No More Wednesday

I've decided to eliminate Wednesday from My week. Lately, everything goes bonkers for me on Wednesday. All that nasty, expensive dentistry took place on Wednesdays. Neil got me drunk on Wednesday. And last week, my mechanic friend detached a retina on Wednesday .  .  .  .  we rushed him to Emergency & he had his first surgery as soon as the Specialist could get there from New West. He ended up with two more by Thursday, this week. Hopefully, that will be the last one. I did all this running around last year for another friend who did the very same thing so I know where all the Eye Guys are in New West & Surrey & lucky for me, they all seem to be moving to the new buildings across from Surrey Memorial Hospital. And most of them take TWO hours to see a patient. I go well supplied with knitting & eBooks for the duration .  .  .  .  but I tell ya, those early mornings really kick the stuffing out of a night owl like me!

On the Needles - I never did take a picture of the latest repaired socks before they were on my feet. I'm finding that I really prefer the short socks so I'm always digging in the sock basket for the lighter, shorter ones. I'll have to make a couple more pairs I guess - time to get out the scrap bags.

Lara's Vest - I thought it was looking kind of big on the needles so I dropped it onto a string & measured it. Sigh. Not only was it too big but it was ginormous. I am beginning to understand that all Scottish knitting uses lace to fingering weight yarns even when they talk about chunky. And I really am useless at judging a bottom-up sweater when most of mine have been top-down ones that you can try on as you go. So I frogged it all once more. Pabaigh is simply a square with a funnel on top. There's no reason I can't knit it from the top down, with a cap sleeve & attach a funnel shaped cowl! Is there??? That's what I thought!  Or I could make a nice top down, cap sleeved vest with a shawl collar like one from Cabin Fever.
My Sweater - got three on the go - one in hand spun - I love the yarn & how it feels!!! One in Burgandy aran weight rustic yarn from Alberta. The yarn is like Briggs & Little only softer - you still have to pull out straw as you knit. And one in Blue bulky from Briggs & Little with straw bits which softens up as you work with it. All are sitting next to my TV chair waiting for me to turn the TV back on. I should do that, I suppose, it's easier on the butt than my office chair when I squint at the computer.

My Gawd, the sun is out, the sky is blue & I'm inside at the computer!!!