The good news? One of my best friends is coming to visit today; he'll be here through Sunday.
The bad news? His arrival throws off my Olympic knitting, because we have lots of fun things planned to do in the City. I know that if he were not coming, I'd be able to finish on time. But he is coming, and while I'm very much looking forward to seeing him, I'm just a little bit sad that I won't be able to finish my Olympic sweater by Sunday afternoon.
There's really not a whole lot left. Well, sort of: I have less than half of one sleeve remaining, finishing of the back and front shoulders, seaming, and the button band. So it's not going to happen.
Of course, the fact that I only got 6 rows done yesterday didn't help. But you know how sometimes you just have those days where you're really just not in the mood to knit? I guess it's because I spent about 10 hours knitting on Wednesday. I knit so much that my hands turned blue! Not from any circulation problem, but because the blue yarn turned out to be heavily overdyed, and I knit so much of it that it stained my hands. That was fun!
Anyhow, I get to have a fun weekend, and I'll get around to finishing the sweater as soon as I can. And I'm not going to be bothered by the fact that I didn't finish in time. Because I now understand that if I didn't have work or a social life that I would be able to knit a sweater in less than two weeks. Which is pretty darn cool!
Posted by Jon at February 24, 2006 07:42 AMHave a great time with your friend. I think it is probably a good time you are getting some enforced time away from that overdyed yarn - you might have ended up looking like a Smurf! It is looking great - fantastic primary colours!
Posted by: Jay at February 24, 2006 04:14 PMHey Jon
You can knit anytime. I've found knitting can be a very solitary thing if you want it to be. Enjoy the company of your friend and just make sure your jumper's ready for your trip.
It looks great by the way
Jo
Posted by: Jo at February 24, 2006 11:11 PM