Today is Thursday, Nov 3. Nov 2 is somewhat of a blur because in the waning hours of Nov 1 a ruthless intestinal bug waged war and kicked my digestive ass. Literally. So not pretty. I am upright today, though still a little shy of functional. It's not all bad, though. This morning I got to have lovely red jello for breakfast. Yum. Said bug may have been karmic payback for spending Halloween night hiding behind closed curtains from the trick-or-treaters. I dislike Halloween. I also dislike anyone dressed up as someone they are not; including but not limited to Santa, clowns, mascots and the occasional zombie. This stems from my father dressing up as Santa, forcing my 3 year old self to sit on his lap, and an extended fit of hysteria on my part.
In knitting news, I have spent the last month or so knitting hats for the Marvelous Miss C. I regret that no pics were taken because they were pretty fantastic. I knit them all from this book:
Bambeanies by Woolly Wormhead .
I made Damsel (featured on the cover) Moochie, Quynn, and Pixetta...just in case anyone is interested. You can purchase the book as a pdf on Rav or through the website. I give it 5 stars.
So anyway, it was time to get down to knitting something from the very long que; something for just me. I had 4 skeins of the really beautiful Malabrigo Twist (baby merino, super soft) in the 618 Liquid Ambar colorway...
..with intention of making Hawthorne from the Twist Collective.
I'm ready to have something warm and soft around my neck, over my coat, in my lap so I wound the balls, printed the pattern, gathered the needles and parked myself to begin. I read the first line "cast on 311 stitches". 311? Really? Ok. Then I read on to discover that the first 34 rows are offered in chart form only. I have knitted frequently from charts. I even like charts....but 34 rows of charts on 311 stitches? I put it down and picked up some mindless cowl knitting which I put down again because I was bored sensless. Maybe this is akin to writers block or a blank canvas that confounds, but I had to force myself to pick up those empty needles and force myself to cast on those stitches. Then I made the classic mistake of knitting row one while watching television, came out with the wrong number of stitches at the end and ripped the whole thing out. Row 1, epic fail, but I had my mojo back, casted on again and aced that first row and the second. Yay. I expect to spend a great deal of today knitting in between jello and nap breaks. I have made peace with Hawthorne.
Random bits:
*I have become semi obsessed with The Vampire Diaries having just begun with season one via Netflix instantly. However, watching it reminds me of how old I am. For a teen drama there is a ridiculous amount of drinking, drugs, and sex. Oh, and texting during class. What ever happened to "just say no"?
* I've begun the holiday music enjoyment. Pandora....I love you.
*I wish it would snow. (I am not insensitive to all those out east still without power. Sorry you guys.)
*18 days until AH leaves me for a week to visit his family in Houston. I will be working almost the entire time he is gone, but I still wish he wasn't going, except for the times that I am glad he has the chance to go and enjoy time with his family.
Hope your day includes something that makes you smile.