal, I call the bank and transfer just enough funds to cover and then I send payment. It's been working really well, and keeps the balance low in that account so that if somebody WERE to break into my files and such, they wouldn't get much in the way of real money.
Not that I'm loaded mind you. But you should check out some of my purchases on Ebay--orange and blue sock yarn by Cherry Tree Hill and some Zephyr Laceweight for the Snowflake Peacock Shawl that I have on my todo list....
So, here goes nuthin'~!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
When the Best Laid Plans Go Seriously Awry!
Well, I did wake up well before dawn, concerned that I'd read my Ebay bid ending time incorrectly, and figured I'd missed it. As luck would have it, there's still six hours to go when I woke--frantic that I'd lost the item--but all is well. Things are safe.
Having fretted and stewed for 3 days over the lace for the sleeve edging on my entrelac, I began, the intrepid adventurer, and realized the lace I'd chosen was a garter lace--so I had to adapt the lace to a stockinette (means "purl back" every row), which also means that I had to rip out several rows I'd already knit, dissatisfied with the look of the result and begin again. It's a good thing that a lace edging is only 7-12 stitches wide--or well, at least this one is. However, working in stockinette has it's own drawbacks--in that, it does tend to curl--which is precisely what this lace wants to do--the garter wouldn't have done that--but the overall "look" and feel is more "matched" with the diagonal stockinette of the sweater, and so I am, at this very moment, blocking my lace on one sleeve of my entrelac sweater--just so that I can take a picture for you!
My first task was to get up with the sun, but I beat the sun, so there you have it. Unfortunately, I still smell (okay, I reek) because I didn't take my shower. I unloaded the dishwasher, and reloaded it with dirty dishes, then cleaned out the sink and found out that my drains are plugged! Somewhere between the garbage disposal and the U under the sink, so I have to wait until hubby wakes to fix that before I can continue with dishes. So I loaded the laundry and started knitting.
It's likely to be several hours before the parade downtown, so I probably have time to finish the other sleeve before I have to go. The second sleeve will go much faster because I know better what I'm doing. I'm thinking that I made a mistake with the stockinette, and that eventually I will probably tire of it constantly curling--and I'm not sure how I'm going to counter that aspect--it would be quite nice if the stockinette were on the diagonal--rather than parallel to the sleeve, but that was a change that I wasn't quite ready to parse out--especially at 10pm at night.
Perhaps to win the item on Ebay as well--we'll have to see about that. At present there are still 3 hours to go, which puts the ending time right around the time I figure I must leave for the parade--I'm thinking about taking my wheel downtown, maybe dressing up in my re-enactor garb, as well, to spin and talk with passersby. That's the great thing about spinning--where ever you go, there are people who will stop and watch what you're doing, and you get to demonstrate your craft while they ooooh and ahhhh in understanding as you explain just exactly how this contraption works. It would be seriously cool to take the traditional saxony wheel with me--since the car is clean still, there's likely room for it. I would just have to park VERY close to where ever I decided to demonstrate. What would be even more seriously cool, would be if I had some flax to spin into linen, but I don't know how to do it.
YET.
It's one of the things that I'd like to learn, however, I understand that there is some considerable use of your own spit to soften the flax fiber to manipulate it into linen--rather like softening cane for weaving baskets. I'd also like to learn to spin cotton on a Charka--a small wheel in a box. They cost about $100--and at present, I have no time (or money)for that endeavor (expense). However, the Michigan Fiber Festival will be in August, and I do intend to buy one at that time. Cotton yarn, here I come!
So now, while my lace is cooling, I'm thinking--OH THIS IS SO PRETTY!! I surely have trouble waiting for things to chill down from blocking--it can't cool fast enough--even in the 60 degrees or so that we keep the house! So I'm going over to take a peek to see how it's doing....
Having fretted and stewed for 3 days over the lace for the sleeve edging on my entrelac, I began, the intrepid adventurer, and realized the lace I'd chosen was a garter lace--so I had to adapt the lace to a stockinette (means "purl back" every row), which also means that I had to rip out several rows I'd already knit, dissatisfied with the look of the result and begin again. It's a good thing that a lace edging is only 7-12 stitches wide--or well, at least this one is. However, working in stockinette has it's own drawbacks--in that, it does tend to curl--which is precisely what this lace wants to do--the garter wouldn't have done that--but the overall "look" and feel is more "matched" with the diagonal stockinette of the sweater, and so I am, at this very moment, blocking my lace on one sleeve of my entrelac sweater--just so that I can take a picture for you!
My first task was to get up with the sun, but I beat the sun, so there you have it. Unfortunately, I still smell (okay, I reek) because I didn't take my shower. I unloaded the dishwasher, and reloaded it with dirty dishes, then cleaned out the sink and found out that my drains are plugged! Somewhere between the garbage disposal and the U under the sink, so I have to wait until hubby wakes to fix that before I can continue with dishes. So I loaded the laundry and started knitting.
It's likely to be several hours before the parade downtown, so I probably have time to finish the other sleeve before I have to go. The second sleeve will go much faster because I know better what I'm doing. I'm thinking that I made a mistake with the stockinette, and that eventually I will probably tire of it constantly curling--and I'm not sure how I'm going to counter that aspect--it would be quite nice if the stockinette were on the diagonal--rather than parallel to the sleeve, but that was a change that I wasn't quite ready to parse out--especially at 10pm at night.
Perhaps to win the item on Ebay as well--we'll have to see about that. At present there are still 3 hours to go, which puts the ending time right around the time I figure I must leave for the parade--I'm thinking about taking my wheel downtown, maybe dressing up in my re-enactor garb, as well, to spin and talk with passersby. That's the great thing about spinning--where ever you go, there are people who will stop and watch what you're doing, and you get to demonstrate your craft while they ooooh and ahhhh in understanding as you explain just exactly how this contraption works. It would be seriously cool to take the traditional saxony wheel with me--since the car is clean still, there's likely room for it. I would just have to park VERY close to where ever I decided to demonstrate. What would be even more seriously cool, would be if I had some flax to spin into linen, but I don't know how to do it.
YET.
It's one of the things that I'd like to learn, however, I understand that there is some considerable use of your own spit to soften the flax fiber to manipulate it into linen--rather like softening cane for weaving baskets. I'd also like to learn to spin cotton on a Charka--a small wheel in a box. They cost about $100--and at present, I have no time (or money)for that endeavor (expense). However, the Michigan Fiber Festival will be in August, and I do intend to buy one at that time. Cotton yarn, here I come!
So now, while my lace is cooling, I'm thinking--OH THIS IS SO PRETTY!! I surely have trouble waiting for things to chill down from blocking--it can't cool fast enough--even in the 60 degrees or so that we keep the house! So I'm going over to take a peek to see how it's doing....
Oh it's done! It's done! Picture time!
As always, comments are encouraged!!! :)
As always, comments are encouraged!!! :)Friday, March 13, 2009
It's Miller Time!
Well since I can't drink, ya'll are going to have to celebrate for me, because it's
THE WEEKEND!
And tomorrow I have a BUSY day planned.
First, to rise and shine with the sun.
Second, to take a shower.
Third to get the dishwasher emptied and refilled with dirty dishes.
Fourth, to fold the clean laundry and put it away.
Fifth, when the dishwasher is done, to start laundry washing. Then PLAYTIME!
Sixth, head into town and watch the Glen Erin Pipe Band on parade!
Seventh, to come home and knit on the Entrelac Sweater.
I haven't knit any on it for two whole days--reason? Because I've been totally tired, and in order to do lace, one must be bright eyed and bushy tailed...and let's face it--I haven't been either for a couple days.
I have good news and bad news, which would you rather hear first?
Okay, the good news..I am finally debt FREE! Well, except for the house, which pleases me beyond measure, and this time, I cut up the credit card and cancelled the account, and I'll never have another credit card (not even if my hubby leaves me!). Never ever again! I'm swearing off them, cold turkey!
At least until I want to buy a newer computer.
The bad news? Well today is my last day to enjoy my evenings, as my hubby is moving back to the day shift, which means that he will be home before I get home in the evening, and I'll have to go back to cooking his meals and cleaning up after, which means I will have NO time to knit, NO time to relax and NO time to run after young, single men.
HOLD IT
Did I just say that? Freudian slip, perhaps? Not!
Anyway, it will be nice to have him home, just not nice that I have to cater to him--and as much as I love him, I love my time alone. I can make a cheese sandwich if I want. I can make a roast for supper if I want (but I usually don't), and I will miss the freedom that being by yourself allows. Of course, all this will change again when he retires, which will be April 1--coming up REALLY soon.
So I have to get out my "Honey Do" Pen and get busy--that would be Eighth on my list. Maybe I should quit now, while I'm ahead?
From there, things get complicated, because hubby will wake up at some point, and have to stay up until MY bedtime, and then he'll have to sleep with me--which will put my schedule off, while trying to get his sleep pattern back on schedule--and he doesn't sleep well with me. Probably because I'm female--but I digress.
So this weekend will encompass many changes. Too much to do! And I have to get some knitting in there somehow. Right now, trying to figure out how to make my lace around the cuff to look "seamless"--and I'm not entirely sure how I'm to do it. The lace is knit perpendicular to the sleeve--
Now I could start with waste yarn, but how do I tell if it will end off at the same pointish where I started when I get back around to the beginning?
My head is starting to hurt again.
You know, I think that I might be overthinking this a lot, but I really want it to look nice and, well
appropriate.
I might have to get with some of the lace knitting friends on one of my lists and ask some questions about how to work it so that it comes out about right?????? That sounds like a plan--on that I intend to follow up on..
just as soon as I take some aspirin.
In the meanwhile, perhaps a pair of mindless socks?
THE WEEKEND!
And tomorrow I have a BUSY day planned.
First, to rise and shine with the sun.
Second, to take a shower.
Third to get the dishwasher emptied and refilled with dirty dishes.
Fourth, to fold the clean laundry and put it away.
Fifth, when the dishwasher is done, to start laundry washing. Then PLAYTIME!
Sixth, head into town and watch the Glen Erin Pipe Band on parade!
Seventh, to come home and knit on the Entrelac Sweater.
I haven't knit any on it for two whole days--reason? Because I've been totally tired, and in order to do lace, one must be bright eyed and bushy tailed...and let's face it--I haven't been either for a couple days.
I have good news and bad news, which would you rather hear first?
Okay, the good news..I am finally debt FREE! Well, except for the house, which pleases me beyond measure, and this time, I cut up the credit card and cancelled the account, and I'll never have another credit card (not even if my hubby leaves me!). Never ever again! I'm swearing off them, cold turkey!
At least until I want to buy a newer computer.
The bad news? Well today is my last day to enjoy my evenings, as my hubby is moving back to the day shift, which means that he will be home before I get home in the evening, and I'll have to go back to cooking his meals and cleaning up after, which means I will have NO time to knit, NO time to relax and NO time to run after young, single men.
HOLD IT
Did I just say that? Freudian slip, perhaps? Not!
Anyway, it will be nice to have him home, just not nice that I have to cater to him--and as much as I love him, I love my time alone. I can make a cheese sandwich if I want. I can make a roast for supper if I want (but I usually don't), and I will miss the freedom that being by yourself allows. Of course, all this will change again when he retires, which will be April 1--coming up REALLY soon.
So I have to get out my "Honey Do" Pen and get busy--that would be Eighth on my list. Maybe I should quit now, while I'm ahead?
From there, things get complicated, because hubby will wake up at some point, and have to stay up until MY bedtime, and then he'll have to sleep with me--which will put my schedule off, while trying to get his sleep pattern back on schedule--and he doesn't sleep well with me. Probably because I'm female--but I digress.
So this weekend will encompass many changes. Too much to do! And I have to get some knitting in there somehow. Right now, trying to figure out how to make my lace around the cuff to look "seamless"--and I'm not entirely sure how I'm to do it. The lace is knit perpendicular to the sleeve--
Now I could start with waste yarn, but how do I tell if it will end off at the same pointish where I started when I get back around to the beginning?
My head is starting to hurt again.
You know, I think that I might be overthinking this a lot, but I really want it to look nice and, well
appropriate.
I might have to get with some of the lace knitting friends on one of my lists and ask some questions about how to work it so that it comes out about right?????? That sounds like a plan--on that I intend to follow up on..
just as soon as I take some aspirin.
In the meanwhile, perhaps a pair of mindless socks?
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Sweater Update
Well, I have to think on this sweater so hard, that it takes me darn near a whole day to decide what I want to do next--then the next day to institute it in yarn and pattern, but here is the final result of the decided neckline for my entrelac sweater...
Open...
Which makes my head hurt. I need two small pearl buttons for the front tabbie closure to complete "the look" and a lot of blocking! Sheesh!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Almost Bedtime...
It amazes me how when you work until 6pm, that the evening just seems to fly by--especially when you want to go to bed at 9pm because you've not paid enough attention to your need for sleep for the last two days.
You just sort of nod off a little...zzz
Then you wake up again realizing that you're in the middle of a sentence, and decide maybe it's just time to pack it all in, forget about knitting anything for the evening, turn on the television, which has absolutely NADA interesting on a Tuesday night, and then you come and blog.
Not really much to say, outside that I didn't get any knitting done today due to the fact that I worked 9 1/2 hours and didn't get home until 7pm--had to make supper AND start the corn stove, which my husband so nicely left for me to do--meanwhile the house is freezing, and I'm seriously thinking about that card for the divorce lawyer....grumble, grumble...
Actually, I'm really not, but it makes a good story, and of course, I won't ever allow him to think that he's got one over on me. When he gets home, I'll be sure to have the cast iron skillet in bed with me. Teach YOU to let the stove go out!
Well, it's so nice to fantasize, but really, I have to get some shuteye--I'm back to work on the Entrelac Sweater. I got the tab done in the front, and now I'm dispairing about the neckline--and what sort of treatment I want to do there. I could do a standard neckline. I could do a stand up collar (maybe). I don't see many sweaters that look something like a shirt, so it's tough to imagine what exactly I want to do there. I'm almost afraid that it's too BIG an opening--and that it will end up hanging off my shoulders--or that I'll have to ADD to it in order to skinny up the opening--or sew it together a bit to make it slightly smaller--I'm just not sure how I'm going to proceed.
Bed calling. Goodnight for ..zzzz
You just sort of nod off a little...zzz
Then you wake up again realizing that you're in the middle of a sentence, and decide maybe it's just time to pack it all in, forget about knitting anything for the evening, turn on the television, which has absolutely NADA interesting on a Tuesday night, and then you come and blog.
Not really much to say, outside that I didn't get any knitting done today due to the fact that I worked 9 1/2 hours and didn't get home until 7pm--had to make supper AND start the corn stove, which my husband so nicely left for me to do--meanwhile the house is freezing, and I'm seriously thinking about that card for the divorce lawyer....grumble, grumble...
Actually, I'm really not, but it makes a good story, and of course, I won't ever allow him to think that he's got one over on me. When he gets home, I'll be sure to have the cast iron skillet in bed with me. Teach YOU to let the stove go out!
Well, it's so nice to fantasize, but really, I have to get some shuteye--I'm back to work on the Entrelac Sweater. I got the tab done in the front, and now I'm dispairing about the neckline--and what sort of treatment I want to do there. I could do a standard neckline. I could do a stand up collar (maybe). I don't see many sweaters that look something like a shirt, so it's tough to imagine what exactly I want to do there. I'm almost afraid that it's too BIG an opening--and that it will end up hanging off my shoulders--or that I'll have to ADD to it in order to skinny up the opening--or sew it together a bit to make it slightly smaller--I'm just not sure how I'm going to proceed.
Bed calling. Goodnight for ..zzzz
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