A Little Yarn On The Side

In spite of the massive drugs and that I am actually napping more than Theo this week, there has been knitting!  The baby sweater has a front & back, one sleeve, and I am about to cast on the second sleeve.  I'll have to take another dose of knock-out pills shortly, but I promise to get a picture during my next bout of consciousness.  Theo is still playing nursemaid, but thankfully Andy caught him before he got upstairs with his "get-well" mouse yesterday.  Not that I don't appreciate the thought, but I'm just not sure a live mouse would have helped me much........

Due to a case of bronchitis and some seriously powerful drugs, our normally scheduled knitting blog will not appear today.  Theo reports that he is keeping a close eye on our groggy knitter, and promises to sleep on her head as often as possible. 

What was I thinking???????????????? Okay, 365 days and 100 projects.  So, I need to finish a project ever 3.65 days.  Oh my. Since it is the first of the month, I pulled out a Project of the Month bag and found which I'm going to guess meant that I was to cast on for this It's a cute pattern that I've made before, but to finish it in one month might take some doing.  I did get this far today but even in my best knitterly optimism, I'm pretty sure this won't be finished in another 3 days.  Even if this cold continues to hang on--which it seems determined to do.  Since we had to bow out of the New Year's Eve parties last night, I took a shot of Robitussin and spent the evening with Andy's sweater which was a lot more enjoyable than the Robitussin.  Meanwhile Theo, who does appear to read the blog after all, has been regularly checking the ironing board for more surreptitious blocking He and I both know there' still a kimono shawl to be bloc...

So....I didn't get all my Christmas cards sent before we left for California, so today Theo helped me send out a few more then watched while I shoveled the 3-4 inches of snow from our sidewalks and driveway.  Then I think he decided I was just completely crazy, because he left me for most of the rest of the day.  Taking advantage of the opportunity, I have kittyless pictures!  First, the finished scarf the alpaca sweater with buttons, which is a FABULOUS sweater.  I have already worn it about 10 times.  Love, love LOVE it!!! Then...... Ta-da!  The December project of the month!!!!!  So far I have two wine bags and one little bag done, which I have managed to make a seriously bizarre shape which I attribute to sewing while under the influence of cold medication.  Same excuse for that last sentence.  The cold is STILL with me and is beginning to make surgery recovery look both pleasant and short.  I rested a lot yesterday that...

And it's even blocking without kitty assistance!  How did I manage this amazing feat? It's on top of the ironing board! Not that Theo can't or hasn't gotten up on the ironing board many, many times.  He is just unaware that there is knitting on top of it.  Okay, I admit it....I REALLY enjoy it on those rare occasions when I can outsmart Theo.  It doesn't happen very often....

We spent the holidays with family in sunny California, and at the last minute I decided to cast on an easy-to-do scarf to take with me instead of Andy's sweater, so I have this  to show for my absence.  I'm doing a simple stitch--knit one row, then *K1, P1* across for the next row--which I really like because it makes an interesting reversible scarf.  I added a seed stitch border on the end & each side (3 stitches on each side) but the darn thing still wants to roll. I can't decide whether to be really annoyed with it or admire it's determination, but I'm hoping some severe blocking will help. I took the lace scarf down as well, but there was one moment on the plane on Tuesday when I had the most horrifying thought: I could run out of knitting OK, I think this on every trip--which prompted me to take two entire sweaters along on my honeymoon even--but this time I was traveling and only had two scarves with me .  What would I do if I ran out of yarn? ...

*  Deciding that the sport-weight yarn you found that you just love looks "small enough" for that lace-weight project you want to make. *  Spending hours making one of your first sweaters for someone who will absolutely never wear it. *  Presenting a mother-to-be with a precious, hand-knit baby sweater in a gorgeous yarn--only to have it meet it's death in the washing machine because no one with a baby has time to hand-wash anything except the baby *  Not checking gauge "just this once" because you always get gauge and ending up with a cabled tent *  Finding yourself with bags of the ugliest yarn ever that you just bought because it was more than 50% off *  Creating the king of snarls before discovering that yarn in hanks must be wound into balls before knitting *  Giving a knitted gift to someone (usually a relative) who feels the need to actually tell you that he or she doesn't like it *  Discovering that you twisted the cable the...