It’s only Monday and already my week sucks.
You know it’s going to be a bad Monday when you the alarm goes off five minutes after you’ve finally fallen asleep. Or something like that.
Luckily, the commute in to the office was ok. But it was downhill from there. My stupid financial system went belly-up on my again this morning, and no one was around to reset it for me. So I lost several hours of processing time, which I sorely need this week.
Yesterday was another full-of-knitting day. Even when I had to go to Chuck E. Cheese, that pickup area for communist subversives. TSM was invited to a birthday party for friends, and I was the designated parent. Overall, it wasn’t too bad, even for a Sunday afternoon. I sat with the other moms in the back of the “restaurant” and worked on my Opal toe up sock.
Speaking of said sock, I finished it last night, and bound off, and found (probably like most other first time toe-up knitters) that the bind off was too tight. So, I ripped out the bind off, and tonight I will try this tip from the Socknitters page.
I also worked on the “Greenwich” cardigan some more, and have reached the point of the armhole decreases. It’s moving along nicely, and I seem to be maintaining the required gauge. I’ve been taking measurements as I go, to be sure I’m not knitting too tightly again.
I also broke out the crochet hooks, and made a couple of new ponytail scrunchies for Klumpen. She’s been asking for more sets, and I finally got around to doing them for her. I’m using leftover sock yarn, and they’re coming out well. I’ll have to steal them back from her to get a scan of them.
Tonight, TOH and I are going to the Birchmere to see Randy Newman. We’ve seen him before, and it was an enjoyable show, so I’m looking forward to it again.