KnittyBug

I have a lot to post about but I just don’t have the time right now. I’ve been going through my house and garden trying to find the culprit to an allergic reaction Peanut had yesterday. We are feeling much better with the cold bug being gone and yet something else has popped up. It was warm and sunny all weekend and we spent most of the time out in the garden. Yesterday we were only out for about an hour when I noticed what looked like mosquito bites on Peanut. I didn’t think that we would be getting bit already so I didn’t lather on the bug cream. But half way through her nap they changed and were huge. I thought it was heat rash so I put her in a cool bath. Honestly it looked like heat rash. Well last night after she was a sleep for an hour I went to check on and her eyes were swelling shut and the right side of her face was completely swollen and of course the rash had reappeared. So a trip to the emergency room later we find that Peanut is showing severe signs of an allergic reaction to something and we just have to find out what it is. So that’s what I’m doing….trying to find the source. I’ll be posting more about knitting and such in a couple days.

My husband is such a sweetie!

He sent me a little delivery.

Peanut will claim the cute bear and the balloon. However the chocolate covered stuff is mine. :)

Look it almost looks like a flower arrangement….but its chocolate covered strawberries and bananas.

There is sunshine and the weather has warmed up. Unfortunately for me I just don’t have the energy to dig in the dirt…as I am still sickly. Peanut is feeling much better. She brings me tissues and tried to help me as much she can. But there is also the other side to the situation is that in certain situations this week she has made huge messes….just trying to help. Trying to get a snack, juice, and then attempting to clean up the mess with tissues. A lot of soggy crackers and chips were thrown out. But it was me…well at least that’s what she told me.

Anyways..I pretty much have been stuck on the couch in between cleanup sessions. It’s no fun. I haven’t really had the mind power either. Last night after dinner I couldn’t speak right. It was so strange and the hubby kept asking me if I was okay. He also kept asking me if I had been drinking...um yeah with severe head and chest congestion I just decided to throw back a few in the late afternoon. That would have been my answer but I just threw him a look like are you kidding me. I’m just sick and exhausted and sick of being sick.
I also don’t have the cardi seamed. I just don’t have the energy to rip and redo and so on. So the seams will wait for a couple more days.

I decided I really wanted a new bag. A small project I could just lay with and memorize the pattern. I started this bag from Drops. I actually found some beige or maybe taupe colored stuff that works out pretty well. I seemed to be misplacing the labels after I make those little yarn cakes.

I like the cables…or actually twists. I have some material scraps I plan on using for the liner. Maybe I’ll even add some pockets in there…that is when I feel good enough to lug the sewing machine downstairs.
I stopped working on the sleeves to the Beaded Sweater (minus the beads). The yarn is not a good match for the pattern. It also seems that my gauge has really changed from the swatch because the sleeve caps look huge.
I think I will get use of the yarn for maybe the Lily of the Valley (can't remember what it is) that is going to be in one of the new books I am patiently waiting for. both books had good reviews and I was able to see a good portion of pictures form the book by searching for them. I like to make sure there is more than a couple I-want-to-knit items in there before I buy. All I have to say is I am really excited to get these two books and I am stalking the mailman.

…for being the worst at seaming. Maybe we should have awards like razzies for the worst seaming, the ugliest sweater, and the longest time spent on a knitting project. It would be all in good fun. Like maybe you’d have to enter into a category…instead of just all the sudden being nominated out of the blue. Wouldn’t that be a shock if you really thought your sweater was gorgeous along with being quite colorful but yet everyone that passed by your blog thought to themselves that boy that’s just plain gaudy. So I guess entering yourself would be important because then you wouldn’t feel hurt if you won. It’s just an idea.

In any case I would definitely enter the worst at seaming competition because I am honestly horrible at it....well sleeves that is.

Not that the picture really shows my lack of skills in this area. But if you were to actually have these shoulders in you hands…you might respond with a few profanities’ and a what were you thinking about here. I try I really do and then I get impatient and then I rip it out and then the whole process starts over. I’m just a beginner to the shoulder/sleeve seaming and I really despise it. Now I know that it will look better after it’s blocked, but it’s the process that drives me crazy. Now I would probably also be entering the longest time to a FO contest if it were not for this one blocking over here.

Luckily after seeing her finished cardi I didn’t throw mine into the “to be seamed” basket.

I think the other reason to the madness is that it takes concentration that I can only have when the Peanut is not around…and that’s only a little bit of time during the day…which is mostly spent doing other things.

So what is the best way to sew on the sleeves? The shoulder to shoulder I got down but it’s just the sleeves that drive me nutty.