Catching up
Again, I fail at blogging. It has been over a month now since my last post. Well let’s see if I can get caught up.
September 3, 2007 - Labor Day. Finally a day off of work! We didn’t go camping this weekend either which was nice. I had grand plans of knitting all day on Monday to finish my socks for the Detroit Stitch ‘n Pitch the following Sunday. One sock was complete and the second one was started. Hubby and I had decided to torture bathe the cats that morning in an effort to improve my allergy situation. We grabbed fatty first and made it all the way through to the final rinse before he became cranky. So cranky in fact that as soon as my hand got a little too close to his mouth . . . he bit. Not just a little bite to let me know he was unhappy . . . but a bite that made me scream. Loud. Very loud. So loud, I’m surprised that neighbors didn’t call 911. I cleaned the wounds really, really well and began to ice it down as it swelled up considerably. I probably should have gone to the ER but . . . I’m stubborn and figured I’d watch it for signs of infection. The wounds never did get infected and the swelling finally went down but about 2 weeks after the fact my finger swelled up again and I ended up going to the doctor on my anniversary. So now I’m on giant antibiotic pills and it has really improved. The doctor said the tendon was infected. Stupid cat!
So we did nothing special for our 11th anniversary except spend over $100 on doctors and drugs. I didn’t get to knit on Labor Day but I did manage to finish my socks for the Stitch ‘n Pitch. I had a lot of fun! We made one stop on the way over to Detroit and I figured that it was a good time to snap a picture of our bus. I took out my camera, turned it on and . . . no memory card! So I have no pictures of that trip at all. 
This past weekend I finally finished up another pair of socks for the hubster. I haven’t snapped a pic yet. I’ve also started searching through my basket and pulling out things that have been languishing forever. I’ve picked up my second Clapotis and have made great strides in finishing it. I have 4 more 12 row repeats for the third section and then the final section. I’m well over 1/2 way and hope to finish it soon.
I did start another pair of socks for the hubster using Cat Bordhi’s Sidestream sockitecture from her new book. I love this book! I used this same master pattern to do my Stitch ‘n Pitch socks and they are so comfortable! I’m trying not to start too many things right now. I seem to be on a finishing kick. Hopefully this will last awhile and I can clear out my basket and save a little money in not buying yarn for new projects.
Well that’s pretty much it. I’ll try to get pictures taken soon and posted up so you can see my projects. Happy knitting!
