Well, I did manage to sleep last night. I only woke up once because I was cold, but pulling the blankets up over my head (leaving a breathing hole, of course) seemed to do the trick. I don’t have that head-wrapped-in-cotton feeling this morning. Ahhhhh....
And it’s a beautiful morning - bright, sunny, dry and cool. Niftiness! Dad and I are off up the Maine coast today which should be very pleasant indeed,
Not a lot to report in terms of knitting. I did some more on the fancy scarf and started crocheting another washcloth.
I’ve been giving serious thought to frogging the Meadow Flowers Shawl. While I like the yarn a lot, the shawl fabric doesn’t have any kind of “body” (for lack of a better term). My thoughts for the yarn go towards something like a one piece T sort of thing but I want to think it over for a couple of days before I do anything.
I’m also thinking about re-trying the slipper in stockinette rather than garter. I think stockinette would give the body of the thing a little more integrity. We’ll have to see what happens - couldn’t hurt to try.
I’ve got about three inches of ribbing on the DPNs that doesn’t know whether it wants to be a sock or a fingerless glove. I pick it up and work a few rounds, hoping it will tell me where it wants to go. So far, it’s remaining mum.
In other words - I need to get myself !@#$%^&* organized!
And there’s this for any of you who might be interested in vector drawing programs.
Ray Charles passed away yesterday morning. I had the privilege of attending a concert many years ago - and it’s probably my favorite live-performance memory. I know I can still listen to his voice and music on CDs, but the world feels like it’s somehow missing something now.
Georgia, Georgia…
No peace I find.
Just an old, sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind…
Have a great weekend, everyone.
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If you change your slipper from garter to stockinette, it will change the gauge since stockinette knit stitches are rectangular while garter stitch is square. It will also make the “sole” of the slipper less cushy. On another topic, I, too, can listen to Ray Charles. I especially like his version of America the Beautiful and have not been successful in finding a recording of it I can purchase.
Hi Charlotte :) Yes, I realize the gauge will change, that just means a little fiddling around with the stitch count - but I see what you mean about it being less cushy.
You’re right, Ray Charles’ version of “America the Beautiful” was tremendous. I’d like to have that one myself! 
I’m glad you finally got some sleep. You can’t knit an attention span. I’ve been trying for years. I have learned that I can knit in the doctor’s office while waiting for my attention span script.
Ray Charles is truly a loss. My mom used to listen to him on rainy Sundays after my dad died. “I Can’t Stop Loving You” sticks out. Seems like there was another one about Memories? Also seems like there were lots of rainy Sundays in 1970.
Hey Marcy :) Well, I wasn’t having much luck knitting a cheerful attitude so I thought I might have more luck trying an attention span. Problem is I can’t focus long enough…
The one that’s been running through my head for the last few days is “You Don’t Know Me” which absolutely melts me right down to the core! 
Oooh, your Picture of the Week is beautiful. How do you manage to take such beautiful pictures and keep such stunning detail when compressing them for the Web?
::Blush:: Thanks Pam. I use .jpg compression, but I usually set it to higher quality so there aren’t any artifacts. The picture is just luck, good light and good advice from my father which I actually remembered this time!
