Yep. I’ve started another neckwarmer. The recipient of the first one was so pleased with his, that my husband got jealous and wanted one of his own. So, I’m making his now. If I can work on it tonight for a bit, I should be done with it tonight or tomorrow night. It didn’t take me long to do the first one, so the second should be quicker since I’m familiar with the pattern now.
I worked on Chamomile last night. I’m on the front panel and made it past the ribbed edge and past the first decreases. I worked the straight rows and am about to start the section of increases. For the sleeves, I the first stitch on every row, since it will be seamed up. I’ve not quite done that with the front panel. I’ve been slipping the first stitch on the knit rows. The purl rows have been worked straight through. For some reason, when I slip the stitch on the purl row, it looks odd, which I know shouldn’t worry me too much since it is a selvedge, but I don’t like it. So I’ve just been doing the knit rows. They still both come out pretty smooth, so hopefully I won’t have too much problems seaming. But I really had fun last night working on it. I’ve not worked on it in a few weeks, since I officially picked it back up to work on. And I really enjoyed it. Of course, my husband saw me working on it and fussed that I should be working on getting the lapghan finished. It’s still on floor, but I think it’s dry now. We are going camping this weekend, but since Monday is a holiday, I’ll hopefully have some time and I’m going to try to work on getting the lapghan completed then.
I’ve joined two knitalongs. The 1st Time Sweater Knitalong, since Chamomile is my first sweater. And the Sock IT To Me Knitalong, since I’m still working on my first pair of socks. I’ve added the buttons and links to the sidebar. I’m itching to try the FBS Redux Knitalong, but I think I have enough on my plate. I’m so ready to start my Dolman Sweater, but I want to finish up my afghans and Chamomile. I guess I need to get on the ball and get those done. Of course I also need to get back to working on my socks. LOL! So much knitting to do and so little time…ugh!
Strips are blocking and I noticed that one block of color, of course right smack in the middle of the strip is too small and I can’t block it out. It would make it stretch too much. So once the strip dries, I’ll have to rip it at that one section and add a few rows to it. How do you add it back? Would I graft it back together using a kitchener stitch? I think it’s going to be a challenge ripping it so that the stitches above don’t fall apart. I may need to do a little research to see if I can find some pictured help in one of my books or online somewhere. Wish me luck.
Yes, I’m almost done. All I have left is blocking and seaming the strips together and my lapghan will be complete. I hope to block tonight, so I can start seaming tomorrow. I actually finished the knitting on Saturday, but have been trying to get over this flu, so I wasn’t in the mood for much knitting the past few days. I’m feeling better, so hopefully I’ll be able to completely cross it off my list in the next day or two. Once I’m done, I’ll post a photo and start my FO list for 2005! Off to work on Chamomile. LOL!
Well, I’m not sure about anything anymore. This past weekend, Friday, DH kept talking about babies. Like my stomach would get bigger as soon as I stop taking the pill, and that I better get LASIK done before he gets me pregnant. And all of this is stuff he brought up on his own, without my encouragement. It started the day before while we were talking about it with a friend. W asked when we were going to have a baby and I said that I’m ready and I think it’s time since I’ll be 30 soon. W said he hated to agree with me, but…and DH said, yeah, I know. Then while we were hanging out with friends on Friday night, there was talk of us making babies and he was all for it. Then, I know he was drunk, but back at the hotel, he wanted to make a baby, but we were too drunk and it felt akward with our friends in the other bed asleep (we shared a hotel room for New Years with some friends). Then Saturday afternoon, before he left to play disc golf, he said that we’d try to make a baby when he got back later that evening. Hmm.
Then Sunday or Monday night, he said he wanted to get busy, but that it would be a bad thing, because it might make a baby. And he hasn’t mentioned anything at all about it, good or bad, since. So I’m just not sure what to think. He kept giving me a lot of signals that he was ready many times throughout the weekend. Then it’s like he was back to his normal self of avoiding the issue. But he hasn’t mentioned anything about me starting back on the pill and I know he is aware that I’m not taking it anymore.
I’m so confused and am afraid to bring it up. Maybe he is avoiding the issue, because I’m so gung-ho about getting LASIK done this month, that maybe he realizes that I can’t get it done if I get pregnant and he’s wanting me to have the surgery first. I’m hoping that’s what it is, because the time he said something about me hurrying up to get it done, I mentioned that they probably wouldn’t do the surgery on a pregnant woman. I have no idea what to think and I don’t want to bring it up. I’ll just let it go for now since I do want to have the LASIK and I know if I got pregnant it would be a year at least before I could consider it again. Let’s hope he gets gung-ho about it again after I have the surgery.
