Knit-Lympics Day 3 - rest and recovery

So, here we are at Sunday night. Yesterday was a bit of a headache after the "oops" of reversing the pattern and having to frog back to zero. Here you can see what was re-knit after the frogging; the border and about three repeats of the pattern. Not bad considering there was a grocery run and some other stuff to be done - also my hands cramped up in the early evening so I had to watch hockey without knitting. (grr). This I accomplished by nuking and wearing my microwaveable mittens, which are little mini-heat-pads that fit into the backs of terrycloth mitts for sore knuckles and wrists. Works like a charm, but it did put me behind a bit.

So, today is Sunday. VERY early (we're talking 5:30 a.m. here) I was out the door to drive the folks to the airport to catch the flight for their cruise. Now, I'm not a morning person. Neither is my stomach. The collective stresses of the past few weeks combined with lack of sleep and lack of breakfast sent me into a full-blown IBS attack - fortunately I was able to hold it together until I got home but that pretty much did me in for the morning. Under Peter's orders I went back to bed until noon, and did no chores whatsoever the rest of the day - no laundry, no dishes, no cooking, no nothing. Except sittin' and knittin'. What can I say, sometimes the man makes a lot of sense. :)

So here then is the product of today's knitting, about 8 hours' worth. We're now well into the 2nd ball of yarn and at about 12 1/2 inches in length. Pattern is working beautifully and I am counting and double-counting as I go - count the stitches, mark the row, check and double-check. I've found rather than having the pattern steps go K row, P row, Pattern row, K row, it's easier (for me) to track it as P row, Pattern row, K row, K row. I know, it looks like the same thing. But it's not - this way, I'm always ending on the 2 K rows and starting on the P row. Seems to be working.

I have decided to keep the shawl for "home" knitting only as I don't want to take chances with it in the lunchroom at work or in the Doctor's office. I'll take my socks along for travel knitting instead so I can keep moving on them.

So, opening weekend I would call fairly successful - not quite as far along as I had planned but still plenty of progress and plenty of time to go.

See you on Day 4.