Well, I’m doing better than I was Friday and I thank you all for your good wishes. The world is definitely a bit brighter this morning and I don’t quite feel as though the universe wishes to chew me up and spit me out :)
I have not, however, picked up the mohair shawl yet. I will be doing so soon though, because there’s this dialogue going on in my head:
Rebo: (encouragingly) You should get back to it - you know you want to work on it!
Zooty: (glumly) It’s messed up. I think I’m going to have to break the yarn.
Rebo: (cheerfully) You don’t know that yet, you haven’t tried the freezer trick yet. You could even try teasing the tangled hairs apart with a small DPN or a pin.
Zooty: (gloomily) Definitely gonna have to break the yarn.
Rebo: (desperately) Big Deal! If you have to break the yarn! It’s mohair, It’ll spit-splice in a heartbeat!
Zooty: (thoughtfully) Hmmmm…
...in other words, my mind has reached the end of it’s own arguments. If the worst that can happen is that I have to break the yarn - so what? That can be easily dealt with. On with the show!
I did get some knitting done this weekend. The first HP scarf is more than halfway done. I also worked some more of the fancy birthday scarf:
...but “Fancy” was my name…
I’m nearing the end of this - just a couple more repeats to do and then the wash and block.
And this got finished…er…mostly finished:
Waterspun Mitten
I still need to sew it up (though I may wait until the other mitten is done as well. The thumb stitches are on a holder because the thumb came out too long and in a shape that didn’t look good to me. So I’m deciding what to do about that :)
I’m dying to start a new project, but I don’t know quite what. There’s the possibility of rugs/mats. I’ve been thinking about it for a while now - nice cotton mats for the bathroom - and there’s the added impetus from the K-list where a member has used a lace pattern (doily pattern) with worsted weight cotton on large needles for just such a purpose. Very interesting idea :)
I could make a summer weight poncho - there are a couple of simple and attractive ideas floating around out there that I probably already have enough yarn for and that wouldn’t take a year and a day to complete.
I’ve been thinking about an afghan or a throw and I have the yarn for that too - but have yet to come up with an interesting enough idea to pursue. Entrelac? Cables? Both? Hmmm…
What I really need is some plain, old farting-around time. Every time I pick up random needles and yarn, a little alarm bell goes off in the back of my head reminding me that I have projects to complete. I think once the fancy scarf is done, that will change a bit and maybe then I’ll actually get to sit down and play. That’s when I get my best ideas :)
Happy Monday folks - I hope your weeks are mellow and productive!
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I’m so glad you’re feeling better! Hope to see you tonight…
ooh, i did the doily pattern thing to make a bathroom rug- i used cheapo sugar’n cream cotton and did a crocheted doily pattern from the nancy hearne free pattern site- it worked so well i got overly excited and decided to do it again this time using the same fiber doubled for a kitchen rug- i’m still using both but believe me using the stuff doubled gave new meaning to ‘splitting’-
glad your weekend proved productive- i did some ‘critter knitting’ and am now in the mood to make that initial effort at a shawl- it’s not the making of it that i fear, but the wearing it- oh well, after making my first long scarf many years ago i had visions of isadora duncan whenever i put it on- so far i have avoided injury and assume that i will acquire the grace to eventually wear a shawl also-
stay happy-
barb - LOL - just remember to think before you move (especially if you’re about to move quickly). Of course, I seldom remember - which is why I have coffee on many of my clothes :)
Glad to hear your cotton rugs/mats came out well. Further encouragement that this would be a good “next” project!
I used to hear that alarm bell too…but I just kept starting more & more projects until the alarm was muffled under all that yarn! Just put in ear plugs & soon you’ll be drowning in projects like I am. :::Grin:::
You know - I *could* make a comment about you knitting your own mufflers (ie: scarves, “muffled”, get it? hehe) but I think you’d finally lose all respect for me ...I know I’d lose respect for myself….
Sigh…it’s early…I need more coffee…...
Heheh - I think that’s the right idea Bron - just smother that !@#$%^&* alarm! It will probably amuse you to know that I did embark on another project last night, having found a pattern I liked. More about that tomorrow :)
