Unraveled Wednesday 01-31-18

Hello All,


Welcome to the end of January!  Yikes!  Time is flying by.  I am dragging a bit this morning - stayed up later than normal and feeling just a tad on the sleep deprived side of things.  But, it is mid-week and we have snacks at work today (Philly Pretzels and Cupcakes which I'm sure will be decorated in green & white for the Eagles).  As soon as I can get some carbs in this body I'll perk up a bit.


I was finally able to complete my on-line training and I can now appreciate differences - LOL.  So, at least that's off my plate.  I have two more training courses that are mandatory (wage and hour training and something else), but those are not due till December 31st...so I will take a bit of a break.


First up:  Reading.  I finished Sing, Unburied, Sing last night just before dinner.  Wow!  Five Stars.  What a powerful, well-written novel.  Very moving and at times (for me) difficult to read.  I highly recommend this to everyone.  Yesterday I finally got notice on Overdrive that I could download Glass Houses - the latest from Louise Penny.  So anxious to return to Three Pines, but I have a couple others on my Kindle that will expire before Glass Houses, including The Woman Who Smashed Codes which is highly rated - I will be starting that today/tonight.  On my nightstand I still have a few books from Christmas as well as Eleanor Oliphant (thanks Dee!).  Plenty to keep me occupied.


Next up:  Knitting.  Colin's socks are finished (including weaving in ALL the ends)!

Opposites they are.  I texted Colin the above picture and he loves them.  He will be over Thursday for dinner and I will get a shot of him modeling them.  These were so fun to knit.  I love the cables and I loved switching yarn.  The green (Sabertooth Caterpillar) is slightly thinner than the grey variegated (Constellation), so the sock with the green leg is a little thinner and a tad shorter, but I think once they are on it won't make a difference and...anyway...they'll be under pants - lol.


Next up:  I plan to finish the fingerless mitts I started the other week.  These will go quickly.  And, I want to knit myself socks in February in RED - specifically the Malabrigo I picked up the other weekend when out with Dee.  But what pattern?


Years ago...before I had even knit my first pair of socks, my friend Carol gave me a book:  Knitting on the Road which has 18 beautiful sock patterns in it.  Many of them have interesting stitches in them (horizontal braids, cross-overs that are not cables, etc.).  This morning over coffee I spent more time than I should have thumbing through this book.  So many things I want to try!  My plan is to pull out my notebook with graph paper and put together something to knit incorporating some of these (new to me) stitches.  Should be fun!


Also, I am so very, very tempted by the Bang Out a Carbeth KAL that Mason Dixon is hosting.  I LOVE that sweater...and it's bulky yarn and cropped...so it wouldn't take forever, right?  Something to ponder.  Meanwhile, time to get cracking and get to work.  Soon it will be the downside of the work week!

A Finish, A Re-Start and a Beginning

Hello All,


The sun is out -- 2 days in a row!!  But, the temp this morning is 32 F.  If the forecast is to be believed, it should get into the upper 50's today, but rain is in the forecast through Saturday.  Sigh...


Thanks for your nice comments on yesterday's post.  It was a lot of fun for me to look through my Mom's scrapbook again - I hadn't pulled it out in several years.


Colin's socks are finished!!  The pattern is Petty Harbour (free on Ravelry) and the yarn is Regia.  I really like how they turned out and he is coming over for dinner tonight so I can hand them over.

They are the same size, even though this picture makes the one on the left look larger.


Last night I pulled out yarn for some socks for me and then decided it was too dark and wintry-like.  I want to wind the skein of "rhubarb" yarn I bought in Lancaster and knit some Spring socks with that.  Hopefully tonight I'll have the time to do that.  In the meantime, I ripped out what I had started on the Mick Jagged shawl and have brought that to work today to re-start.  Pictures later.  The yarn is pretty - two skeins of Miss Babs Yummy 2 ply in blues (Dark Orion and Daydream Believer).


As I mentioned in an earlier post, I did start Sigla over the weekend.  I haven't gotten any further, but here is the start.

Someone was trying to play with my yarn.  Here are the colors that I'll use for the "flags" on the sweater:

Starting from the top :  purple (which is done in the first shot).  Next up green, then a rusty color and finally blue.  Kat has made excellent notes on modifications for the neckline - making it looser.  I want mine pretty tight, so hopefully this will work out.  It's not quite at the point where I can test it, but fingers crossed.  I think it will stretch enough.  If I can keep at this, I should be ready for Fall and Winter when they next show up.


Nice to be almost at the weekend.  And, next week should be an easy one (or boring) for me - both of my bosses will be in Key West for a Division President's get-away (tough life, I know).