last night was an exercise in frustration - yet a learning experience too. i am working on the little aran from the Heirloom baby book by Falick and Nichols



anyway, i am changing the pattern (of course) and making it in the round - but for some reason - probably too overloaded with Shuttle coverage - i just kept blithely knitting away and as i was nearing the part where the shaping for the neck begins, i realized i had forgotten to either 1) split the front and back for the armholes and finish separately or 2) make steeks for the armholes. so after i had 10 inches, i had to frog back to five inches and the make the steeks and reknit - and of course this is at 1 in the morning and of course i couldnt go to sleep until i had a few inches with the steeks.

well thats done. so tonight i should be able to get the body done and maybe pick up stitches for one of the sleeves. i think the book has the sleeves in seed stitch but i may add one or two cables to keep it interesting .... will see. (have to review the pattern again).

surprise at work today - my mom sent me a lovely bouquet of sweet peas and hyacinths for moving from the weekend position to the mon-fri day position. (a sideways promotion for now - supposedly a raise in june) the perfect size to sit between my three monitors and two keyboards (dont ask) and a great little vase to inspire me to keep it filled with flowers... i love having fresh flowers on a desk full of office stuff and computers... except that you have to be pretty careful too (small price).

ok now to figure out why the knitblog ring code isnt working... and to do some work. but one more thing - still waiting for my order from schoolhousepress - i am dying to get my hands on that melville book...