Whoa. Time flies.
Happy Mabon! I wish I felt like preparing a big old feast to celebrate the holiday, but I’m going to have to settle for leftover Pagliacci’s pizza and a coke. We’re halfway through Fall in the way I think of time, and the world reflects those changes. It’s getting cooler, and it’s downright nippy at times. The harvest is proceeding apace, and it’s a bountiful time with a bittersweet twist.
I know I’m not quite ready for the light to dwindle and leave us with months of darkness. Or, here in the PNW, days and days and days of unrelenting, soggy grey skies. It’s been overcast and raining here for quite a few days now, and I feel this sense of panic that’s proving a bit hard to shake. I’m sure it’s a result of still being off-kilter from being ambushed by family, but it’s a very disconcerting feeling.
To combat this, I’ve been working steadily on a few knitting projects. I needed a break from size US 0 & 1 DPNs, so I’ve been working on the Portland Pullover from Fall IK ‘06. I’ve just placed all the stitches for the body and the sleeves on the circ, and will work on the yoke tonight. I don’t think I’m going to finish it tonight, but perhaps by the end of the weekend.
Question on finishing, as this is my very first sweater. Do you wash/block the sweater before or after sewing up the sleeves and weaving in the ends? There really won’t be many loose ends here on this project, but I’ve not actually done this before, and feel a bit dumb about asking. However, I’d also really like to avoid frogging Colinette Mohair, so better dumb than bedraggled. Anyone?
I just put in another batch of fleece to soak. Nadine from Skylines Farm. Again. I just love her fleeces. She’s also listed in the sidebar if y’all want to go look. I think she’s about sold out for the year, and considering how many fleeces she had this year (over 70? I think?), that’s quite a testament to the quality and popularity. Of course, me pushing it like a dealer on a playground probably doesn’t hurt. I really should’ve spent more time washing in the past couple of weeks, but I’m way behind schedule.
And can’t quite bring myself to care. “My Give a Damn’s Busted” by JoDee Messina seems to be my anthem lately. I’m not really a country music fan, but she’s naturally in my range and I enjoy singing along with her. Plus, it blocks out the sounds of my neighbor having truly enthusiastic sex up against the wall between our apartments. Last night was especially…operatic. I have to wonder if the person he’s with is a professional (singer! geez! brains! gutter!), or if she’s just naturally got big…lungs.
Er, yes. There is just no way up from where this is heading.
To address a comment my beloved KnitterPatter left - I have no idea how to address the RSS feed issue with the giant question mark. I do know that if you go to bloglines and type in the URL for the blog, you can sub that way. I just haven’t had the energy to dig into learning .php from the ground level, so it’ll be a while before I can truly customize the format here. If you have any suggestions about that, please do leave a comment.
How y’all doing?