Ahhhhhhhhhhh . . . . Tax Season


Well, I haven't had much time for anything but paperwork for the last week or so. At a couple of points, I've had two printers going at the same time & was still printing about 10 returns behind what I've actually done!! Tractor feed printers are sloooooooow but cheap to operate. Ink Jets are fast but expensive. What do you do?????


Haven't had much knitting time either, but I did have time to FROG. I thought my Gluttony socks were just a little big - but often socks can look a little big until you get past the heel shaping & actually get to try them on. The pattern for Gluttony had several errors in it so I chose to just knit them simply & let the handpainted yarn show off. They started off with 76 stitches which seemed like an awful lot to me since I normally use 68 for women's socks - well, 69 but I knit the first & last stitches together . . . so 76 seemed like an awful lot. But, I hadn't used this particular yarn before - superwash merino tightly twisted - so I went with the pattern recommendations. I frogged the socks on Wednesday. They were only to the heel shaping & the Wednesday Nite Nitting Gang agreed with me that they just were too big. I've only got the ribbing done at this point but I like them better already. With any luck, I'll get them finished before the next Deadly S(p)in package arrives early in May!!


Remember this?????
Seeing as how I needed something mindless but still wanted to knit on my breaks, I started a Danish Working Shawl - yeah, I know, I know, I'm not the shawl type - but it caught my fancy, it doesn't take much yarn & I wanted something light & warm for work!! My poor printer overheats from printing all day so I have the window in the office wide open to keep it cool . . . & I'm cold! I had those three big, fat skeins of koolaid dyed splotchy yarn that was begging to be used for something . . . . so I cast on for the shawl. It's a fast & easy knit - a couple of yarn over increases on each end as well as in the middle give it it's shape. Other than that, it's simple Garter stitch. I can understand why this shape is so popular in many places in the world - it's fast, it's easy, you can use any type of yarn in any color AND you don't have to measure, shape or even be a good knitter!! And one pattern can be sized up or down to fit anyone. You just keep knitting until it's the right size! This one has strings attached - or ICord - to each end so it can be crossed in front, wrapped around the waist & tied in back. You can tie it on top of the back point or under. Keeps the body warm & the arms free to work. It may just be the perfect office wear.