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B seems to be the letter of the day.
B is for blocking a long ago begun scarf that needed a few more rows to be done. Check.
B is for baking lemon bars from the fresh picked meyer lemons from the crazy producing tree. I'm bringing these somewhere later today, so that's another B.
B is also for a beautiful day OFF!
Who knew I'd get so excited about armpits? Not me.
Yes indeed, I've begun the armhole decreases on the back of my Thermal and feel like I'm finally going to finish this monster back.
I know I still need to knit the front piece, but it's got a nice deep scooped neckline, so it's much less knitting. At least in my mind.
I was sorely tempted to swatch for my next project. I've had the yarn at the ready for Apres Surf for several weeks, but when I went to find my size 2.75mm needles, I realized that I was using them for Thermal. Psych! I can't swatch until I finish my current project. It's like forced monogamy. Maybe I can rustle up some double points for a quickie.
Today's layover eye candy is courtesy of my hotel window in Miamai, Florida. The earth is indeed flat in Florida...
I've been knitting away to recoup the last big rip on the back of Thermal. Remember, I ripped back to the ribbing? I've been knitting away and it's been mostly public knitting since I've been working like mad since the 9th. I've found that knitting a light blue thing in public brings a great many comments about when my baby is due. Uh, not so much buddy. I'll be on the treadmill on my next layover STAT!
Other than knitting for my pretend baby/fat ass, the good news is that ripping seems to be worth the effort. The new and improved hip and waist shaping was much more successful the second time around. I'm quite happy about the new shapes of the curves and they'll do much better than the more severe effort in version #1. Much easier to rip than use my health insurance for a plastic surgery redo. Much less painful too.
As you may recall, I've been working on Thermal, the flat version with waist shaping. I knit the waist shaping based upon my crackerjack calculations and decided that while I think the increases from waist to underarm are fine, the waist shaping is waaaaayyyy to curvy and will pooch when sewn up. ARGH!
I got out a top that fits me like I'd want Thermal to fit and it confirmed what I already suspected. The hip part of the sweater was too curvy. Nope, can't delude myself any further. I new I must rip. Sigh.
Here's the after shot. A mere nubbin of it's former self. I've recalculated a more gradual hip shaping that looks more like the tee's shaping and will continue on with great intestinal fortitude.
And because I know that sometime (soon) I will be done with Thermal, I picked my next project. I thought Apres Surf in the latest Interweave was just perfect for me. I even scored some yarn on ebay for this project. Don't worry, I've brought Thermal on the road with me this month and Surf is home aging in it's corner until it's time to swatch. I'm weak and don't need the temptation.
If you read my sister's blog you'll know that this Maryland S&W had a few twists and turns. Claudia and I had fun on Saturday hanging out with friends and buying not so much. My big purchase was a pair of Shepherd's Flock shearling slippers. They're heavenly!
After a yummy pho dinner on Saturday night, we were relaxing in the hotel and Claudia's hub called to say he'd had an accident and had broken his ankle. Said ankle was being surgically pinned together the next morning - in New Hampshire.
Action stations were immediately taken (cell phone-wise) by your favorite fiber sisters and while my sister got the medical information, I managed to get my sister on the first flight back to Boston at the ass crack of dawn. She is so NOT a morning person.
Good news is BIL's ankle is well repaired and should heal to 100%, bad news is Claudia was fretting about her massively fabulous Multiple Sclerosis Bike Ride! Obviously BIL will not be able to pilot the tandem and Claudia is...how shall we say...not so good with the sight and depth perception so solo riding is out of the question. Family veto is firmly in place.
I ASSURED her that people don't donate to her ride because she actually rides a tandem bicycle 150 miles, but because it's an IMPORTANT cause. Did you know that knitters have made her the #1 individual fund-raiser in the New England Region and she was going to wear the #1 as her race number this year????!!!! I know! Awesome.
So I'm going to hope/wish/pray that this year's MS Ride fund-raiser is still going to blow the MS Society's doors off! Maybe we should call this year's fund-raiser the "Bone Knitters Tour 2008"? Can anyone make a bicycley/Grateful Deady/bone-like button/logo to get the ball rolling? I'll try but my skillz are so not mad. I think the prize parade sneak preview starts on Claudia's blog tomorrow...
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