girlfiend

Despite the fact that I’d forgotten how to knit seams with double pointed needles and pick up stitches, last night, with the help of Doodlebug (and Mix who counted for me) I managed to knit both shoulder seams of the new sweater and pick up the 54 stitches needed to knit the first sleeve. It took several frustrating tries, but I have about an inch of sleeve. Which is wonderful, because the shower is on Saturday, and while I  know I’m not required to have the sweater for the shower, as we did buy them a few other gifts, I’d really like to give it to her then. In fact, since it’s gloomy and cold out today I should invite myself and the Fiendling over to my mother-in-law’s house to “help” and let her play with him while I get some knitting done.

It’s kind of nice to be knitting something interesting again, especially after all of the compliments on the Fiendling’s sweater. Maybe when I finish this sweater for my future niece or nephew I’ll start another sweater using a new pattern and mutter and curse about how much I hate knitting for the entirety of that project.

So that 365 Day Flickr thing? I think I might be done with it. I’ve actually managed to take a self-portrait every day, but the truth is that I don’t really have the time or inclination to make them interesting. It doesn’t help that I’m lame and wear the same three things every day. Every hand held  shot looks just like the rest. Honestly, my pictures are downright boring, especially compared to Mac  and I know it’s an unfair comparison because she’s such a good photographer and all I photograph are babies, flowers and blurry shots of me in the mirror, but I feel dopey actually submitting my pictures to the pool.  I dunno. Maybe I’ll keep it up for a while just because it’s a project and I like finishing things.