To write about, that is.
My sister’s still pregnant. My back still hurts. At least it’s not STILL raining. Did that all weekend.
I did finish up a huge job on Saturday. I was editing, touching up and preparing for print over 600 photos for a friend. She took them, I fixed them up. It’s one of the saddest things about the move to digital most families are making. They don’t get prints! I shoot digital on my jobs, but the parents would never know it from the end job. They get a beautiful leather-bound brag book filled to the brim with prints. My friend doesn’t have any pictures of her youngest child – they’re all on the computer.
Cara to the rescue. She’ll be getting a box of 574 prints by the end of the week. Suffice it to say, the situation’s been remedied.
But, in sitting at the computer all day Wednesday thru Saturday doing this job – my shoulder felt like it was going to fall off – I think completely unrelated to the back pain – but still exasperating all of it. So when I finished the job on Saturday, I curled up on the sofa and took a nap. No knitting. And yesterday I didn’t knit either – my shoulder hurt too bad. Instead I watched an absolutely torturous afternoon Lifetime movie. (Bad, BAD choice for me! On SO many levels.)
When I finally stopped crying, I cleaned up the dining room in my house. I vaccuumed and everything! I even used the attachments on the vaccuum! (Nothing like spicing up housework with attachments. I highly recommend it.) I’m moving on to the living room today. My shoulder feels a little better – I think I’ll knit as well.
KNITTING QUESTION!
For those who’ve made the Ribby Cardi – what was your strategy for picking up the stitches for the front bands? Every third one? Every other one? I started out once on this and was looking at 400 stitches instead of 99. I’m too lazy to figure this out these days. Thanks for any heads up.
Now that I’m done my projects – I told my sister she can go any time. I’m getting anxious waiting! I may go down tomorrow to help out whether the baby comes or not – the kids are home from school – and my sis is about at the end of her tether.
Have a great Monday!
Love, Cara
I always get caught by those horrible, horrible lifetime movies. Argh!
Ahh, I’m back in RSS-updates Blogland and it feels sooooo good. As far as the stitches go, I say just pick up whatever number of stitches looks right.
I didn’t pick up stitches on my Ribby…did I miss something? I did a slip stitch crochet edge before sewing in the zipper…worked for me!
Ggggoooo…. April 8th baby! Stay in there! 😉
I sure hope you feel better soon – at least enough to knit. Take care of yourself.
oh i hope your back is 100% soon.
Oh, darlin’, use that remote control!! I’m glad your big job is finished and the weather’s a little better. Hehehe, I get undue pleasure from cleaning attachments and do-dads, too. Whatever it takes to spice it up a bit! I’m sure it feels good to be making progress (I know that I’d feel good!).
Sometimes I enjoy a good cry during a movie. But it sounds like this movie might not have been a good one for you to watch.
Hope your back feels better soon. Yuck.
Not getting prints is a real catch of digital cameras. Isabelle’s first year or so we did get prints of the great shots but we haven’t printed any for ages. Isabelle LOVES looking at photos of her first year so thanks for reminding me to fill another album for her.
Hope your back feels better, dear. Back pain is the worst. Yes, isn’t it sad about the digital cameras/no prints era? Good for you for coming to the rescue! Such a nice gift.
sending healing thoughts your way…
About your Ribby Cardi question.
I haven’t knit it, but the other day I was reading one of Bonne Marie’s tips where she stated her rule of thumb for picking up stiches.
She said 1 less stich than your gauge (in stiches to the inch)
So if your gauge is 5 stiches to the inch, you will be picking up 4 stiches and skipping the 5th. Make any sense?
Anyway, good luck with your back and the new niece. Oh, and your knitting off course ;o)
I just finished my Ribby Cardi. I counted the rows, and found I needed to pick up 6 stitches for every 5 rows of the front piece. That worked perfectly for me, and my bands lie flat. I’m not adding a zipper though. Tried that once, and I’d rather throw myself off the balcony than do it again. I’m using hooks and eyes to close it.