Fourth day at the new job and I take a day off. My son spent the night sick as a dog, and I spent much of it doing laundry (sheets, etc.) He's still not great, but at least his stomach has settled a bit. I phoned my boss and left a message and he called me back to assure me that it was fine, and not to worry. There's a point in their favour!
I still haven't dove into the stash in search of the black silk - when my son is sick, he's very clingy. So I'm spending more time with him than on things for me. I don't mind - at 9 years old, I'm not sure how many more years I'm going to get of snuggling with my boy. I'll take all he wants to give. As long as he doesn't share the germs. (He already did that with my husband - I sent him off today coughing and hacking. They can share a bed tonight - me, the healthy one will get her own bed!)
As far as knitting, the problem with having multiple projects on the go, and nothing remarkably interesting about the construction of any of them, is that blog updates can become (or actually, HAVE become) boring.
Socks - they look pretty much the same, maybe a little longer.
The Safari Hoodie is coming along. (I am refraining from calling it the American Safari Hoodie - I'm not in the States, and do you actually take safaris in North America? I mean, I did technically go on a Safari Cruise, but it was in Disney World at Animal Kingdom, it lasted less than half and hour, so I don't think it counts...)
The nice thing about top-down construction is that I can try it on, and make any adjustments to sizing that need to be made. The wonky row gauge will rear it's head at me, and unless I want sleeves that are about 7 inches in circumference, I need to add some length before I split the sleeves from the body. But I'm still loving this sweater, so I will do it. Life's too short to knit crappy things. Or with crappy yarn.
3 comments:
Nice Boss
Kid's of school age always bring home the worst colds/flu.
2 solutions to your neck down hoodie.
#1
if it has inc every 2 rows and then lenghtens to every 4 rows
Keep it as every 2 rows to get more arm width
#2 you can always cast on at armhole dividion extra stitches and at the body aswell but then dec the body stitches back down to the origional # of stitches this acts like a bust dart and gives shaping where needed in the important areas so the rib doesnt distort over the bust line.
with out reading the pattern this is the easiest solution i can come up with
Hope everyone at your house gets better! Without sharing it with you.
Hope y'all feel better soon - that said, I have also come to appreciate, in a warped way, when my sons get sick, because they just aren't that cuddly anymore unless they're not feeling well... I take it when and how I can get it...
nice to see such employer understanding so early on, too... a good sign...
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