How do you spell ho hum, anyway? In any case, that’s how I’m feeling. This morning for the first time in a while I only read on the train, no knitting! I started Maisie Dobbs, and I like it so far. I’ve had the first Maisie book on my list for ages, and have never been in quite the right mood for it. But this seems like the right time. I bought it on Saturday along with Three Bags Full, the mystery with sheep sleuths. I’m excited to start that one, too, but I’m hoping to get some of my LT pals into a read-along.
Craft-wise, this is a time of execution, not inspiration. I’m getting close (please, God) to finishing my monkey shawl (so named because a monkey could have made it), and it’s driving me nuts. The rows are loooong, I’m not loving the cheap plastic circs I’m using, and I keep dropping stitches, not noticing, noticing three rows later, having to frog three looong rows, and then put a looong row back on the needles. In the wrong direction, inevitably. I’m hoping to power through within the week, though. And I’m liking the Lion Wool-ease pretty well too. It’s soft and lofty and easy to knit with. If there were more colors, I’d seriously consider it for my log cabin throw. And as for that damn log cabin throw, I’m still auditioning wools. I have a swatch of the Plymouth Encore worsted that’s OK, but I’m working up a swatch of Cascade 220 superwash that lovely!! It’s winning me over. So expensive, though! And to put a monkey wrench in the works, M now says he thinks maybe I should use bulky and not worsted. This might become an issue because, no matter what brand I look at, there are not enough colors in the bulky weight to please me. So then we get into the idea of holding two strands of worsted together? Aargh!
It’s when I’m thinking about things like this that my brain starts running around like a rat on a wheel. Phew. I’m trying my damnedest to keep knitting FUN. In side projects, I’m doing periodical paper crafting, and also working on a bar sampler.
Busy fingers, people- they keep the devil away. =)
