XOXO
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Fiddly
Well, this little bit of knitting is the tiny fruit of my
labors. I think I spent at least an hour
yesterday afternoon working on it.
I showed it to Mr. Man and told him I spent an hour on it, and he asked if I had to start over
a few times. I replied with a sigh,
“Many.”
You see, I’m attempting to begin a piece of knitting at the
center, which requires (at least for me, right now) using double-pointed
needles. Think of the child’s game of
pick-up sticks, and you get the idea of the tiny tools involved.
Now, beginning and casting on with double-pointed needles is
always a bit “fiddly”. And after you knit a
fair amount, things get under control.
But the beginning is usually a bit challenging.
Factor in that I am using size 3 needles and wispy laceweight
yarn, and “fiddly” sort of became “maddening”!
LOL
Truly, I just had to stop where I was after 2 rounds and
take a break. I wasn’t even sure I was
still friends with my laceweight favorite yarn by the end of it.
(Thankfully, later that evening I knitted on my current
scarf project with the same yarn with ease!)
I don’t know if I will be able to continue with this
project. It may be too much for me right
now. I just wish I could find some way
to have better “needle management”, so the crazy sticks don’t dangle and twist
as I work. That’s when I can get lost.
Casting on and beginning a project with double-pointed
needles isn’t the easiest knit with worsted weight yarn, and it can be challenging
with sock weight yarn. But laceweight?? Yikes!
In the world of Dr. Csikszentmihalyi, this is not “flow”. But it’s good to challenge yourself
occasionally. I just may have bitten off
a bit more than I can chew this time.
As my grandmother would have told me, “Maybe you need to put
it on the back burner and let it simmer awhile.”
And my mother would have said, “Perhaps you need to cogitate
on that a bit longer.”
Yes, I definitely need to have better needle management
somehow…
XOXO,
Lucky Dog
♥
Friday, February 20, 2015
Cat Cartoon
I just love this!!
I have had this for many years
and it always makes me smile.
TGIF!
XOXO,
Lucky Dog
♥
♥
Monday, February 9, 2015
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
THE Cure for the Hiccups
I learned this method for curing a case of hiccups when I
was little. And it works for me every
time. Sometimes I may have to do it
twice, but never 3 times.
You drink a few swallows of water with your hands over your
ears.
Not cupped hands, and not with your fingers “in” your ears
exactly, but closing your ears with your finger knuckles, kinda, so you can’t
hear anything.
And, of course, it doesn’t have to be water. I suppose any liquid would do.
(I find that it helps to concentrate and listen to my own
swallowing.) J
The only tricky part was needing to do this when I was at
school when I was little. But I learned to hold the water fountain button down with my elbow so
I could keep my hands over my ears while I drank.
Now, I usually facilitate matters by using a straw.
Simple and easy, and it works for me every time.
Now! I bet you can’t wait to get the hiccups, so you
can try this out, right? LOL
XOXO,
Lucky Dog
♥
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