Vacay! January 14, 2008 ~ 12:54 pm
Posted by Julie in : Academic Office Monkey, Craftiness Is Next To Godliness , trackbackI spent the weekend knitting. And knitting, and knitting, and knitting. My sister-in-law’s birthday is today, and I wanted to give her a nice lace shawlette to wrap around her shoulders. It’s still nice, I just fucked up part of the pattern and knit it backwards. If I had the time to rip half the bloody thing out and re-knit it, I would. But alas, I’m going to Florida on Wednesday and I want to get this thing in the mail tomorrow, and um…only Allah is perfect. *sigh* Rick said something that he meant to be sweet this morning when I told him: “Well, that’s how you can tell it’s homemade.” And I, who can be utterly psychotic about my knitting when I want to be (I know, it’s hard to believe) said “But I don’t WANT it to look homemade.” And then he got really quiet and changed the subject.
And so tonight I will go home, weave in ends, wash it (it bled red all over my hands while I was knitting it, not a good sign), and block it. And tomorrow send it and the necklace I made for her. And then…then? I will only have to finish the socks I started for Lori for Christmas and I can knit for me. True vacation!
(While I was typing this, I realized that vacation is good for another reason. If I weren’t getting away? Someone in my office might die. I am that fed up with them. Happy vacation to ME!)
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So the picture is where?
There will be a picture when I block it. Right now it looks like typical lace crap. Maybe I’ll do a before and after on this one so everyone can get a feel for the magic of lace blocking…
Rick is a smart man. No wonder he’s survived this long.
Enjoy your Vacay!
If your near Brevard/Space Coast- HOLLER! ( I’m on vacation too this week, and would LOVE to meet you finally!)
KC~We’re over in Spring Hill (near Tampa) - that’s where Rick’s brother lives and where we’re staying. How far is that from you? (I have no knowledge of Florida’s geography.) Not sure if we’ll have a car or not, but once I find out I’ll shoot you an email.
Vince~He has very good survival instincts. Must’ve learned them in the army.