Knitting, stress
Jul. 13th, 2005 10:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebratqueenSo today at work totally kicked my ass. We were booked to the gills as it was then we had emergency patients pretty much every half hour. Throw in a constantly ringing phone and I was about ready to shoot somebody. Possibly myself.
Fortunately there is chocolate in the world. Plus I now have a cat on my lap. (Mac, to be specific.)
Last night I did up a test run of the ribbon scarf on #10s. As I suspected it did knit up a bit softer. The only downside was that my hand started to cramp a little as I was working. I don't know if that's an offshoot of the yarn type or an offshoot of the way I was sitting while I was doing it (I was in bed, propped up on pillows, and normally I knit while sitting on the couch like a normal person.) Hopefully this is not indicative of a trend. I'd hate to have to start knitting while wearing a hand brace like I do when I crochet or cross-stitch (which is part of the reason why I'm not as into either of those as I am knitting. I like them but it's too much of a to do to start a project whereas with knitting I can just pick up the needles and go.)
I have no idea if I'll get the scarf anywhere near done in time for Sunday. I'll do what I can and if nothing else it'll be good to use to kill the time at Borders on Friday. If it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. Grams tends to shun gifts anyway, which is why I haven't bought her one, but sometimes you can do a sneak-attack with a homemade item, so we'll see.
Okay, done with my wee break for the night. Now to go back to the To Do list. Though in my head I am writing Protocol. Or possibly a story about a near-feral Angel in a cage and the Wes who takes care of him. Or both.
My head's a busy place, apparently.
Fortunately there is chocolate in the world. Plus I now have a cat on my lap. (Mac, to be specific.)
Last night I did up a test run of the ribbon scarf on #10s. As I suspected it did knit up a bit softer. The only downside was that my hand started to cramp a little as I was working. I don't know if that's an offshoot of the yarn type or an offshoot of the way I was sitting while I was doing it (I was in bed, propped up on pillows, and normally I knit while sitting on the couch like a normal person.) Hopefully this is not indicative of a trend. I'd hate to have to start knitting while wearing a hand brace like I do when I crochet or cross-stitch (which is part of the reason why I'm not as into either of those as I am knitting. I like them but it's too much of a to do to start a project whereas with knitting I can just pick up the needles and go.)
I have no idea if I'll get the scarf anywhere near done in time for Sunday. I'll do what I can and if nothing else it'll be good to use to kill the time at Borders on Friday. If it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. Grams tends to shun gifts anyway, which is why I haven't bought her one, but sometimes you can do a sneak-attack with a homemade item, so we'll see.
Okay, done with my wee break for the night. Now to go back to the To Do list. Though in my head I am writing Protocol. Or possibly a story about a near-feral Angel in a cage and the Wes who takes care of him. Or both.
My head's a busy place, apparently.
