Here’s my issue with the blogging of the kniting and reading, especially with the knitting. Pictures are kind of expected, right? I mean, it’s nice to see what the actual finished product (or in progress product) looks like. I get that and I love to see pictures on other blogs.
I suck at taking pictures.
It’s not that I’m bad at it, though that could certainly be the case, but I’m not one of those people that takes a lot of pictures. I suppose I could argue that I like to live in the moment, rather than try to capture it for later. Yeah, I could do that. Except, that’s not exactly true when it comes to knitting. To take a picture of knitting requires some kind of arranging of the knitted item. Then, after a picture (or 50) is taken, I need to download it on my laptop, put it up on Flickr, and then put it in here.
I’m inherently lazy.
I would rather spend that time knitting, or reading, or whatever. Dealing with what it takes to get a picture of the knitting and then on to here, is just too much effort. It’s way easier to log in here and just write about something. Not that it makes it good for you, but it’s all about me, right?
In any case, that’s the issue.
So, I’m knitting the February Lady Sweater (FLS) in a burgandy color of Cascade 220. I like it, and I’m pretty close to being finished with the body. Maybe that part will get done this weekend.
I’m also working on a scarf for a co-worker. It’s also done in Cascade 220, but it’s striped gold and black, our school colors. She passed her National Board Certification, so I told her (and the other co-worker who passed) that I would knit her whatever small item she wanted. She wanted a striped scarf in our school colors. I’m just doing a basic 3×2 rib. I’ve started this scarf about 5 times, fiddling with the number of stitches cast on and what kind of rib to do. I hope I’ve found something that will lay flat and not curl and that’s wide enough. I’m only about 4 rows in, so it’s hard to tell.
I’m awaiting some yarn to make a pair of socks for my sister. I have to finish the FLS first before I start on those, though. If I don’t stick to my two main projects, nothing will ever get actually finished.
That’s what’s up for knitting. On the reading front, I’m reading the second book in a series by George R.R. Martin. It’s technically a fantasy, but reading more like historical fiction and is supposed to be somewhat based on the War of the Roses. It’s good, but I’m lucky if I read more than 5 pages a night before I fall asleep. I actually don’t mind waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to fall back asleep because that gives me some additional reading time.
Tomorrow’s the weigh in. I’m a little scared. I weigh myself almost every morning, and things have not looked good. I’ve been doing well at eating healthy foods this week and watching the amount I’ve been eating. Even though I said I needed to look at the amount lost over a month, rather than day by day or week by week, seeing the number go down is a great incentive to keep going. I haven’t done any exercising, for various reasons (excuses, excuses!). I know exercise would help things a little, but it’s never been the thing that has made a difference for me as far as weight loss. I need to just get with it.
Maybe tomorrow.
