This should have been posted
Monday—there will be an update later today!
I know that Ravelry has a queue
feature, but I never use it. For years I have had idea books, and
these are also queue books. They are not strictly chronological, but
tend to over lap. (and they are not always saved)
Sometimes they are blank paper,
sometimes, lined, and there have even been books that have cross
hatched graph paper. I like them all. I found a misplaced one just
the other day, and I enjoyed finding queues of project ideas (and
realizing I had completed many of them!) and also being reminded,
there were things on these lists that I hadn't gotten to.
So, immediately, I made a new list!
About half the items on the new list are ideas that had been floating
round in my head—but some how, writing them down made them more
real. Others are left overs from previous queues that I had sort of
forgotten about.
I sometime stumble across a new
pattern, or a new idea, and queue be damned—the NEW and shiny!
jumps to the head of the mental list.. and then, my mind, un-moored
from the list just goes out and continues to work on project that
float into view.
I have 3 “homemade sock club” kits
to knit, (and 2 socks kits that are UFO's!) but the SIL socks aren't
one of them, and chenille neck roll wasn't on any queue either. The
double knit potholders—well they were sort of planned. Never made
it to a written queue, but I have needed new ones for a while. And I
never just make potholders for me.
I have too much cotton, in too many
colors! I love my black and white kitchen and black and white potholders—but I always want to
knit with colors, too! So there are always extra ones in colors that
get knit up.
Speaking of which—I have made only a
little progress for a few days now on the striped potholder, but I
have started a black and white one (totally different stripe
pattern). The SIL socks had heel flaps by Friday evening, and now,
a few rows of the gusset. Some progress but not a lot. I will be
knitting in earnest again to day, and next week too.. Lots more bus
rides planned.
The good news in my life is, it is
getting busier—the bad news is, it is getting busier! I was off to
see my DD on Tuesday, as well as the usual Friday, and then on
Thursday, I went 90% of the way to her, (and saw her)when I went to
the CSA pick up. And I was there again on my usual Friday visit.
Technically, I live in Flushing (as
does she) —but in reality, I live in a neighborhood called Rego
Park—about 4.5 miles away, she is in Flushing North—a mile or so
from “downtown Flushing” (a thriving commercial area) . Should
be a 10 minute drive.. On good days, it is a 20 minute one. By bus,
it is a 45 minute to an hour trip. Thursday night, going to the CSA
took 35 minutes (very good time!) Coming home? It took hour and half!
So I am busy—but not doing much of anything, except it seems,
sometimes, but riding buses.
I always knit on the bus (and on the
subway when I ride it) but knitting on the buses is slow knitting.
The good news is: NYC has LOTS of buses and bus routes, and most run
24 hours a day. The are often scheduled 10 to 15 minutes apart. The
bad news is: there are delay, and the buses them selves are worked
hard, and there shock absorbers? Always in need of repair! Hard
winter freezes make pot holes, repairing and patching makes lumps,
resurfacing creates delays...So bus rides are never smooth rides, or
fast rides. On 3 different occasions, I dropped a stitch while
knitting the heel flap. It can be that bumpy.
So some progress has been made, and my
idea book, and its queue are front and center.. Who knows how long
that will last?
