One Down One To Go

Finished up one fingerless glove and onto the next. Had to do 8 bind off/on stitches for the thumb instead of the 6 the pattern called for because my thumbs are kind of thick. Hands don't want to work due to trying to screw an Ikea chair together and my back is killing me...hopefully it's not a cold coming on.

Am listening to Knit Happens Episode 27 from PDX.fm, it's driving me mad! The host is interviewing Laura Irwin and Ms. Irwin is making me bang my head on the wall for all the 'you know's', 'ums', and 'likes'! Ooops, can't forget the 'yeah' and 'oh yeah'. Come on girl! If you are doing classes, those three things will be a definite no freakin way I am going to take any of your freakin courses.

You know...

Yawn

In shredding the wrist warmers...starting over...I feel unethusiastic about finishing them. But I hate to stop the project. It is like reading a book you thought would be good but is extremely borin, though you feel bad about putting it back on the shelf... But even though I know they will be good for camping on the Oregon coast, nights can be a little nippy.
But summer classes have started, mowed the lawn (which sort of throws off the wrists & back in the push mower), I just don't know. All excuses I know. But need to finish. Then maybe a set for my mom to match the socks I finished on the last camping trip.
The thing is that I want to go onto neck warmers, a pair of socks for me (to probably try to knock off some of the stash I had gotten a couple of years ago), wash cloths I needed to get done for last Christmas but didn't. The hat kit that I bought in Washington state 9 months ago. Does anyone have that lazy moment for general knitters?
Oh, magic loop seems to work fine. Need to work on thumb holes, might have to modify the pattern to adjust for my thick thumbs.
Note to self, need to find out how to knit socks on circulars, two socks on circulars, and from toe up patterns. Maybe the toe ups or doing two at a time socks would get me over the funk of doing heals. Anyone know anything to help me on these subjects?

Wrist Warmers

Sweet Jesus! I should just follow the damn pattern and not switch needles in the middle of the second one. So now I have ripped both of them to shreds and am determined to start again. Think I have learned how to do a magic loop and seeing if I can do it on my own. I know that the knitting news cast wrist warmer generator requires double pointed but I am going to try the magic loop. If it doesn't work, will go back to the double pointed.

Don't know why I am obsessed with knitting all of a sudden, except to get rid of some of my stash. Not sure if I should start knitting Christmas gifts or what now but who knows?

Knitting Podcasts

I am getting addicted to knitting podcasts, not sure if I am scarily so or not. But am staying up late listening/watching TheKnitGirlls podcast video and an apostrophe hit, eh, an epiphamy (hope that is spelled right!). Sorry that is taken from Robin Williams Hook and that slipped out. They were using what looked like zip up cosmetic bags to stick what they were knitting on in. I am taking the train up to Seattle for a ball game and want to knit on the train but didn't want to take my knitting bag with me. But a year or so ago I had bought a couple of what I call shaving kit sized things from Ikea, thinking that it would be a great thing to stick a couple of toiletries in to take to the camp showers so I didn't have to cart the whole travel bag I have for all the things I need for whatever. I took the ball of yarn, needles, scissors, and a measuring tape stuck it in this shaving kit type thing and it works. So I don't have to worry about needles running away, balls going everywhere, can stick it back into my travelling bag without worrying about where everything is. And it has two snaps so it can expand a bit. I also found that using one of those pencil cases, the ones that your kids use and can go into a three ring binder, also helps in keeping extra needles, one of those stitch holders, extra little stich count things (even though I get the cheap ones, I loose them consistently), and extra patterns I either scan out of books I have or off of Ravelry (just fold them up and stick them in). Well gotta go to bed, it's a little after midnight and I need to get up at 6. Not a morning person! Boy am I such a dork!

Amen for Camping trips!!!!

Finally got the socks from hell done with on the camping trip! Yay! Don't know why but these socks took me 8 months to do.

Now onto finish handwarmers. See Ravelry.

Exams Over

Exams are over, work is out for the summer (so I think), so I am avoiding facebook and trying to finish that bloody second sock! Am 4 rows to doing the foot of the sock and I decided to listen to podcasts, add a couple of extra knitting podcasts to my list, and try to work through this freakin sock. Hopefully I will get this freakin thing tomorrow. Once I am done decreasing the gusset dohickey, it will just take me a bit to knit through the toe. But right now I am running on fumes. So hopefully I will do to the foot tonight. Think my next project will be just something like a change purse to get chenille out of my stash!

Dreaded Heals

Dear heals,
I hate you....Why does it take me so much longer to do heals than anything else on the freakin sock? I feel like I need to dig a double edge through an ear drum or an eye to get them done... This is why dentistry is probably better than doing freakin heals for me! Thank goodness I am almost done with you!