Last year I went through a period of time without knitting. Looks like I'm in the same rut this year. Of course this is not intentional but circumstances seem to dictate what direction we journey.
This summer has not been smooth, since returning home from my wonderful Alaskan vacation with Sharon #1. We had a blast. The first 5 weeks after I got back I was on the road to Erie 6 days a week. My friend had come down with GBS while I was gone. Now it is 5 days a week to the Oil City nursing home/rehab facility, where she is receiving physical therapy. As a result I'm not doing much besides visiting her AND the house isn't getting messed up since I'm not here to make much of a mess!
I have done a few rounds on the Neibling and re-vamped the way I handle the pattern. Previously I had the pattern charted and printed out on 2 sheets, taped together. Now I have separated the big sheet into 8 sections of 10 stitches per section. I bought some small receipe cards, 2 1" x 3", and using double sided scotch tape, put each section on a card. I punched a hole in the top right corner of the card and used a 1" ring to hold the set together. The cards hold 3 rows of pattern, so right now I'm working on round 99 which is the last round on the 1st set of cards. I have rounds 101, 103 and 105 on the next set, ready to use.
I've found these little cards great to write my daily to-do list on, for when I'm out and about. They come in packages of 200 and I have all the extras punched and on a 2" ring. I thnk big! I bought 2 packages! Also you can't buy just one ring! I bought one set each of the 1" and 2" rings.
Oh yes, I also decided to put stitch markers every 10 stitches, within each pattern repeat, of the Neibling. I know, more stitch markers to have to move! But, darn it, I was having problems with the pattern. This fix has eliminated that problem and now I'm only putting in a safety line after every 4th round. I was inserting one through every plain row.
I've decided that since returning from my vacation I've lost my (mind?), no, just my morning schedule! I used to get everything taken care of in the morning, before noon. Then, just before going to bed I'd go on the computer and check everything one last time. Now I'm not using my time efficiently and this has got to stop! Starting in the morning I'm going to try and get back on schedule. Of course the running to be with Mary has been part of the mess up of my schedule and I think the heat is another reason. Of course I wouldn't give up going to cheer Mary on, but I do need to get some order back into my life. I've made myself a reminder list, so I'll try to stick to it.
