It’s freaking freezing here!
I was possibly going to knit with Jen, but I’m not leaving my house. It’s just too cold. Besides, why break our streak of trying to get together a million times to knit and NEVER KNITTING!
I couched it again last night. I’m feeling much better, but Georgie’s got it now and he was snoring. It didn’t seem like it was going to end anytime soon and I just can’t fall asleep when he snores. If I fall asleep first, and then he snores, I’m okay. So off to the couch I went, which was actually okay. I didn’t sleep too badly.
Yesterday I knit to about 11″ on the back of my Ribby Cardi . It’s looking good. And I ripped out the Brie gloves about a half a dozen times. Thanks for the tips on decreasing and the rib – especially Toni. I’m going to try again today. Maybe.
I also think I’ve figured out some stuff about the Jo Sharp Cedar project. I think, instead of a cardigan, I’m going to do a v-neck sweater. But not just any v-neck. I was reading through my Ann Budd Sweater book last night and I’m going to do a v-neck with saddle shoulders so I can do a large cable on the sleeve and work it all the way up to the neckline. I think I might also do an all-over rib – maybe with baby cables I found in one of my Barbara Walker stitch books. I’m thinking this will be really elegant for the yarn. I decided against a cardigan because after finishing Georgie’s Vest and seeing how soft the yarn is, I want to wear it next to my skin. So now I go to the drawing board. I never actually designed anything on my own and I’m not really sure this can be called designing – I’m taking a pattern for a v-neck from Ann Budd, adding a stitch pattern from Barbara Walker and throwing in a cable pattern I pull from my Harmony Knitting Books. I’m pulling together, instead of designing. But I’m excited.
The main task of the day is to do my holiday cards. They must go out tomorrow! I think I can do it. I hope I can do it.
PS – Do you like my holiday lights? It’s my one nod to Xmas in our house (I’m Jewish – Georgie’s Greek Orthodox). I always put up holiday lights. They’re not quite up in my house (yet) – I’m thinking Wednesday will be the day for that – but at least they’re up in my blog!
i think that you are definitely designing! sounds good…
hope you’re feeling better. i love the holiday lights!
you sound better, your lights are very cute and your sweater sounds AMAZING! And I agree with the above, you are definitely designing. So funny that it’s cold there and hot here….
I’m such a dweeb! I do not want to tell you how long I searched for a lights link before seeing the blinky can’t-miss-ems at the top. LOL! The Jo Sharp is scrumptious stuff very well-suited for a pullover. If you have a pullover you like you can model yours after it.
Hi. I’ve been enjoying your site for a while now. Please don’t take this as a complaint — it’s not — but the links within your posts don’t work in Netscape. I thought you would want to know as there’s so much thoughtfulness to your design/layout. Fix it or not, I’ll keep reading either way!
Earplugs are good if you have a husband that snores. I can’t sleep when my husband snores either. I used to poke him or get him to turn over, but that was disrupting HIS sleep! So when I’m tired and need to sleep, I just use earplugs. Works great.