I just finished knitting the front bands on my Stars sweater(sometimes refered to as the ‘Sweater from Hell). I AM SO GLAD! Philosophers Wool is so hard to knit. I like the patterns, but I’ll use their yarn again. 
I still need to sew in the sleeves and weave in the ends. The last thing to do is cut the front open and sew on the buttons.
I arrived in town around 2PM. It was an enjoyable ride. I had the Stash and Burn girls to keep me company. There were three sessions that I hadn’t listened to on my iPod. I had been saving them. After getting my stuff inside and taking a nice leisurely bath, I drove over to my daughter’s house to pick up my grandson. We drove to the theatre and I found a parking space right up front. We went inside and bought tickets for the 7PM show. Then we walked to a little pizza place nearby for some supper. Around 6:30 we were wandering around the bookstore and, then, headed back to the movies around 6:45. Am I boring you? That’s all right because I’m about to fall asleep anyway. OK. We saw Alice in Wonderland in 3D. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I love 3D or real D or whatever they like to call it these days. When I was a kid I saw a 3D movie that scared the beejeezes out of me. I don’t remember what it was called and I have never seen it again or even any hint of it anywhere. Where was I? Oh, yeah. I loved lewis Carroll and the first Alice and this one. What’s not to love? There’s my favorite, Cheshire Cat. And what did they to do Johnny Depp’s eyes? You’ve got to hand it to him. He’s not “above” doing any role. I told my grandson about how his mother had a crush on him when she was in high school. Did I ever mention that the high school used in one of his movies is just two blocks from here? How cool is that?
I was ready to quilt my flag when I realized my favorite machine for quilting was in my daughter’s house. I ould quilt with the machine here, but the other is set up for quilting. I really don’t need to use the other one. I can use the one that’s here. But, I WANT it. So, I’m off to Reisterstown tomorrow. While there, Kevin and I are going to see Alice in Wonderland. I might also go up to Intercourse. I don’t know yet.
I can’t decide what knitting to take. I should take my Sweater from Hell, but it is so damn big. So, I’m think I’ll take four pairs of socks and a hat. I like to be prepared.
I’ve been thinking about my next sweater. I’ve got it down to three, I think.
Intellectually! I did the taxes. You understand. I couldn’t cook. So Doug took me to Pizza Hut–a large stuffed crust with beef, pepperoni, bacon and anchovies. Disgusting! But it was what I needed. I think I’ll make a pineapple upside-down cake tomorrow.
My flag quilt is coming along.
I also finished the neckband on the sweater this morning.
I sewed the skeet for the front band. I made a swatch for the band and, of course, the size that looked the best is not one that I have in a long enough length.
I finally knit the last six rows. Yeah. The shoulder seams were also sewn. Next, I am going to knit on the neckband. I may actually get this thing completed.
I have also been sewing. I found a little flag quilt kit.
It took a while to cut all the little wavy pieces, but it’s been fun sewing the pieces together.
If anyone is interested, I put a new pattern up for gloves. It’s for my friend who has large hands. I ‘ll be writing another in a smaller size, too.
I want to see Alice in Wonderland so I called my daughter to see if my grandson wanted to go. She told me there was a water main break in town. School has been closed so Kevin has been babysitting has other grandmother. I couldn’t help but laugh. She had a knee replacement over a week ago and doesn’t want to do her exercises. She wants to be waited on. My daughter can’t stand it. She and I are very independent and want to do everything ourselves. I really feel sorry for Kevin. He deserves to see a good movie.
It was 55 degrees when we went for a walk this morning. I wore a light sweater and no gloves and a cotton sunhat. I was happy. We’ve been able to walk down to the river for the past few days, but the trails at the horse farm are a mess. They are almost impossible to walk on. There are also several trees down in the woods and we have to make a detour to get through. The owner is in Florida for the winter so we will have to deal with it until May. I wish that I had brought my camera.
Maybe I’ll be able to put these away soon. Flo won’t be happy.
She likes ‘her’ sweaters.
Don’t get the meatloaf. It wasn’t meatloaf. It had cheap barbeque sauce on it and was put on the grill. I assume this was done to give it some flavor as the inside looked like gray-brown mud. When I think of the number of ingredients that can be put in a meatloaf to make it tasty and interesting to look at, I was appalled. Maybe, I should add a page for my meatloaf recipe. Also, the macaroni and cheese was no better than you get out of a box. At least, we weren’t charger for it, so Sweetums left a nice tip. I was also offered a free dessert, but I had made a cake for later.
And, here’s dessert. It’s a chocolate orange cake. Last week as I waited in line at the supermarket, I picked up a cooking magazine. It was “The Best of—–” and turned out to be so good that I bought it. That’s something I haven’t done in years. The cake was great. We ate half of it.
My girlfriends and I went over to St. Michael’s this afternoon.
And a good time was had by all. Maria is going to make this scarf –along with several other things.
Six rows to go on the ‘Sweater from Hell’.
I sewed the thing together, looked at it and tossed it out. I decided that it should be twice as big. I’ll fool with it another time. I have a flag wall hanging cut out to work next.
My girlfriends and I are going yarn shopping tomorrow. We had such a good time the last time. I’m really looking forward to it. We would have gone out last Sunday, but my car was sick. Now, it’s fixed so we are going on a field trip. Maybe this time I will remember to take pictures.
I have ten rows left to knit on the ‘Sweater from Hell’. Maybe I’ll be sewing and cutting the skeet soon.
I hope that I am not boring you with the sewing, but I am trying to accomplish something. After my dissatisfaction with the way that 2009 went, I am now trying to make up for it by completing projects. Projects can be anything from a single piece of fabric to twenty skeins of yarn bought specifically for a sweater. This will, however, be my last knitted item. I am really getting tired of chasing around knits that refuse to hold still and will be working with nice, quiet, woven cottons for a while. I was thinking about making a Pointy Kitty if I can find the pattern again. I think I saved it somewhere. I really like having a computer to keep ‘stuff’, but I have been known to spend an afternoon looking through folders for the right file. It is a continuing saga of trying to drive myself crazy. After all, who knows better how to do it than me?
Flo praying before the Straching Post God
Up a Creek in Lower Slower Delaware 
