January 14, 2008

Random Monday

1. This morning the furnace wasn't working again, and I thumped the thermostat in frustration and the whole furnace came on.
It was exactly like being some sort of domestic Fonz or something. Good times.

2. Joe is away for a week. This leaves me more time to work, but removes the only other moderating effect in the house. I have told the kids to be extra nice to me while Joe is away, since it's really only his presence that keeps me from killing them some days.

3. I have reknit the amoeba like opening in the toe of the vintage sock. The designer, Lisa, left me a comment when I said it looked like an amoeba, saying that I shouldn't rip it because hers looked like an amoeba too, and the amoebaness of the whole hole is moderated by sewing in the leaf.

4. I ripped it back anyway, because it wasn't just an amoeba, it was a badly knit amoeba.

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5. It's better now.

6. Last night I worked on sewing in the leaf for an hour. By the time that I had ripped it back and done it a bizillion times it was midnight and I realized that I had to either stop and try again when I was better rested, or start up with some strong drink.

7. I went to bed. I figured that the only thing worse than knitting a terrible amoeba toe hole and then sewing in a leaf like ass was knitting an amoeba toe hole and sewing in a leaf like ass and then waking up with a hangover. I consider the decision to go to bed and try again today a sign of my improving maturity, and my ability to learn from previous knits created under the influence.

8. It is still not going very well.

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9. This may end in strong drink after all, but I am going to try the judicious application of patience and language unbecoming a knitter first.

10. Again. I feel this is mature. (Do you think there's something wrong with me for enjoying a knit-challenge so much?)

Posted by Stephanie at January 14, 2008 2:52 PM