Workaday

I worked today.  The first thing we do at the library each morning is to pull items from the shelf which patrons have requested to be sent to other branch locations to pick up.  I was looking for Pride and Prejudice on the shelf, only to sadly realize that it must have been stolen.  I have lost a sliver of faith in my fellow Jane Austenites.  People who are cultured enough to appreciate the subtleties of Miss Elizabeth Bennet's wit should not resort to the base act of stealing.

So, I'm playing with my size 17 knitting needles.  I have nearly mastered the knit stitch, but haven't made it to purl.  I am creating the Go Go Garter Stitch Scarf via Stitch 'N Bitch.

It's not that pretty, but I friggin' knitted it.  I think I have more fascination with knitting than with crochet because I learned to crochet when I was 10, and that became very natural for me.  Knitting twists my hands in very unusual ways, and I still can't figure out how to hold the yarn in my hand comfortably.

My hex quilt has been put on vacation because I ran out of dark green yarn.  I had not planned on using that color when I began the quilt, it was left over from my Maui Shrug.  But I do have forty-five middles in three different colors ready to made into little baby hexes.  My cat things they are loads of fun!

I read about sheep all day today--It was pretty blissful.  Especially since the book contained such paragraphs which described ram testicles in glorious, horrifying detail.