Well, it has been a while since I wrote in this blog. I have learned so much these past 10 months its will be a trick to get it all written down. I didn't really knit from January through May because I was found to have a herniated disc in my neck. I wanted to knit, believe me but I really couldn't look down comfortably and my right arm would go numb periodically or hurt like the very devil. I couldn't even enjoy reading which is, of course, my second love. I couldn't sleep lying down which is tiring to say the least.
Once I started knitting again it was like falling in love all over again. So I will do some installments on what all has been learned. I will be listing all the baby stuff I've made. Good grief I have knitted me some baby stuff. And there's still more to do.
Until I get my picture loaded and my stuff together, I'll just say, its good to be back, its good to feel good.
LKWs
Friday, November 1, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Pain in the Neck
So I was not able to knit for 4 days. I had a serious pain in the neck...a pinched nerve. Ouch. It has been miserable, I couldn't read, I couldn't knit, I couldn't enjoy my usual comforts like my bed. I've been sleeping in a recliner now for 5 days. I am on an anti-inflammatory but still can't lay down in my bed at night. I did knit for about an hour last night. That was nice.
I am in my planning stages for my auld lang whine. I am working on my lists of stuff to knit up this year. At Christmas, my youngest niece was not opening the gift I gave her and her comment was that she'd just see what everyone else got because they all got the same thing in different colors. So needless to say, she will never, ever get what the other girls get ever, ever, ever again. Maybe that was her plan. So with that in mind, I can knit just about 33% more for the other girls. I am good with that!
Also, to my wonderful amazement, my oldest niece is having a baby next year. I can concentrate on knitting for the new "girl" (or boy) instead of the cranky teen aged girl. And, even more wonderful, my husband has a niece that is due for a baby about the same time this year. Jeepers, I better get to knittin'. To top that off, both of these babies to be have daddies that are going to Iraq in February. So my nieces will become moms without their husbands there to be with them. That is a bummer to say the least.
I have also renewed my desire to knit for charity. I have so much excess yarn I could make hats and mitts and scarves and whatevers...but again, I have visions of all the work I can do while I sit here with my pain in the neck!
As I mentioned in my last little bloggity-blah-blah-blah, I have 22 items on the needles that require attention. I have in fact listed them and prioritized them by percentage of doneness. I would prefer percentage of funness but well, I just like to knit. Maybe I can get some pictures on here so that all this boring chit-chat will be less annoying (to me) and more enjoyable (for you).
I am back! almost...
I am in my planning stages for my auld lang whine. I am working on my lists of stuff to knit up this year. At Christmas, my youngest niece was not opening the gift I gave her and her comment was that she'd just see what everyone else got because they all got the same thing in different colors. So needless to say, she will never, ever get what the other girls get ever, ever, ever again. Maybe that was her plan. So with that in mind, I can knit just about 33% more for the other girls. I am good with that!
Also, to my wonderful amazement, my oldest niece is having a baby next year. I can concentrate on knitting for the new "girl" (or boy) instead of the cranky teen aged girl. And, even more wonderful, my husband has a niece that is due for a baby about the same time this year. Jeepers, I better get to knittin'. To top that off, both of these babies to be have daddies that are going to Iraq in February. So my nieces will become moms without their husbands there to be with them. That is a bummer to say the least.
I have also renewed my desire to knit for charity. I have so much excess yarn I could make hats and mitts and scarves and whatevers...but again, I have visions of all the work I can do while I sit here with my pain in the neck!
As I mentioned in my last little bloggity-blah-blah-blah, I have 22 items on the needles that require attention. I have in fact listed them and prioritized them by percentage of doneness. I would prefer percentage of funness but well, I just like to knit. Maybe I can get some pictures on here so that all this boring chit-chat will be less annoying (to me) and more enjoyable (for you).
I am back! almost...
Friday, January 11, 2013
Auld Lang Whine
I have been madly reworking my yarn room, commonly known at my house as "the Pit." I make my kids clean up their rooms so they thought I should clean up mine. What is it with kids today? They act like they have minds of their own or something. When I was a kid, I would never have told my mother what she should do even if she was wrong! Oh, well, they were right and my room needed a refresh.
So I've been reorganizing and preparing my knitting new year's resolutions. The "Auld Lang Whine" as I like to call it. I realized I've put at least (there may be other lurking in hidden places) 22 projects on the needles that are yet to be completed. I am now in the process of prioritizing them. My goal is to either complete these or frog them. Just make a decision and go with it. That's list one.
List two will be to assess the yarn that is designated for a project and write those down, prioritize and set them aside until I finish at least 3 from list one before starting a list two project. You might say, "Lori, that's just crazy." Well, I've never been accused of being a bastion of mental health.
There may be a third list of non-designated items. This would be an arduous task even for someone who doesn't have ADD. That list is a kind of "pie in the sky" list. But I am a dreamer and I love to dream about all the possibilities I could have with all that non-designated yarn... /snap.
Ignore me while I argue amongst myselves:
Left brain: "Don't worry about it..."
Right brain: "Chump!"
I crack me up sometimes.
So I've been reorganizing and preparing my knitting new year's resolutions. The "Auld Lang Whine" as I like to call it. I realized I've put at least (there may be other lurking in hidden places) 22 projects on the needles that are yet to be completed. I am now in the process of prioritizing them. My goal is to either complete these or frog them. Just make a decision and go with it. That's list one.
List two will be to assess the yarn that is designated for a project and write those down, prioritize and set them aside until I finish at least 3 from list one before starting a list two project. You might say, "Lori, that's just crazy." Well, I've never been accused of being a bastion of mental health.
There may be a third list of non-designated items. This would be an arduous task even for someone who doesn't have ADD. That list is a kind of "pie in the sky" list. But I am a dreamer and I love to dream about all the possibilities I could have with all that non-designated yarn... /snap.
Ignore me while I argue amongst myselves:
Left brain: "Don't worry about it..."
Right brain: "Chump!"
I crack me up sometimes.
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