Knitamazoo(tm)

It had seemed like my bolero had stalled out. I would knit and knit and knit on it and it looked the same as it had the day before. I began to get suspicious that my cats were somehow on the other end of my knitting happily unraveling it just enough so I never made any progress and were eating the evidence. But I am happy to report that there will be no cats horking up giant yarn balls and I have made some serious progress on my bolero. I got to knit quite a bit this weekend. Especially on Sunday. My hubby had a few of his Fantasy Football buddies over to watch football so I sat there and knit while they were discussing the pros/cons of offenses, defenses, and individual players. Now I like football. I enjoy watching a good game (though Sundays in our house means switching between every game that is on so you never see one game for more than 2 minutes at a time). But I could care less about the little nuances these Fantasy Football nuts talk about 24/7/365. Again, I digress. It did give me a chance to get some quality knitting time in and here is what I have to show for it. A bolero with the left side done and I’m working down the right side. Maybe I’ll even be seaming it up this week and working on the edging this weekend. I have high hopes again I know. But I can’t seem to put it down. I had to force myself to stop last night as my head was pounding with a sinus headache brought on by my allergies. Despite the headache, I knit on for several hours and finally had to just put it out of sight and walk away. It was really hard but probably for the best. I of course picked it back up this morning before I went to work and knit a couple of rows. And I’m anxiously awaiting my first break at work.

My anniversary present arrived Saturday. We didn’t even notice the box on the front porch but one of my hubby’s football buddies saw it and brought it in for us. So here is what he got me. I’ve been wanting both of these books for awhile. The Knit Socks book I borrowed from the library and had to photocopy the pattern I am using to make the Liberty socks. And there were several more that I wanted to make so this book went on the ol’ Amazon wishlist. The Knitter’s Handy Book of Sweater Patterns was the one I really wanted. I already have the Knitter’s Handy Book of Patterns and love it. I wanted this book so I could create a pattern for a sweater for my brother. Hopefully I’ll be able to design something that he will like.

Well that’s it. No more news. Move along. Nothing more to see here.