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By Joanne, on March 11th, 2010
I HATE short rows!!
Well, maybe not all short rows. There may be some short rows out there that are okay, some that are sweet and kind and polite. But the short rows in Hone’s sweater-in-progress? Are sucky and rude. Super sucky and rude.
I have unpicked the short row section of this sweater no less than 4 times. I believe the problem is that this sweater is knit in the round and after wrapping stitches on both sides you then knit an entire round instead of continuing back and forth. I think this is the problem. But what do I know? My current score for knitting-sweaters-for-Hone is me:0, sweaters:3.
So these evil short rows keep leaving holes in my knitting. Holes! Big gaping holes!
Stupid short rows.
I tried and tried and tried to figure out how not to have holes. I employed the brains of my good knitting friend and googled for hours and yet, no solution could be found. Finally I just started knotting up the holes on the inside. I know! It’s bad. It’s ugly. My perfectionist self is very annoyed. When the sweater is done I am sure Hone will love it and wear it and say how awesome it is but I will be all, “Yeah, but the holes. Stupid sweater.”
Sigh.
Pretty marker.
Needles.
Underarm awaiting the kitchener stitch.
Pile-o-sweater.
Stupid knot.
Stupid row of knots.
My brain.
By Joanne, on March 3rd, 2010
Yeah, they were were WAY too ambitious. Obviously.
1) Do something about feeling so floompy all the time. Start exercising. Take it slow. How about once in January, twice in February, thrice in March and so on so by next December you’ll be dancing around about three times a week. Think about how nice exercising would be someday far in the future.
2) Read one book a week. Really long books can span two weeks but only if they are REALLY long. Reading Little D toddler books do not count, not even when you read them 79 times in a row. (This goal is NOT about making myself read because I LOVE to read. It’s about GIVING MYSELF THE TIME to read. Because currently I never do. It somehow feels like too much of a luxury, like there are toddler clothes I could fold or toys I could be busy tripping over.) This one started out well but then I picked a “real” book (instead of a children’s novel that reads like the wind) for the first week of February and it, ahem, took me all month to read. But it was really good. But took so long to read. Whew! So, read a little (for fun) everyday.
3) Write up reviews of the books you read mainly to make yourself think about them in more words than “Book good. Book not good.” Put them here or on Goodreads, or something. *Snort* Write reviews being all coherent and crap? You silly person. Okay, uh make sure you RATE each book you read on Goodreads.
4) Do Illustration Friday 10 times this year. See, piece of cake, not even once a month. Seriously, you can do this! Seriously, you cannot. Doodle a little if you want to, or whatever.
5) Do Project 365 this year. AND so it actually does something like improve your photo skills, these shots have to be in fully manual mode. Actually taking more photos would be good and I have a plan I will detail later in a separate post. Muhahahahahahahahaha.
6) Knit one sweater for yourself this year. Like a real sweater. So, like, pretend you are going to knit yourself a sweater and you know, if it works out, great.
7)Knit one sweater for Hone this year. Also a real sweater. Oh! You can keep this one since this sweater is almost done. Woo!
8 ) And just so he doesn’t feel left out, knit one sweater for Little D this year. This one can be fake. You can keep this one too. Toddlers are small.
9) Write a novel. (Shhhhh, this one is being snuck in so I won’t really notice it until it’s too late.) Write a novel. What? This resolution is totally doable. What? Shut up.
10) Start cooking more. (No, I won’t quantify it! Neener neener.) So I am doing this already. Weird, since I sorta hate cooking. But I love eating so maybe that is it . . .
By Joanne, on January 11th, 2010
And so much to say!
So here is a recap:
1) Project 365 - is a bust! I took no photo yesterday. I feel no inspiration today. It’s done. I could call it a resolution failure but instead I feel like I just figured out more about my photography-ing (much like NaNo for my writing). Basically, I only like taking pictures of people. People is my muse. And since I am a bit about the privacy here with the toddler, well, not really going to work. So, eh. Maybe I’ll do Little D 365 on my own or somethin’.
2) Reading - is going great! I read a book last week. Well, okay, I cheated. I started it in December but I had well over half of it left and it was somewhat long so I am letting it slide. I also got Goodreads all up and running in the sidebar for my reviews and tracking of my reading. I wrote my first review. Ouch. I definitely need to get better at that. I am only a few chapters in on my book for this week but it is already very good. Mmmmmmmmmm.
3) Exercise - what now?
4) Cooking - I have done some. Woo!
5) Writing - thinking about it. Thinking and planning and pondering.
6) Knitting - I have begun a fake sweater for Hone. He ultimately needs a real one, I know, but I have no suitable yarn. AND since our local yarn store saw fit to move the button display out of reach of toddlers, Little D was not amendable to me picking out any yarn this weekend (Oh how he loved to shake those button canisters with Hone and let me slowly peruse the delectable yarn). SO I am making do with the lame scraps I have and knitting Hone a practice sweater. Fake.
7) I have done no drawing but phffftttt. I only have to draw 10 things this entire YEAR. I can do that . . . later.
I leave you with this photo. Little D jamming on his jamming Xmas present from Uncle A and Auntie C:
By Joanne, on January 1st, 2010
Okay, so this does not bode well, does not bode well at all.
I have only just now, near the end of the first day of this shiny new year, even found the time to sit down and write this post although I have been planning it for weeks. So now I am thinking of resolving to accomplish gigantic goals? Have you met your own toddler, Joanne? Really, the nerve.
1) Do something about feeling so floompy all the time. Start exercising. Take it slow. How about once in January, twice in February, thrice in March and so on so by next December you’ll be dancing around about three times a week.
2) Read one book a week. Really long books can span two weeks but only if they are REALLY long. Reading Little D toddler books do not count, not even when you read them 79 times in a row. (This goal is NOT about making myself read because I LOVE to read. It’s about GIVING MYSELF THE TIME to read. Because currently I never do. It somehow feels like too much of a luxury, like there are toddler clothes I could fold or toys I could be busy tripping over.)
3) Write up reviews of the books you read mainly to make yourself think about them in more words than “Book good. Book not good.” Put them here or on Goodreads, or something.
4) Do Illustration Friday 10 times this year. See, piece of cake, not even once a month. Seriously, you can do this!
5) Do Project 365 this year. AND so it actually does something like improve your photo skills, these shots have to be in fully manual mode.
6) Knit one sweater for yourself this year. Like a real sweater.
7) Knit one sweater for Hone this year. Also a real sweater.
8 ) And just so he doesn’t feel left out, knit one sweater for Little D this year. This one can be fake.
9) Write a novel. (Shhhhh, this one is being snuck in so I won’t really notice it until it’s too late.)
10) Start cooking more. (No, I won’t quantify it! Neener neener.)
Let the crazy begin.
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