knitting: commentary

29 august 2002: distractions.

my computer has been a little crazy of late, strange errors, programs hanging, and the digital camera would not release its pictures to the hard drive. i thought we had a virus but extensive searching and scanning and cleaning showed nothing. so i uninstalled some things, most notably the latest version of real player, and voila! things appear to be much happier. that means new pictures tomorrow, when i have a little more time to write.

my mom's second rayon scarf is 75% done and i have to put the nose to the grindstone, the fingers to the needles and finish tomorrow so i have a chance of getting it into the mail and to her on guam by the 7th. jim's mom's shell is almost done, but i think i will wait for her visit in september to make the decision about turning it into a cardigan; if she likes it as a shell and it fits, then we're good to go, else a snip snip here and a button band there and cardigan, here we come.

i ripped back my sister's tencel scarf because i just didn't like the fisherman's rib so very much. must find a better stitch pattern so i can give it to her when she visits in october. and i cast on for another quick hat, something to do at the office during meetings once my mother's and sister's scarves are done. i'd like to have at least a dozen hats to donate to shelters by the time winter rolls around.

22 august 2002: contingency plan.

i've finished the back of the shell and should finish the front either later tonight or tomorrow. and i have two options should it be too small. 1] cut it up the middle, knit on a button band, and turn it into a cardigan, or 2] keep it for me or someone else and knit a second sweater in record time.

18 august 2002: knitting score!

lookie what i found at goodwill yesterday. i can make tubes for barbie! actually i am thinking i can make a log cabin knitted quilt out of the tubes.

16 august 2002: i've got the blues.

i don't particularly care for the colour blue, and yet everything i've worked on this week has been blue. first jennifer's kerchief; i have no pictures since she nabbed it as soon as it was done, so she could wear it on her london vacation. then jim's mom's sweater.

i am so afraid the sweater is going to be too small for her. i can't really remember exactly what her size is so it's a guess. should it be too small, i already have another sweater in mind -- something with enough give and drape that i won't have to be quite so accurate in guessing the size that will best fit her.

i am getting much better with the purling. i would be embarrassed to show anyone how awkwardly and oddly i hold the needles and yarn, but it is working for me; i am catching up to the speed with which i knit. i still don't like purling, but at least i no longer hate it.

12 august 2002: up and running with the commentary.

i don't expect i'll have a lot to say about all the knitting going on, but it will nice to have a place should i feel the need. right now, about the only thing i have to say about knitting is this: i am totally addicted.

i think about it all the time. i knit whenever i get a spare moment, both at home and at the office. i am planning things to knit when i am driving around.

i am also accumulating a stash of embarrassing proportions.

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