The Antidote, at this morning’s point. I took some photos if it hanging up, but they look a complete dog’s breakfast. They’ll have to wait until it is blocked for showing off And this is the hat that I cast on last night, as far as it had got by breakfast time. The …
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Spinning Day
Orange sandwich cake and warm Gingerbread. We live the high life! I did spin a little of the mohair/merino. It’s looking good. I also knitted a little on my Fountain Hat and a little on The Antidote (about which I do feel slightly better today.) Today I bestowed my Spring Cap on SpinningGill. It looks …
Short Attention Span Knitting
That’s it. I have exceeded my tedium threshold. I need an antidote to The Antidote. My Lace Ribbon Scarf is back in its box for a while. I need a change of pace. And now I am off to make an Irish Stew. Reheated, it will taste even better tomorrow when I leave it ready …
Shrinking
I am not sure what is happening to The Antidote but the more I knit, the shorter it appears to be. I knit and knit but seem to make no progress. The recipe calls for 80″ and I almost certainly will not make it that long. It looks two thirds to me, though it only …
The Goddess has got the needle
Needle trauma abounds. The Trauma I took my knitting out last night and laid it in orderly fashion across a trestle table. I can account for two sets of 7″ metal DPNs, one set of 7″ cheapie bamboos, and one set of 5″ Clover bamboos. One set of Clovers lost. “No problem, they’ll turn up,” …
Infeasible
I have packed an infeasible quantity of knitting for tonight. It’s not madness. It’s just that I have lost not one but two pairs of sock needles. It occurs to me that I can open up all my boxes side by side on a trestle table (I don’t have room to spread in my workroom) …