This is the progress so far on the first Homespun Jacket sleeve. The white cuff gets turned to the outside before seaming. I have about 5 more inches to do before binding off and starting the second sleeve.

This is the progress so far on the first Homespun Jacket sleeve. The white cuff gets turned to the outside before seaming. I have about 5 more inches to do before binding off and starting the second sleeve.

This is the progress so far on the first Homespun Jacket sleeve. The white cuff gets turned to the outside before seaming. I have about 5 more inches to do before binding off and starting the second sleeve.

This is the new yarn for charity knitting. Starting from the left, there are 3 balls (not full) of Patons Astra, the white ball and the two blue next to it are Bernat Baby Coordinates, and the pink on the end is a slubby cotton. The two in the front are what I believe to be sock yarn, which will either go to me or to booties.

This is the new yarn for charity knitting. Starting from the left, there are 3 balls (not full) of Patons Astra, the white ball and the two blue next to it are Bernat Baby Coordinates, and the pink on the end is a slubby cotton. The two in the front are what I believe to be sock yarn, which will either go to me or to booties.

This is the new yarn for charity knitting. Starting from the left, there are 3 balls (not full) of Patons Astra, the white ball and the two blue next to it are Bernat Baby Coordinates, and the pink on the end is a slubby cotton. The two in the front are what I believe to be sock yarn, which will either go to me or to booties.

I hate being such a klutz.

I was going to post last night. At first I was feeling blah, both from residual pain from the accident (doc says I need to do physio) and from the cold. I was even debating not going to the Feb Montreal Knitting Guild meeting. In the end I decided to go and was glad I did because I met some new people, learned a new stitch (for a really cool “puffed” blanket) and even got some free yarn! A few members brought in stash yarn to give away (from what I understood) and we were all free to take what we wanted. There was a non-formal suggestion that the yarn be used for charity knitting. Not one to look gift yarn in the mouth (?) I did help myself to some, but almost all of it will be bookmarked for charity knitting. Ever since the hospital knitting fell through the only charity knitting I’ve done was the Teddy for Tragedy teddy bear. I’d like to do more, and I still have some patterns for baby stuff, so I’m going to use the yarn for that. Only a few little balls will be saved for me, 2 balls of what I think are sock yarn. I’ll post a pic in a sec.

I was feeling great (other than the residual pain) and was planning on coming home, adding a few names to the Guild password list, emailing one of the members and then blogging about the yarn score…when all of a sudden…BAM! I wiped out on the ice behind the church and took a hard spill. I slammed down on my right side (thankfully not the left) and hit my knee and my wrist. The bags of yarn went flying and I felt a “scrunch” in my left side waist as my body bent towards that way. Needless to say, once I got into my car and resisted the urge to break down and sob from the shock of falling, all I wanted to do was get home. I didn’t even knit once I got here, I just collapsed into bed with a book on Fair Isle from the library. I kept getting electric shocks of cold through my stomach so of course me with my morbid thoughts told Yannick before bed exactly what I was feeling so in case anything happened after I fell asleep he could tell the paramedics. 🙂

I woke up this morning with only some left-over pain in my right knee (if I touch it), leg and wrist. For some reason my left knee started throbbing so I was very thankful my dad was running late for work because it gave me time to sit in bed with it propped up on a pillow.

After work tonight I went to the Montreal Knits meeting. My cousin Robyn couldn’t attend due to computer glitches that were more pressing than her latest craft project. It was a shame she couldn’t be there but homework comes first. I DON’T miss those days, although in a strange way I do miss getting graded. It was an easy way to know what someone thought of your work and effort.

Only three of us were there tonight…me, Karine and Jennie. Karine would have been using the softest pink alpaca if she’d brought her scarf pattern, so instead she worked on Fall-colored gloves. Jennie was knitting the cutest starfish from her own pattern that she really needs to submit somewhere. Jennie, if you’re reading this, here is a link to the submissions page of Knitty: http://www.knitty.com/subguide.html
InKnitters: http://www.inknitters.com/art_guidelines.htm
Interweave: http://www.interweave.com/knit/interweave_knits/guidelines.asp

I left a bit early because there was a tow truck ominously honking in the area like he was going to tow everyones’ cars. I was afraid for mine so I left. I was looking forwards to getting home, blogging a bit then knitting, when again had another “accident”. I was closing my car door in my parking spot and thought I was using my whole hand to shut it. It wasn’t until I felt the pain that I realized I was only using my first two fingers to slam the door shut. It’s the blonde hair, I’m telling you.

So now I’m just annoyed and sore. I’m going to post 2 pics in a sec, then down a pain killer and go to bed. Hopefully I’ll avoid any accidents tomorrow!

I did cheat for a little while though. This is the back of the DKNY Enchanted Forest cardigan. When I picked it up I was where the lowest orange marker is (over on the right side). I managed to complete 5 rows in about 2 hours (134 sts per row). I realized that I wasn’t REALLY in the mood for having to painstakingly follow a chart and would stop after every row and watch 15 minutes of TV in defiance.

I did cheat for a little while though. This is the back of the DKNY Enchanted Forest cardigan. When I picked it up I was where the lowest orange marker is (over on the right side). I managed to complete 5 rows in about 2 hours (134 sts per row). I realized that I wasn’t REALLY in the mood for having to painstakingly follow a chart and would stop after every row and watch 15 minutes of TV in defiance.

I did cheat for a little while though. This is the back of the DKNY Enchanted Forest cardigan. When I picked it up I was where the lowest orange marker is (over on the right side). I managed to complete 5 rows in about 2 hours (134 sts per row). I realized that I wasn’t REALLY in the mood for having to painstakingly follow a chart and would stop after every row and watch 15 minutes of TV in defiance.