Hit and Run
Quick boring update. I don’t talk too much about my medical issues here, but I’ve got a boatload of them, and they’ve got me down for the count. Good (? well, better anyway) blogging will resume before too long. For now, a few completely random notes on the state of things:
- I finished and blocked the body of Rogue. I’m a wee bit disappointed — it’s a little shorter than I’d like. I was worried this was going to happen, and debated with myself over and over and over again about adding an extra cable repeat to the side cable, and decided against it. I’m kicking the hell out of myself now and very upset. Hubby says it still looks great, but I dunno. Will be seaming and sewing in sleeves very soon, maybe today. Pics to come.
- Hubby’s first sock has turned the heel and is coming down the home stretch. Ugly (and I mean ASS-ugly) pooling on the gusset, but nice striping has resumed now that I’m on the body of the foot (does a foot have a body?). I’m afraid the foot is too big. I’m going to finish this one, let him try it on, and then go from there — adapting and reknitting sock #1 if necessary.
- My bag for sew? I knit! is (ha!) coming along. You can read about my adventures with my sewing machine here. I do not have the fortitiude to post about it again. So far I have not heaved the sewing machine into the wall. My nearest and dearest have a pool going on when it will happen.
- My cousin is going to have a baby! First grandchild for her parents. New little person for me to knit for. I’m excited.
- We had a realtor come look at our house today. Getting ready to put it on the market. Looking at getting a better price than imagined. Very scary.
- The boy was in a wedding this past weekend. He did what he was supposed to do for all of about 32 seconds, did NOT go headfirst into nearby water despite my greatest fears, provided great entertainment for everyone there, and most importanly, was so cute I almost died.
And in non-knitting news:
Be back soon with more interesting and relevant stuff.
You know, you CAN make Rogue longer without ripping the whole thing. Choose a point above the pocket (at the top of a cable repeat), cut–catching the stitches on the top and the bottom on stitch holders or waste yarn, pickup the live stitches on the bottom part, add another cable repeat (or two!) then graft the live stitches from the bottom to the live stitches on the top. You’ll be off by half a stitch but it shouldn’t be noticeable anywhere except near the cables–but it will still be hard to see. (sounds like a lot of work, huh? I wouldn’t do it unless I certain that I couldn’t live with a short sweater)
where are you moving?
Comment by Laura — April 21, 2006 @ 2:05 pm
Oh, he is SO handsome! I love that shot of him looking at his hand in his dress up suit! Very good looking boy.
That’s a nice save for Rogue. Too short drives me crazy, and it’s so prevalent nowadays because of the fashion. Bah.
Your sewing machine woes cracked me up! Don’t feel bad. I’m a reasonably proficient seamstress (mainly through sheer volume of time and perseverance) but I hadn’t sewn in a few months and I was having hellacious problems with stupid, stupid things. I couldn’t figure out how to put my bobbin holder back in! We’re talking 3 pieces, all fairly jigsaw consistency. 45 minutes. I wanted to hop up and down on it and melt it into belt buckles.
I hope your medical woes are better. One is PCOS, right? Something that’s hecka hard to “fix”.
Comment by Carrie K — April 21, 2006 @ 7:52 pm