
Here is DD#2 and her crusher hat. She’s not mad, just a bit under the weather.
Consider here that I have put a huge rant about our current financial crisis, and I’ll spare you the details.
Today, I plan to start on the deep cleaning of the bed/bathroom. I’ll start in the far corner with my nightstand. Of course, there’s still the general everyday stuff too. I’ve got the washer and dryer going and have already folded and put away a load of dipes. And lest we *not* bore you with details of the mundane, let me also report that I am sneezing my fool head off.
Mama is picking up the yarn tomorrow for DD#1’s crusher hat. Now I don’t want you to shriek when I say I am getting new yarn when I just whined about finances. Since I teach, my yarn goes “on account”. I’ll be using silky wool for the first time, and I am excited to see how it works up. Once I do her hat, and something for DS#1, every kid will have gotten something from the hook/needle. He wants mittens or socks from the yellow opal. My size 2 DPNs are in Jenna’s sock. I have zero motivation on her socks just now, so I will take the needles from there to do his… whatever it is I decide to make.
Actually……….if I double the yarn (which I should for mittens) then I can work it on the available 3s. But I really HATE starting on DPNs. I don’t mind then once I have enough done to hold the needles in place. I wonder……..maybe I can do a short row top and work down. I’ll have to figure out the thumb gusset, specifically how to build it in reverse. Hold on, let me ramble. Seems to me that I could work down to the base of the thumb, and then cast on sufficient stitches for the gusset, then decrease them away as I head on down to the wrist. Yes, good and OK, fine, that is what I will do. I just love designing on the fly–but only when it works. I am pretty sure this will. I’ll let you know of course. If you have any thoughts, or cautions, please leave a comment and save me some frustration. It’s the knitterly thing to do.
Then……….I will work on finishing the stuff in my basket. Like, you know, that lace sweater I started in July, I think it was?? That would be a nice little Easter sweater for me, yes? Yes, OK. And Jenna’s socks. I have the first one done as far as I can go without measuring her foot. I’ll get the second one there, and if she has not come by in that time, well………….I’ll either wing it (not my favorite option) or put them on some needles I never use until she does come by. Also not my favorite option, as I’d like to get these done pronto, after my own children’s stuff.
Oh, and I need to crank out a few more midwife hats. That’s what I’ll do this morning, I think. After I put away my laundry and clean my nightstand. None of which is getting done while I sit here.
Now, I think I can do all this in my free time. Should be finished by lunch.