A Little Yarn On The Side

Okay, and the shop wasn't open yet, BUT I didn't camp out in front of the shop and wait for them, so that is something. (When you have 46,000 yards of lace yarn you grasp at what you can....and it's quite often yarn)

Okay, I really just ran out of time, but I DID NOT cast on a new project for the trip! Instead, I found a bag for the Kimono Shawl to travel in and it says it's having a lovely time and is enjoying the cat hair-free environment. It's gotten rather picky since it started going out and about with me lately. AND I'M STILL ON THE WIP WRESTLE-MANIA TEAM!!!!!!!

So, we're driving to Oregon tomorrow for a couple days (and since we have a house sitter, I can say this on the blog), and while I have 17 WIPS, none of them are good portable knitting. To be fair, I've been carrying around the Kimono Shawl, but I have just worked the third snagged thread back into it, and that's getting a bit tiresome. I want something that will fit in my purse and with a pattern that's easy to remember....but I'm trying to finish at least one more WIP by the end of the month.... Although, the only WIP I've been working on this week is the Kimono Shawl, which doesn't have the slightest chance of being finished in 9 days, so in 9 days I'll STILL have 17 WIPS..... Maybe just one little lace scarf......?

Today the Kimono Shawl and I got the car's oil changed and the tires rotated, and now that I've reached the 11th pattern repeat I'm feeling a bit more enthused. I'll be halfway after the 13th repeat, then it's all downhill from there. Don't you think it's looking a bit more manly after all the grease and motors today?

I actually was in bed--well, more "on" as it's freakishly hot here this week--most of the day with A COLD (which is an obviously stupid name as there isn't anything COLD about it), so I got the 10th repeat done on the Kimono Shawl, which leaves 16. And as it basically looks EXACTLY the same as it did yesterday & the day before & the day before... we're just going to say that this is what it's going to look like for the foreseeable future. This is how WIPS are made. You start out--the pattern and the yarn are new! They're exciting! You want to see how the pattern will look! You've got an inch! Then two! Then somewhere along the way, the inches become less noticeable, the pattern becomes a bit less interesting--perhaps even monotonous. Maybe a troublesome sock yarn starts calling your name....Maybe you start to wonder what you ever saw in lace, and when was the last time you saw someone wearing a shawl in public? The merino laceweight th...

Though, to be fair, my stash could do a pretty fair job of pinning someone if it wanted to, and if the fabric stash got involved as well....let's just say that it wouldn't be pretty. Nope, we're alive and well and have been enjoying an unexpected visit from my sister-in-law, who flew in from Colorado to surprise Andy for his birthday. We have had a great time, but next to no knitting--though I have finally finished the 9th pattern repeat, putting me roughly on track for a 2011 finish-- and absolutely no sewing, in spite of Theo's best lobbying efforts. There will have to be some major kitty cajoling this afternoon......

My little sidekick is upset with me and is even refusing to sew. After all the drugs I've given this cat and all the trips to the vet, I have finally made his bad side. I have put him on a diet. We went for a check-up yesterday, and he's gained 3 pounds this year--about 20% of his normal body weight. Admittedly, Theo has had a tough year, and between recovering from his injury & then his determination to watch over me while I recovered from surgery, he hasn't gotten back to his normal active self just yet. The vet gave me some glucosamine to maybe help his leg feel better as he continues to regain strength, and I'm trying to find a new game to interest him as he seems to have lost interest in the tape measure finally, and we're doing a gradual diet, but he's still pretty sulky. I guess we should have included the cats in the "no processed foods" plan.....