Four glorious days dedicated to knitting! It has been wonderful, but I still have much to do. And miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep.
I'll be back on Tuesday; maybe with something from the Yarn Barn of Kansas maybe not.
Is there such a thing as too much knitting? What a silly question! Of course not! Over the past week, I have had four days which were just made for knitting. On Thursday, December 8, Ann's By Design had it's first Knitting Marathon. From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., knitters were invited to work on projects which absolutely must be done by Christmas. It was great to see so many of Ann's loyal customers come in to spend some time knitting, chatting and laughing. I must admist that my back was crying for the comfort of a sofa by the time we were done. Weather was not our friend and kept many away. Thea and I stayed until the bitter end (the weather was bitter but never the knitting or the company.) I desperately needed a night like this as Linda (2 cars, 1 Chocolate Lab, 4 cats and husband) left on Tuesday, December 6 for their drive to Stevenson, Washington. Some day I may write a tribute to Linda, but not today. I still get teary when I think about her leaving. Sunday, December 11, we woke up to our first real snow of the year. After having lunch with my Mom at her independent lilving facility, I couldn't think of anything better than a day of knitting. I needed to finish my bulky scarf and cowl, but put that aside to do some more relaxing and enjoyable knitting. I also needed to find travel knitting for our trip to Lawrence, Kansas. Sunday was a day of putzing. It kept snowing and we watched one closing after another on TV. On Monday, we woke up to this. All schools were closed, 11 inches of snow and it was still snowing. We were snowed in. Monday was a day of Christmas music (with a little Phantom of the Opera thrown in because we saw the production Wednesday night. I love it! It makes me cry it is so beautiful), coffee, knitting, candles burning and knitting. Does it get any better than this!?!?! The only thing that could have made it better would be doing all of this with Linda. Not only did I have to stay in because of the snow, Monday was prep day for a Tuesday colonoscopy. Remember this, my Bulky Bliss scarf with the tubular cast-on? Well, tubublar cast-on means tubular cast-off. Because this is all knit in K1P1 ribbing to make it two sided, the cast-off was no easy task. I watched several (and by several I mean more than I wish to count or remember) U-Tube videos telling how to do a "Tubulary Cast-off in K1P1 Ribbing." Let me tell you all U-Tube vidoes are not created equal! Finally I found one! This woman not only understood and could do the process, she knew how to teach. Not true for all of the vidoes. I finally got that done and decided to go to relaxing, zen knitting rather than tackling the grafting for the cowl. Isn't it beautiful. Beauty can be cruel and deceiving! Tuesday, I had to be at the hospital by 8:15 and was home by 10:30 but in no shape to tackle the grafting for the cowl. So I spent another day of zen knitting. OMG! I love zen knitting so much. Wednesday, I finally tried to tackle "grafting K1P1 Ribbing." I am sorry to say, it is still on the needles. I think of myself as a fairly advanced knitter (maybe I have to rethink that) but I just can't get the hang of it. I think I will leave it until we get back from Kansas or after Christmas or after Sunset Beach whenever I finally figure it out. We leave tomorrow for Kansas and I still haven't discovered what my travel knitting will be. I have nothing on the needles which qualifies. I don't have time to start something new. Could this be the first time ever I leave without travel knitting? I think not.
Four glorious days dedicated to knitting! It has been wonderful, but I still have much to do. And miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep. I'll be back on Tuesday; maybe with something from the Yarn Barn of Kansas maybe not.
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