Knitting everything twice

I decided to work on the tanktop since it's summer and that's summer clothes.  Well, as I was knitting away, I started to get weirded out that it was too big.  So I measured.  Like 4 inches around too big.

I ripped it all out.  Now there is something else that's making me unhappy and I am ignoring it but I might end up ripping that out, too.  BUT I think I know what I want to do to improve it, so I'm going to continue to ignore it unless it starts to really bug me. 

I WILL IGNORE IT.  I might need you to remind me to do so.   Because I always knit every finished object at least twice.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder or something

I'm not sure what's going on, but I'm still not knitting.  I had 3 days in a hotel in Indianapolis and instead of knitting, I spent most of my non-work waking hours drinking.  Didn't even knit a stitch. 

My coffee game has been pretty weak.

I'm close to buying a couch anyways.

Weekend wrapup

In celebration of my upcoming birthday, during which I turn old as hell, I went to dinner at BFF Carla's house with BFF Sara.

We had a lovely evening.  Lots of laughter, lots of great food, a couple of beers.  Carla made Rhubarb custard bars.  These were delicious enough that I could probably go ahead and die happy now.  Seriously.  I can't be trusted with a pan of those things EVER.

Sara gave me a lovely birthday gift.  A yarn that combines 2 of my favorite things.  Yarn and Gilmore Girls.  Oy With The Poodles Already.

My knitting mojo has been a bit absent, but damned if i didn't wind and cast on socks right away.  I should have some project photos of this upcoming.

I didn't get into the second color of accidental hat but I DID get the white yarn spun and plied.  The yarn is NOT THAT GREAT actually. But I'm getting better.

Saturday So Far

I don't really sleep.  I try.   I take sleeping pills and eventually shut down, but on a normal day, I'm only good for about 5 hours.

Last night, I got about 4 hours of sleep but got up, made myself a french press and went to Oregon to have a really lovely walk with my bestie, Sara.  Something about an hour with Sara just screws my head on straight.

After the walk, we swung into The Firefly for a lovely cappuccino and an italian soda.

We've got soccer today, so a sock will come with me.

I'm still blah about knitting. WHAT THE HELL?

This week in my world

This week has been pretty low-key.  I normally work from home, but headed into our office for a farewell lunch with my pals there.  I stopped at Starbucks on the way in and picked up a flat white.  It was ok, but not as good as True's flat white.

I've been working on accidental hat v. 2.0.  I've really got to focus on learning how to Fair Isle, because the knitting looks a little jacked.

I think I would break my knitting rut quicker if I did something that made me look like a secret knitting genius or something.


Goals for the weekend
1) spin all the white wool
2) Navajo ply the white wool
3) get into the second color of the accidental hat.