Second sleeve syndrome...
... is in danger of kicking in. In the salmon pink event we have:
see – the lighting was more natural than a couple of days ago – really, really pink! (Don’t get me wrong, I do like pink in the right place, and so long as this isn’t teamed with another pink item I think it will be just fine, but I can’t bear the school of thought that says that every item of clothing worn by a little girl must be pink.) So the front is done, the back is done, and one sleeve is done – and my focus has shifted back to the other sweater. Even with a deadline (albeit a currently easily achieveable-looking deadline) the second sleeve will take a bit of a struggle to start.
And in the stripy (hmm – can’t find a dictionary easily – bizarre since John used to work from home as a freelance editor – surely he had a dictionary somewhere… maybe he’s taken it to The Press with him – still, I believe stripy rather than stripey) event we have:
the body is mostly done – and the sleeves are to come. Because I have yarn issues, and to avoid the SecondSleeveSyndrome I’m going to knit them both at once… I have to say that I’m loving the Fibonacci stripes – very satisfying for my maths teacher self!* And yes, that is pink you see again there – this sweater is being made out of left-overs from a scarf I knitted for my goddaughter for Christmas (where the criteria were 1) pink, 2) sparkly, 3) pink!)
I’m having a fun week with the boy (it’s half-term this week, so no college for me, and no nursery for him). Monday I took him for a filling (BAD mother – letting his teeth get a hole 
) – he was amazing – climbed straight into the chair, closed his eyes and opened his mouth – done and dusted in no time. Tuesday we pottered. Then on Wednesday one of my longest-lasting friends came over with her children. Ruth and I met when we were still teenagers (!) and have drifted apart a couple of times, but now both have a 4 year old son and a 1 year old daughter. We can’t quite believe that we’ve known each other close to 20 years. And we certainly don’t feel any more grown up… Ruth is Ruth’s godmother (IYSWIM), and I am Isabel’s godmother. It was a really successful day. The boys got on well – disappeared up into Adam’s room with a couple of games, and we didn’t hear a peep out of them for ages (unlike when he has other friends round and all we hear is crashes, thuds and whinging) and Little Ruth appears to have got over her antisocial phase, and kept offering things to Isabel (”’Ere y’are Baby” ) And Ruth and I had the chance to chat. Thursday was another fun-packed day for Adam – he needed his pre-school jabs. The poor lad had a really bad time having a blood sample taken a couple of years ago, so (not surprisingly) he’s terrified of needles. So I didn’t tell him where we were going until we got there – and again, he was brilliant. Yes, he cried, yes, he squirmed and tried to wriggle away, but there was no hysteria, and no unnecessary fuss. Then I took him out for lunch to the local garden centre – and we looked at the animals and played in the wendy houses.
So today is housework day – which is why I’m sitting at the computer in my pyjamas at 9:30… I’d really rather start a second sleeve than attack the kitchen…
And in response to a couple of questions left in comments:
Hazel – I’m not sure if it’s the cable needles themselves, or just the frustration at stopping to “fiddle with stuff” that puts me off cabling. I love the effect, and want to get to grips with it, but don’t want to be put off knitting again for another 15 years…
Marji – the 14 bobbles on the front of this sweater will probably do me! I enjoyed the first one, but after that…
*Fibonacci sequence – start 1, 1, 2,... then continue, getting the next term by adding the previous two together. I’ve just repeated 1, 1, 2, 3 (or 2, 2, 4, 6 by doubling) using 5 colours, so they come out looking random – but they’re not!
one comment:
I think your jumper has more stripes than mine, but mine is definitely more psychedelic!!
And I also have second sleeve symdrome developing.
Daisy () (link) - 17 February '06 - 21:52
