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Jan. 28th, 2019 10:44 pmNow reading: "The Eye of the World" by Robert Jordan. I've gotten past the first 100 pages and it's a fun read, very "young guys go off on a quest" Lord of the Rings vibe. And now I'm looking at the Goodreads page and see this series has a lot of books. Fourteen! Well, we'll see. If I really like it, I'll have a lot to read through.
Now knitting: I'm trying to practice knitting this lovely "column of leaves" scarf to see if I can figure out the pattern, and whether it looks OK in thicker yarn. If it works, I'll knit it for my mom. The problem is, there is a lot in this pattern I'm super unfamiliar with. Yarnovers, weird purl togethers from the back of the needle, you name it. It doesn't help that I don't have the patience to sit through tutorial videos wherein the person making the video talks for like 8 minutes about something, with their needles sitting there motionless, instead of just doing the stitch. I'm going to need to find the patience, though, because my idea of yarnover --> purl is clearly wrong and making extra stitches.
Didn't do much walking today, because we had a work event during part of lunchtime, and the walk home was an unpleasant rainy/snowy mess. My snow boots have started to get damp when it's not dry out, as in the water gets in and dampens up my socks. Probably because the lining has a few holes. I'm not sure whether to go to a shoe shop and try to get them repaired, tape them up, or just give up and buy new snow boots. I suppose I should do that last one.
Cat is so black and squishy and I love him. He's all curled up like a pill bug hugging his feet to his forehead (only a cat...)
Now knitting: I'm trying to practice knitting this lovely "column of leaves" scarf to see if I can figure out the pattern, and whether it looks OK in thicker yarn. If it works, I'll knit it for my mom. The problem is, there is a lot in this pattern I'm super unfamiliar with. Yarnovers, weird purl togethers from the back of the needle, you name it. It doesn't help that I don't have the patience to sit through tutorial videos wherein the person making the video talks for like 8 minutes about something, with their needles sitting there motionless, instead of just doing the stitch. I'm going to need to find the patience, though, because my idea of yarnover --> purl is clearly wrong and making extra stitches.
Didn't do much walking today, because we had a work event during part of lunchtime, and the walk home was an unpleasant rainy/snowy mess. My snow boots have started to get damp when it's not dry out, as in the water gets in and dampens up my socks. Probably because the lining has a few holes. I'm not sure whether to go to a shoe shop and try to get them repaired, tape them up, or just give up and buy new snow boots. I suppose I should do that last one.
Cat is so black and squishy and I love him. He's all curled up like a pill bug hugging his feet to his forehead (only a cat...)