A Little Yarn On The Side

Sigh..... Since there could be no sewing, late last night I got the latest ostrich plume scarf done which currently looks a little ramen-noodle-ish, but should be quite marvelous when blocked.  I had hoped to pick up Jeeves today, and since I couldn't, I consoled myself with this Yes!  It's another ostrich plume scarf!  Though this time with little white seed beads--which you probably can't see as they never show up in pictures, but they're there on every-other pattern row.  I'm sure it will be a lovely scarf & will make a nice gift for someone, but the light pink is just a little too girly, so I decided to cast on a wool scarf as well I'm using the leftover yarn from my January Aran sweater which shows stitch definition well.  I'm using something called the "wickerwork pattern" from the second Barbara Walker treasury.  It's not a pattern I would normally use, but I think it will make a nice scarf.  Hopefully Jeeves can come hom...

I'm happy to report that both the finger and my pride are healing nicely, so there has been knitting.  The latest Ostrich Plume scarf is getting close to a finished length or, I should say, closer as there's still a fair bit of knitting to be done.  Still, it's moving forward. And Andy's sweater is a BIGGER black tube and I have ALMOST knit up all the yarn from that back piece, so I will soon get to start counting the yarn again!  VERY exciting.  Since the sweater picked up a theme song, I had to abandon the book in favor of a BBC series a friend had recommended which is about two sisters who build their own fashion house in the 1920s.  Which is great and the clothes are fabulous, but it may not have been the best choice since I was already missing Jeeves.  While I'm not actually admitting anything, there may have been a small case of the sulks here last night....... BUT, the big news is...............................It's June 27 and project numb...

Tomorrow is Finishing Friday, and let's take a brief look at where we stand: *  Sewing machine - still in the shop & not likely to be home tomorrow.  *  Knitting - our little heroine has just managed to cut herself WHILE PICKING STRAWBERRIES.  Not cleaning strawberries.  Not planting strawberries.  PICKING strawberries.  The details are a bit hazy as it frankly still seems impossible, but I started out with a bucket and ended up with half a pint of strawberries and a hand bleeding much more than one would ever imagine from a berry-related injury.  And here's the kicker:  it actually hurts!  I may be prevented from knitting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You do realize, of course, that this possibly makes me the first person in history to be beaten up by berries????    Oh, the shame..........

*  That her husband, who doesn't even wear prints because they aren't "manly" enough, might enjoy a little strategically-placed lace pattern for "interest." *  Apparently, that "strategically" is spelled with only one "t" *  That the first hot summer day is a SMASHING day to work on a wool sweater. *  That starting ANOTHER lace scarf--this time with beads--wouldn't really slow down the progress of the 14 existing projects. *  That the ability to read while knitting--even if it is only mind-numbing round after round of stockinette done with a yarn that won't split--makes one a KNITTING GENIUS, no matter how often one has proved otherwise..... *  That as soon as Andy's birthday sweater is finished, it's time to finally cast on that cabled sweater.....and that it will in no way make the 100-projects goal AT ALL difficult..... *  That it sounds better to say that a black tube of knitting is too boring for picture...

The revised version of Andy's birthday sweater is zipping along, and everything had been going reasonably well.  I'm knitting it in the round, and aside from the occasional need for a purl stitch or two, it's pretty mindless.  So mindless, in fact, that with the aid of my little Bookmate helper to hold my book open, I have polished off two books and am on to my third ( The Know-IT-All , about a man who sets off to read the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica--who frankly sounds like a man after my own heart).  I was even pretty cheery considering that until I finish knitting up the rest of the yarn from the back that I'm frogging, I don't get to count ANY of this yarn on the stash-busting tally as it's already on there.  Still, I've made it through the yarn from half a front and more than half of the back--helped of course by the fact that that bottom edge is STILL rolling and always would and there would have been no point in deluding myself any longer. BU...

....and I swear I have been doing things.  I'm sure I have.  Obviously no sewing things, but things.  I just may not remember exactly what those things might be......... Why yes, we did have wine with dinner.  Why do you ask?

My Husqvarna dealer called yesterday, and Jeeves needs a new circuit board, which has been ordered and Jeeves should be back fixed and happy in a week to 10 days.  AND the circuit board is still under warranty, so I just have to pay for the labor.  Whoo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!  Seriously, when was the last time you had a product that was still under warranty 4 years after you bought it? In the meantime--now that I've gotten over my separation anxiety--I thought I might work on the sweater that I'm making for Andy's birthday, which is next month.  The back is done, and the Cambridge Jacket is mostly stockinette, but I found myself wanting to do ANYTHING but work on the sweater.  In spite of changing the pattern to add 4 rows of ribbing, the back was still rolling, and I was finding the pattern instructions really fussy for a really simply-shaped sweater, so yesterday I decided to chuck the pattern and design a similar sweater, though knit in the round and with ribbi...