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••• Tuesday, April 06, 2004

Dam-N-It
I cast off the last sleeve for the Must Have Cardie. I haven't blocked it yet, because I'm going to clean my bedroom. No really. I am. Any day now. Heck, any minute even.

What does cleaning my room have to do with blocking the block? Well, long ago I realized that innocent little sweater pieces pinned to my bedroom floor can become easy, hapless scapegoats in my quest to avoid housework.

But that hasn't stopped me from moving on to my next project. Before Sunday's roadtrip, I cast on for the Anchor's Aweigh from the Spring Knitters.

Here's a visual on my progress, as of about 3 minutes ago.

You might recall that I am not using the Rowan Denim for this pattern. I instead went with a close facsimile (isn't that redundant?) from Elann, known as Den-M-Nit. While I wish I could give this stuff a jaunty, seaworthy endorsement, I can't. Truth be, I'd really like to see it anchored away. Far away. In the Deep Indigo Sea.

So what's wrong with the Den-M-Nit? Why do I be Dam-N-It?

Oh, I don't know. I guess I find it kind of stiff and sinewy. And tough and chewy. Not so bad, if you like knitting with a luxurious, 12-ply beef jerky.

It probably hasn't helped my tactily chagrined attitude that I've had trouble finding a good needle match. My Denise and Turbo circs were too slickery for the yarn, so I had to resort to my straight bamboos. I haven't knit on straight needles for months and months so they felt awkward and my hands ached at the end of the first day. Today I bought some bamboo circs, and after three rows, I'm liking the feel of the yarn a little better. Just a little.

The pattern is easy enough but the yarn over element in every row of the cable pattern makes the simplest do-over a Barffok waiting to happen. While I like the way the cable ribbing looks, I very much look forward to getting on with the stockinette. I'm just five cable sets from hitting the knit stitch highway.

Spring Breaking my Balls
I'm finishing up day 2 of spring break, and I've accomplished nothing on my "to-do" list. Actually, I only have one thing on my "to-do" list right now; "Write 'to-do' list for spring break." It kind of bugs me that I've been so...so...uninspired, but when I consider that 75% of the people from both my home and work communities are currently enjoying real spring break vacations, I don't feel so bad. Besides, my husband is currently pulling 12-hour work days (at least!) so this week I'm living the life of a stay-at- home single mother, with the additional responsibilities of feeding and clothing and cleaning up after and listening to another adult. A crabby adult, even (okay, cute. He's cute.) zoom, baby

What the Al is Wrong with Me?
I saw Al Green on Letterman last night (I think it was Letterman) promoting his new album. I don't know why, but when I heard his voice I had to keep myself from crying...how wierd is that?

And my son has been in Gulf Shores, Alabama for two days now without calling....grrr.

Regional Trivia: Al Green is from my hometown but he denied it for years and years. Pissed off many a folk 'round here.

# posted by Marcia @ 1:40 AM


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