No end in sight
This is probably a first. There is no end in sight, not a single solitary one. All of them have been woven in. Though looking at the pictures, the buttons don’t look completely straight. Would you have noticed if I hadn’t said anything? I’m very critical of my own stuff.
Pattern: Seeds & Vines Top-Down Cardigan from Cozy Knits for Cuddly Babies
Yarn: Wool-Ease
Needles: US 7
Start Date: June 8
Finish Date: June 11
There’s a ritual I go through every week. On Thursday, I regret not driving over to the Stitching for Sanity group. Friday, Saturday, all the way through Tuesday, I vow to go to the next one. On Wednesday, I plan all day on going. I get dressed an hour or so before I need to leave. An hour goes by, and the lazies strike and I don’t go. Then the cycle starts all over again, me regretting not going and vowing to go to the next one. I really like the people there even though I don’t say much. I just don’t like the driving part. So I asked on one of the lists if anyone in my general area would be interested in getting a group going and it looks like we’re going to have our first get together on Monday. And it’s only 12 miles! Yay!
I’ve been having trouble trying to decide what to start next. I have all these things I want to knit but then I look at each one and wonder if I’ll really ever wear it. I tried starting 2 different summer tops and before I got to the 15th row on either of them, they no longer appealed to me. I still have Poinsettia to work on but I want to be working on something else too. Something I can wear. Baby items are fun, and they’re quick as can be, but some of them I can’t work on until we know if the Peanut is a boy or girl. I went ahead and started one from the Patons book, and wouldn’t you know, there’s an error. They tell you to do the first 16 rows that has a design in it, then it says to start the raglan shaping. Now I know babies are small, but I think starting the armhole 2 inches from the bottom is a little much. No schematics so I can’t go by that, but I’ve looked at the other patterns and I’ll take the length from one of those.
Ever had someone stare at you in a public place? At first you look away. You glance back and not only is the original person staring at you, but she now has her friends joining in. I really hate confrontation but it was kind of pissing me off, so I gave a hard stare back. They started giggling and apologizing for staring, “it’s just that you look like someone we know.” Then “You look like Debra Winger.” Me thinks a couple someones had a little too much to drink.
June 15th, 2006 at 5:19 am
Hey! I’ve got some ends you can weave in!
The sweater looks adorable, and the buttons look fine. Go for it with the knitting group, even if it starts small at first - it’ll get bigger and bigger before you know it.
At least you realised that you wouldn’t wear the garments before they were done. I finish it, *then* say “What the hell was I thinking???”
June 15th, 2006 at 9:28 am
Is that the Higher Grounds group? That’s about as far from me as the Five Forks group. I’m going to try to come, but I know what you mean about it being a pain to drive off somewhere. I’m driving around all day these days, and some nights the thought of makinge one. more. trip. is almost enough to push me over the edge.
June 15th, 2006 at 9:30 am
The sweater looks great and the buttons are fine! I totally know what you mean about not going places. I do that all the time and I always regret it. What list were you on where you found the person to start a knitting group? I’ve been wanting to find one.
June 15th, 2006 at 10:43 am
It’s gorgeous! You know, we’d love to have you at the Stitching for Sanity meet-ups. Maybe some day?
June 16th, 2006 at 9:18 am
that red sweater is so sweet. I’ve been knitting baby bibs from Mason-Dixon book like a mad woman. Got 4+ peeps pregnant and it seems like every time I turn around someone else is preggers.
June 17th, 2006 at 8:30 am
I’m surprised you don’t get more staring, your eyes are such a bright blue that they really stand out in a crowd. The sweater is so cute and I need to follow your lead in the color choice and break out of my baby colors for babies rut.
June 20th, 2006 at 8:46 am
Jill, I love the little red sweater. It’s wonderful the way it is. The buttons look fine. I do the same thing, find fault with my own work. I think we just stare at it so long that every little flaw (or imagined flaw) becomes bigger in our eyes.
Glad to find your blog. Also, good luck with your new knitting group. Ours started with 3 people, but one lady stopped coming. But we just kept meeting in a coffee shop and eventually “grew” more knitters. We’ve been meeting for 18 months now, and we have almost too many - well, we are up to 13 or 14 total members, but several of them don’t come every time. On an average meeting, we have about 8 people actually there.