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Embarrassed

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As I sit here on my ever-expanding backside, I am embarrassed that I have not posted much of anything recently.  After the dinner dishes are washed, I usually sit in my favorite chair with my iPad and check my email and play various solitaire games or Sudoku.

The biggest time suck for me is Pinterest.I love it and can’t seem to close the app and do something constructive such as:

  • make the gifts for a bridal shower on April 6
  • make a cheesecake for Easter
  • get our tax information ready for the tax preparer
  • knit booties for my grandson
  • knit another sweater for my granddaughter
  • felt the CCM hat I made months ago (and never blogged about)
  • declutter and clean (that’s an ongoing issue for me)
  • and burn some calories

It’s Good Friday and I have the day off.  I’m going to go and DO something.

Oh, one more thing:  Happy Birthday to my son and son-in-law.  How nice that they have the same birthday.

Procrastination?

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I finished knitting the body of Vine Vest on Sunday.

I’m stuck with the finishing or to be more accurate, the seaming. 

The instructions say to pick up stitches along the front and neck and knit for four inches, then do the ribbing along the armholes.  I don’t know if I’ll have enough yarn so my original plan was to sew the side seams and do the ribbing around the armholes first.

I found another mistake.  And I’m not going to fix it.

I think I will block this while it’s still flat before I do the seaming and the rest of the ribbing.

I’ve convinced myself that the seaming will go much better once it’s been blocked and the edges lie flat.  Truth or procrastination?

Swiffer cover and technology

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I should be getting my computer back today!  I do not want to risk losing everything again.  Mr. Aitch has an external hard drive (why does that sound a bit naughty?) that I will be using as well to save all my precious craftiness.  No more being without all my electronic knitting patterns!  Everything will be saved there and may even be burned to disk.  Portability.

Last night I finished a Swiffer cover.  (Thanks Danielle)  It is solid lime green and seed stitch.  Can’t wait to use it.  Wow!  I never thought I’d say that!  I want to make more of these and also some from this pattern.  Thanks Cpezzers) Gonna need more cotton yarn.  I am NOT using leftover Cascade Ultra Pima for these!  No FO pictures yet.  I need wait until I get my computer back.

I am Ravelry challenged.  I cannot figure out how to do anything other than add things to my library.  I don’t even know how to post anything on there to ask for help.  I probably won’t be able to do anything with it this weekend.  Can anyone help me?  Please?

Secret project #1 finished

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Here is my first secret project.  These are in the mail and I don’t think my friend reads this blog. 

Purple and variegated

 

I used acrylic yarn and attached soles made from leftover scraps of “replacement” carpet used in Mr. Aitch’s truck.  I got the carpet from a Big Box store and it is thin enough to cut with regular scissors, to sew with regular needle and thread without hurting the hands, and wears very well. 

Purple slippers with sole

 

I have tried using wools and acrylic yarn and I don’t notice a difference in wear so I used what I had.  I did knit a pair for Mr. Aitch with one strand of acrylic and one strand of wool and hemp blend.  He hasn’t worn them yet and I am curious how the hemp will hold up. 

I L.O.V.E. this pattern.  It is seamless.  I used two worsted weights yarns held together and size US 9 needles since that’s what I had available.  I usually use US 8 needles but they were in some other UFO.  The only other modification I do is repeat Rows 3-6 one more time so I have 13 stitches.  I pick up 11 stitches on each side.  I don’t like short sides as they seem to fall off my feet.  By doing this, I change the total stitch count.  I’ll write it up and post it in my pattern tab.  The pom poms are a bit thin as I ran out of yarn.  Plus it’s been ages since I made pom poms and forgot how much yarn they use! 

My grandmother made similar slippers but they were flat and you had to sew the back and top seams.  And since I’m all about no seaming, these were perfect.