It may be impossible for a cat to enjoy being scritched more than Kipling does. He would be happy if I spent all my time scrubbing his ribs with my fingertips like he was a washboard, with brief intermissions for bellyrubs and ear-scratches. I think I’m going to be taking a summer break from blogging here. I’ve got a camping-trip vacation coming up, followed...
Sometimes it’s not knitting which bothers my arms (even without the Knitting Olympics). Sometimes it’s work, and work has to take precedence until someone wants to match my salary with a knitting job. Well, last week I was busier than normal at work, and as a result, my arms are sore from wrists to elbows. This coming week is looking as if it will...
Thanks to Emm1e, here are my completed Garter Rib Socks! I knit the first one in five weeks; the second one took longer because I got caught up in moving, cleaning, unpacking, and all those other things that go along with buying a house. They were a quick knit, and a decent pattern. Some of the instructions, like the part for centering the pattern...
Yesterday we had an all-hands meeting, and one of my co-workers was admiring the So-Called Scarf. “Maybe,” she said, “I could give you $20 and you could knit me something like this?” “Uhhhhh,” I answered as nicely as I could, “I could teach you to knit…” She laughed and said, “Oh come on, you’re just trying to empower me now!” Yes, yes I am.
Ah, finally, a chance to talk about both knitting, and my day job, in the same post! Today at around 10:00am the power went out. It flicked off, then on again (the HVAC was confused) then off. And it stayed that way. After a minute or two, we all shut our computers off (it’s so nice to have UPSes) and wandered around in the...
My new job is pretty cool, even if it is seriously cutting into my knitting time. I did find one co-worker who knows the basics of knitting, but like me, she’s chosen the path of “eating a quick lunch at your desk means you can leave at 4:00 instead of 5:00.” That means a 50 minute drive home instead of a 90 minute drive,...
I only got a few rounds past the point at which this picture was taken when my hands started seriously complaining about two straight hours of sock knitting. That being said, tonight’s SnB was fun as usual! We had about fifteen people at the most crowded. Some crocheters and some needlepointers, but mostly knitters. I really enjoy talking to everyone, and showing the sock...
Since my co-workers discovered my knitting habit, they have rarely missed an opportunity to tease me about it. My project manager asked if I knit the chunky cabled cardigan I often wear to keep me from freezing to death in this ice-cave of an office. When I said no, he wanted to know why not. Why not? Because I bought it from the store...
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