I know many of you are relieved by this development.
you don't know the half of it.
Look, I'm not thrilled by it, either. I just got the blood pressure to come back down; I don't need a bunch of professional shysters to drive it back up. Anyway, enough of that for a while, okay?
okay.
Good. I've been trying to work down the UFOs around here. The trouble is that I have so little time to actually work on anything. Add to that the recent history of dips in the frog pond for at least two of those projects, and you can see how things have backed up.
So let's review what we do have going on:
Project #1: The hooded sweater.
This was supposed to be Terra. It was frogged when I measured it and found that it would fit my nine-year old niece. I still think the pattern is flawed. Progress is not advancing as fast as it previously had been, and I'm not sure why, except that temperatures in the high 80s really don't make knitting with wool all that appealing.
Project #2: The summer tank top.
Originally using a different yarn and ending up in this Cascade Cotton Rich, I've started and scrapped at least seven different patterns and figured that I'd stick with what I know works: Sahara. I plan to adapt this to a v-neck versus the fancy trim that the pattern calls for. I think.
Project #3: Swallowtail Shawl.
Still pretty much in the ramenesque state, although I have finally figured out what I didn't get about the first lily-of-the-valley chart and am now headed for home. It'll get done soon enough now.
Still can't pronounce it, which makes it interesting when people ask you what pattern this is. I'm also thinking that I will not have enough yarn to complete the pair for myself. Maggie? Like what you see?
It is a lovely stitch pattern.
Project #5: Hedgerows.
It's hard to prove in this picture, but this sock design was made for this yarn. This is the first time I've actually knit with Cascade Heritage and I'm loving it. The sock is also practically knitting itself. I don't remember the last pair going quite so fast.
Project #6: The Project to Be Named Later.
I still haven't figured out what the hell to do with this yarn. I'm leaning toward
Beverly's suggestion of
RPMs, but I'm still open to suggestions.
so you've just been sitting at home, knitting.
No, I haven't. I've been working. I've also been taking HSH out and about.
all the way to the grocery store and back, eh? what fun.
Just because you don't get out very often….
Despite the fact that I've become slightly agoraphobic as of late, I do get the urge to go places. Finding ourselves all with the same day off, we climbed into the Cruiser and headed for the
Botanical Garden. woo. what a fun place for a five-year old. yahoo. plants.
Obviously you've never been. There's a lot of things to see at the gardens. Fountains, flowers, tree, statues, and the World of Wonders exhibit. That's great. Kid-sized gardens built with themes to teach about different climate zones. Dirt boxes free for the digging. A "garden shed" to play in. And water fountains that are MEANT to be run through. HSH was a little worried about getting her dress wet, but we just told her to go play and get drenched. She's dry out soon on such a sunny day. Let's just say that she got over the initial misgivings.
The Botanical Gardens butt up right to the airport, and there's an observation "deck" on the berm separating the two properties. We stayed up there for quite a while, listening to the ATC chatter and watching the planes taxi around and take off. (I find this fascinating. Of course, that may have something to do with the fact that I took the air traffic controller test twice. I really was interested in the job.) We listened to the chatter between a departing
Southwest jet and the tower, and watched the jetway pull back from the plane. The plane turned to taxi by us and for some reason, I looked in the cockpit as it drove past. The pilot was waving to us. With all the things that the pilot has to worry about in the departure sequence, he still took the time to greet a little girl, even from a distance. That was cool. And yes, I did write to customer service to commend the pilot.
And y'all should be proud of HSH. We went to a Japanese restaurant for dinner tonight and she tried a little bit of everything without protest and of her own choice. Okay, she wasn't overly keen on the tuna sashimi, but the California roll, miso soup and shrimp tempura were quite the hit. Next stop, dim sum.
you'll have to leave the house for that.
Nope. Got a great cookbook from the library. If the shumai recipe passes muster, I shall cook up a bunch of dumplings and get her totally hooked. Heh.