I'm working again, filling those surprise post-Christmas orders for bunnies and hats and the like, and the remaining orders that had a post-Christmas deadline. But all the while I have that nagging little thought in the back of my mind about the sweater I'm going to make for myself. Yes, it's that time of year where I want to knit for myself and I plan a project, buy the yarn, start knitting, change projects mid-stream, get distracted by new ideas for the shop, decide I can use the yarn I bought for myself to generate revenue and never end up knitting that original sweater. For my knitting friends who see me cycle through this phase every year, you're welcome to tune me out for a while.But I'm going to give it a go again, despite my past inability to produce an end result and I've dug out an old pattern to try. Well, I say try, but I'm changing the pattern quite a bit. Don't laugh, Pam. It's so cute and free, you can check it out here on Ravelry. I'm going to make it long-sleeved instead of 3-quartered, with raglan shoulder seams and instead of making it short and trapeze-shaped in the bodice I'm going to make it longer, past my hips and more fitted to the body. I know, a complete overhaul. To back up a few paces, if you're a knitter and not familiar with Ravelry, you should give it a look--you can get completely lost there.
So the next step is to scout out some yarn, of the non-itchy variety because that collar comes up close to the neck and I'm planning on wearing the heck out of this thing (famous last words). If it ends up becoming something else I promise not to complain.
Meanwhile, for the record, the three of us who were in the woods the other day have poison ivy. I know, it's dormant, there are no leaves in sight, but those boys were cutting the vines and handling them and I swear then all they have to do is look at me with it on their skin and I've got it too. Luckily they don't have much of a reaction and what they do have is gone in a day or two, but I'm quite allergic, and minimal as it is on me right now, I'll be itching for a couple of weeks.
On a last note, it's almost time to say goodbye to the stockings and all of the Christmas decorations. According to Kevin it's bad luck to keep them up past New Year's Day and as much as I don't like to see them go, it's a good way for me to get a handle on the clutter.
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Ahh Ravelry, the knitter's black hole. I've been lost there quite a bit. Great for procrastinating.
You HAVE to make the sweater. Walking advertising and such. I'll nag if I have to.
(I say this as for the 500th time I vow to learn to navajo ply- today)
When I look at my profile, it's pretty much just a bunch of unfinished projects on Ravelry. *sigh*
And as to the PI- Try explaining it to the doctor when it's on your butt in winter (My dog sleeps with us and lays next to me). I pretty much have it all year round now, but when we first moved here my doctor kept telling me I couldn't get it during the winter and it must be an allergic reaction. He made me go to a dermatologist. It was diagnosed as an allergic reaction alright...to poison ivy. ;)
I'm highly susceptible to it too. When I was a Vet Tech I'd constantly also get it down between my breasts, and we (co-workers and I) finally figured out it must be from when I was holding dogs and with the deep V-necks for some of the scrub tops (and being well-endowed) the contaminated hair was getting down there. I really hated having to scratch there.
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