Shawl, Socks and Such...

I finished a shawl/scarf. It's too big/wide to be just a scarf. A little too short, in length, to be a shawl, but it's made from some alpaca yarn I got at Stitches a couple of years ago. I'm pleased. Got one sock done...working on the other. Don't really care much for the color, but they are turning out well. Rob's socks were saved! Hurray! I was telling friends that when he was in the trauma unit, they cut up/off everything, but his handmade socks. Because he is homebound, he wears mostly the socks that I made for him. They are warm and soft and slightly oversized so he can slip them on easily. He's doing better these days. Still in neck and leg brace, but feeling better. He probably won't be able drive for a couple of months.

{sigh} The Life of Job

I'm feeling like I'm living the life of Job in the Bible. Rob being hit by a car and recovery will be 6 to 12 weeks. Even then...how far will he recover? All the way? In the meantime, I finished the Pi shawl. Forget about EZ's border. I'm finding out that very few people do the border suggested for the Pi shawl in the Knitting Almanac. It's confusing and missing something in the translation. Much of EZ's work is leaving the assumption that the reader understands. I don't. Clarese showed me a simple crocheted chain border that works just fine and I was able to finish it off in about an hour and a half. It still needs to be blocked out, but where? I don't have the floor space. It will probably have to be our bed. I'm anxious to see it blocked. I still have my socks I can work on and a couple of sweaters out on needles. There's a pretty dropped stitch shawl also that needs to be finished. I still have enough to do. Time. I'm back to work now and there's no time at home to do everything. Rob's home being bored. Poor fellow. He wants to work, but has no attention span to sit in front of a laptop all day. 2009 was a lousy year. I was really hoping 2010 would be better.

Confession

They say confession is good for the soul. Well, I ripped out the entire Pi Shawl and started over. THIS TIME...I used my lifeline and tied them off! Already, I had to rip back 20 rows because of a mistake. This time a lifeline saved me. The Pi shawl sure doesn't look like much while making it. It's kind of a blue blob of lace yarn. I'm somewhere on row 73. Patience...patience...patience.