Things to not do at 11:30pm
August 26th, 2007 at 12:52 am (blather, lace)
- Look down at your lace knitting and say, “Hmm… that YO looks twice as big as it should”.
- Look a bit further, and decide, “I’ll just drop down that set of 10 stitches a few rows and fix it”.
- Let your husband distract you every 5 minutes as he says, “Ooooh - look at this new car configuration” as he’s playing Need for Speed: Carbon* on the couch next to you.
- Spend the next 1.5 hours gently tinking, coaxing, and generally pleading with your knitting to “Get back ON the needles properly”
- Spend another 20 minutes ripping back until you think it’s safe, and then gently putting the knitting back on the needle. Tinking one more row to make sure you have all your yarn overs in place, etc.
Things you should do:
- Don’t look at the knitting. The YO’s are fine.
- Really. Stop looking at the knitting. It’s fine. Nobody but you would notice anyway. Even you won’t notice once you get another inch knit.
- Tell your husband “No more talking! I mean it!”. You have my permission to forcibly take the controller away and shut the xbox off if needed.
- Go to bed early. Really - you need all your rest for the birthday party of inflated air happening tomorrow
- Read in bed if you insist that it’s too early to go to bed.
* Don’t bother getting Need for Speed: Carbon. Need for Speed: Most Wanted was 1000 times better, so just play that one again instead of playing a lesser game with more flippy graphics than content.
marta said,
August 26th, 2007 at 9:26 am
Yikes! scary…been there, done that, learned that lesson. ack
-Mom said,
August 26th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Retroknitting a lace pattern is a nightmare. . . . It seems these things always happen late at night, never first things in the day. Must have something to do with being tired. =\
Sheepish Annie said,
August 27th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
This is why I am not married. Or knitting lace… The stress would probably kill me!!!