I know I'm throwing myself completely off schedule with the Christmas gift knitting, but I can't help myself. And it's going really fast. Lookit
Yeah, the yarn is pooling, but I don't mind, I kind of like it. If I convince myself that I can part with this when it's complete, gift it to my sister, then I'm not really that far off track. Yeah, that's it. This is a gift. Crap. She reads the blog, now I'll really have to give it to her. And my SIL will want one too. This sweater could end up being the next poncho in my life.
For those of you who don't know the poncho story. I made a poncho for my friend Fritz's (MFF) grand-daughter.
Cute, right? It was easy and I really liked the way it turned out. I thought, I'll make another one for my niece. When I gave it to her for her birthday, my other nieces all decided they wanted one too. The fun pattern turned into a knitting death march as I made boring stockinette ponchos for little girls. One after the other. I don't know when I'll be able to stand even looking at another poncho. I'm hoping that the top down sweaters don't end up being my new poncho.
I was going to try to go to knit night tonight, but last night I got a call from the Superintendent of schools. My son's face when he heard me say, "hello Superintendent Lester, how are you?" was classic. I'm going to have to investigate what he thinks he could have done (during summer break no less) that would cause a call from the head of the school distrist, but imagine his relief when he realized that the call had nothing to do with him. Anyway, they are looking for someone to sit on a 4 member steering committee who is known in the community (?!?) and my name "kept coming up". So I agreed, but this means going to some meetings this week. I'm very flattered that they've asked. Do you think I can knit in committee meetings?
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5 comments:
Urrgg! The dreaded Endless Poncho Knit! I drew a line in the sand a while back, faked a hand injury and cried, "no more!!" Now everyone wants socks. I'm screwed.
Well, you sent me off on an ordering tangent with those links! You enabler you!
I really like the pooling on that sweater - I think it looks cool!
I'll miss you tonight, but how fabulous to be "known in the community!"
If they're inviting you, definitelyl knit in the meetings. :)
I hope top-down sweaters don't become the new poncho... Some of the Cabin Fever patterns are top-down. And the Cabin Fever people have a book caled Top-Down for Toddlers that has some good patterns in it.
I like the way the yarn pools.
Hey they should have realized that you were a knitter when they asked you to be on the committee. :)
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