Visited Mom
Well, there are no pics today, as it has been raining for two days and I get headaches from rain. It’s just a headache, but I’m doing only the bare minimum until I get my normal self back.
Family
Brian and I did eat dinner at Altu’s tonight (I will never get over how good her food is) and then we visited my Mom. I hadn’t seen her since she and Fred got back home on Saturday, and I got home Monday night.
It was good to see her again. She is already doing her usual “social butterfly” thing, seeing friends and calling folks. She went to the mall to exercise and saw several friends, including two who also winter in Lakeland. Today she and Fred had lunch at Udon Noodle bakery (I hope I spelled that right) which makes authentic asian noodle soups, with a friend Mom used to work with.
They went square dancing last night. They already have a dinner to attend on May 10 so they will not be able to attend our Abbott Brothers performance at Altus that night. Mom is already inviting this friend to meet that friend, and that sort of thing. She sure stays busy.
Mom told me that she has never gone to Altu’s restaurant, somehow. No wonder Altu keeps asking how my mom is doing. Maybe they haven’t met? I find that hard to believe. Mom makes this wonderful Norwegian flat bread from potatoes and wheat flour, called Lefse. Mom wants to show Altu how to make it, and Altu is very interested. I think I need to work on getting these two together soon!
The Since-September Sweater
I knit a little on the sweater again. The cuffs/sleeves are done. The collar I finished a few days ago. I reinforced the steeked armholes with a crocheted chain, in an inch or so from the first chain I did (I ended up picking up stitches in further than I expected for the sleeves). I used scissors to trim away excess fabric at the seam allowance, because it really looked bulky there.
I still need to figure out how to deal with the bulk/excess stitches inside the collar (I picked up my neck stitches in a curve, below the line where I had knit a straight tube). There is not much extra fabric to deal with, so it may not be a big deal. Then again, if I guess wrong there is not much leeway for error. That’s what I get for sort of making up the sweater on the fly!
The bottom hem was a mess, it insisted on turning up, so I picked up some stitches at the bottom and am now knitting down on smaller needles, hoping that will keep it from turning up. I had done only maybe 3-4 rows in seed stitch (I did increase when I got to the stockinette) but it wasn’t enough to really hold its own. Thank goodness that the yarn I’m using is very forgiving and when I picked up stitches at the hem (I cast on in rib, thank goodness) I was able to knit down in seed stitch and it looks just fine to me. Whew.
The real truth will be when I bind off. We’ll see if that hem stays put with a good 2″ of seed stitch or if I need to be more drastic by putting elastic in or something. Cross fingers for me.
I’ll get to pics of the workshop when my head clears. Back to that sweater hem (lounging on the couch) for the time being. Thank goodness for hot tea!
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