I was casting off a project early this morning. I knit and cast one stitch after another, sure in my faith that my little ball would definitely have enough to finish. All of a sudden, I was down to a foot of yarn, and a foot of stitches on the needle. I didn't even notice that I was playing Yarn Chicken. And I lost. Horribly lost. Really, not even close. Fortunately, my Long Tail Cast On was quite long. I had recently trimmed it down, but fortunately my untidy nature meant that it was still sitting next to my chair.
So that is one Christmas present finished object! My oldest son's favorite teacher is retiring this year. He has been in her math class for 6th, 7th, 9th and 10th grades. (Small school.) She has already received a pair of mitts and ear warmer, but he asked if I could knit something special for her final year. I still had three partial balls of the same yarn, so I thought what could be more fitting for a math teacher than a moebius scarf?
I also wound in the ends on Color Affection, so that is technically two finished objects! I don't know what dresses I am wearing for court this week, but you can bet that it will have blue in it, so I can show off my latest shawl.
The best part of this coming week is that I will THREE FULL DAYS of knitting. My mother is having surgery. (That is not the best thing. That is the worst thing about the coming week.) But it does mean that I will have a day sitting for hours in the hospital, waiting to hear that it was successful. Lots of knitting time. Then I will have another two days in the hospital and rehab center. Lots of knitting time.
So many choices to bring to the hospital. Something simple. I want a distraction, not knitting that will lead to swearing. I have plenty of options.
Today, it is all about the object saved by the tail, and the other.
