Jon's Knit Blog

I Should Hope Nobody Reads This

The sun is coming up. I'm drunk off my ass and I cannot believe that I can still remember how to post to this blog.

I sort of came back to consciousness next to a bar that was closed. I know that I had gone there with people who were drinking. Seriously.

I went to McDonald's and I'm pretty sure they gave me my "food" for free. Seriously.

I then walked home. And the sun is coming up. And I have to be awake soon. Because I have an 8:30am breakfast meeting.

No. Seriously.

Ooooooooooooooops...

We're Your Dreamgirls, Boys!

In case you care about things like this:

It's the Jennifers, singing that song.

The Joys of Jet Lag

I really thought I was safely back in New York City, both mentally and physically. So when I went to bed Monday night, I didn't set my alarm clock. It was only 10pm or so, and I figured I'd be lazy and sleep til around 9 or so.

I did.

Only it was 9:00pm when I awoke.

Ooops. Guess I was more jet lagged than I thought. Especially because here's what happened when I was awake, starting at 9:00pm. I ate some food. Then I got tired again and went back to bed. Until 8:00am this morning.

Messed up, I know. Especially since I had grandiose plans for yesterday, my day off from work.

I was going to go to the Verizon store to pick up my new toy, as mentioned yesterday. I was also going to go to the framing store, for two reasons. I bought a fabulous aboriginal artwork in Australia that needs to be framed, and my college diploma needs to be reframed. I'm rather pissed, because I spent a lot of money on the framing in the first place, and the diploma, made of sheepskin, has warped and buckled.

At least I have today off and can add these errands to today's list.

But I can never get back that knitting time. And my orange garter stitch rectangle is starting to miss me...

He Who Dies with the Most Toys...

I'm getting a new toy tomorrow. Yay!

Orange Australian Garter Stitch

You know what it looks like. It's orange, and it's garter stitch, so I'm not taking a photo of it. Yet. You know how I detest bland knitting photos, and this would be uber-bland, so...

It's cold and nasty and windy rainy weather here in Sydney today, and supposed to be similar tomorrow. Good weather to wear a nice hand-knit sweater. Only I left mine in NYC. Maybe it'll just have to be good weather to stay inside my hotel room and knit.

The trip is fun so far. I had a bout of food poisoning or something, which left me out of commission on Thursday, but what can you do? I didn't really even feel like knitting, so you know I was sick!

Sydney's a great city, and it's full of hot guys, so we can't complain about that. And the hot guys have Aussie accents, which doesn't hurt matters one bit... So maybe I better leave the knitting behind in the hotel room and get out there and meet more Aussie boys! Not a bad idea, methinks...

It's Not a Comeback. It's a Return.

I started knitting again. It's been over a year since I'd picked up the needles, but there's good news in the family. A baby is coming, and that inspired me to knit (and purl) again.

I am (ab)using a pattern from Kaffe Fassett's "Children's Album" to make what will be a lovely (hopefully) baby blanket.

There it is, posing on my knee.

I won't be working on it for a few weeks at least, as I'm currently at the airport, about to embark on a vacation to Australia. Not to fear, though. I have travel knitting: a garter stitch baby bunting from Dale book 142.

There's undoubtedly loads of stuff to update anyone who might stumble across the blog about... so keep coming back and find more details soon. At least, after I get to Australia!