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Thursday, June 22, 2006

Me and Mr. Spreadsheet Made it Through..

I have progress!



I don't know if you can see the safety pin or not at the top corner.. but.. I am not committed yet. I am not sure if my short rows have gone the right way and done what they are supposed to do or not.. but one side of the collar is an inch shorter than the other side.. so I think it might be right... I'm just not sure yet.

I don't know how long I will be able to keep that safety pin and the ball of yarn attached.. but I'm thinking I might break out a new ball to start the Right front..

Oh..... I think I just got light headed thinking about the Right front...

You see... "do it all again, but the other way" is really really scary with this pattern... so I intend to type out all the real instructions.. but I have fears that I will miss some stupid little detail and it will be all.. my.. fault...

I am scared..

But.. I will persevere.

Oh and I found a new project to satisfiy my work knitting..

Liz has tempted me into knitting my own Saturday Market Bag, which is just the right thing I need for our grocerie shopping.

It's really interesting making such big loops.. and it's a little freeing too because if you make a mistake.... you can't really tell.. because it's just big loops. Heh.. Just the right thing for when I have to set it down and answer the phone, or talk to a parent about their bill, or worry about some woman's throw-up not flushing down the toilet.

Ok that last part sounds really gross.. but I swear to you it happened the other day.. This woman went to our restroom and then came out and went up to the desk and said, "Uh, I just wanted you to know that I just hurrled in the toilet and it won't flush."

Our work toilet does this weird thing where it only flushes properly every other time or something.. it's weird... and bad... Especially when that happens.. Hurrling.. ew.

Not that you guys really needed to know any of that.. but that is my work life... lol.

So now I just have to worry about writing out the instructions for the Right front... and hoping that it comes out as a mirror image of the Left front... With button holes... can't forget the button holes.

(This is the part where you hold my hand and tell me that everything will be ok. And offer nice tips. This is the first time that I think that a glass of wine might actually ease the knitting process... but I know better than that.)
-Kim-   11:16 PM
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Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Ugh..... I fear.. I am one of Those bloggers.

Hello again...

Why am I greeting you? Because it's been too long just to start talking out of nowhere like you know me or something. I feel like a stranger.. like I've come to the party three weeks late.. It's a weird feeling.

I don't really have any knitting progress to show... Not to say that there hasn't been knitting, because there has. I did infact put the life line into my left front.. and I did infact use Mr. Spreadsheet to the fullest extent of my abilities.. I think it's going well.. I've gotten to the point where you bind off for the top of the shoulders.. and then comes the weird collar short-row-shaping thing they do.. That point is going to be a little scary until I actually do it I think.

I could technically post a picture of what I've knitted so far.. but it really isn't that much different from the last picture.. Or maybe it would be.. I don't know.. I guess I should just do it and let you guys decide.. lol.



Now that I look at it.. if you see the life line in the picture you can see that I've made a fair bit of progress.. There is hope for me yet!

That is Mr. Spreadsheet in the background there.. If you click and maybe squint you'll be able to see all my little check marks down all the rows on the page.. I'm really glad I thought of doing it that way because it was ooooh so helpful.. I mean seriously.

I am still however scared of the right front and the shadyness of "Do it all again, but the other way" but I think I can make it through.. It's just going to take lots of typing.. lol.

I find that even though my job allows me to knit, I don't knit there very oftin.. I need a project that is interesting, but portable, and not so hard that I can't put it down every few minutes. Maybe I need to seriously concider being a.. sock knitter? I hear that is all the rage for portable projects with just enough interest. I am still wishing I could make jaywalkers for myself.. (Who hasn't done those besides me? Is there anyone left?) and I have to investigate the concept of sock yarns that I can knit with.. Now that I know I can knit with some wool it shouldn't be nearly as hard. Maybe I could start with a knitpicks yarn or something.

Ahh the possibilities.

Speaking of possibilities.. I still haven't tried out my swift.. Is that sad or what? I haven't even finished it or anything.

I guess I just see a whole bunch of stuff around here that I need to do, get overwhelmed, and then decide (well not really decide..) to spend all my time laying on the couch watching weird shows on the Style Network and TLC.

Have you seen the Take Home Chef?! I love that show!

Erm... anyway.. lol.. I just wanted to touch base again and let you see that I am still here, and still knitting, even if I'm living in the shadows. I hope that I can break out of the funk soon.

Definitely sooner.. rather than later.
-Kim-   12:41 AM
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