working on it

Four inches of ribbing seems excessive, unless one plans to wear it folded.  For the Mountain Hiker hat, the pattern calls for 1.5" of ribbing on the adult medium size.  I guess that would be OK for a beanie, but I want it slouchy and more like a watch cap.  The 4" of ribbing are done, and I'm working on the texture pattern; there are about 12 rows done.  More tomorrow,  too tired to type anyway.

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Getting ready to pick up the hat again, just need something on the TV that doesn't require following a plot line, like Secrets of the Zoo or Life Below Zero.  Turned on the tube, it's already tuned to Zero, so that'll do.

Plumber here..sort of

He took a look at the disposal, and left to fetch a new one.  I am watching Plaidman prepare some Ramen noodles for my lunch.  Not sure if I'll nap or knit after lunch.

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After lunch, I read the paper.  Sis makes fun of me reading the  newspapers, so does SIL.  However, SIL has said she wishes they had a newspaper so she could get coupons.  Apparently the household lacks Internet access too.  Kind of a shame, she probably gets all her news from FOX.

The pit yawns

Last night Disco called my attention to the wet floor of the undersink cabinet in the kitchen.  The Plaidman had already retired for the night, so I left him a note about it - he's always the first up & in the kitchen.  So, it's lunch time, and his quick check seems to pin the trouble to a leaking disposal.  For once, he's gone ahead & called a plumber without waiting for me to ask him 5 times to do so.  We can expect to see the plumber in two days.  Which is hella better than the wait for the handyman that was supposed to help us fit our new oven & range into it's place.  Said oven is still sitting in the door to the kitchen, not a problem for my housemates, but my chair won't fit thru.  I haven't been able to go through that doorway since January 30th.  I just reminded Plaidman of that, and of the fact that we have stimulus money on hand.  Perhaps he'll contact someone who can get that job done.  Not holding my breath.

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Disco went on expedition into the craft storage room, and came out with the Bare Gloss yarn I got a couple of years ago.  I could not recall if it was fingering or lace weight.   It is lace weight; it could be double stranded for the Deeds shawl, but I'm not sure I'd have enough left for the Aeolian shawl that my heart really wants.  Right now the Deeds shawl will hibernate.  Another project that calls to me, the Willow China Cowl, will have to wait.  We have the home repairs to pay for, plus some periodontal work that will set us back a bit, before I can justify spending more money on yarn.  S'okay, I have lots of yarn & can surely find patterns that will suit.  I have a charity hat project that got frogged & restarted in a different pattern, I can carry on with that.  Just now, I'll see if I can get lunch served before Plaidman runs to the store!

Not fishing

It's called fishing, not catching.  I have been fishing through the On Demand on our service, for a show we started watching last fall.  I am delighted to say I found it!  We here at Chez Plaid are completely underwhelmed by sitcoms and the mostly - scripted "reality" shows.  We do watch police drama series, even the ones in syndication.  But it's really nice to see something new (at least to us) that isn't directed at the lowest common denominator, with a canned laugh track.  So now we have several series available: 30 Coins, Banshee (how did we miss the first 3 seasons?), Debris, and  Britannia.  If Animal Planet or Nat Geo or SCI channels don't interest us, we can dial up a drama.  Whew, that's a relief.

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So how's the shawl coming along?  Well enough, considering I work on it every other day, and only for a couple hours at a time.

I'm using the Cranberry  (1st photo), Winter Night (3rd pic), and Plume (4th pic).  The 2nd pic is of River Rock, looks darker here than IRL, so did not quite suit.  I have a good quantity of the Gloss fingering, and have an idea to use the River Rock in another pattern, but will need some white as well.  It's cool, I have Knit Picks on speed dial.

Done deal

The Plaid Patrol is officially fully vaccinated against the SARS-COVID virus.  We celebrated by having dinner at the China Pan!  We hadn't been there in almost a year, so it was a happy visit.  

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I started the MKAL (at last), and was doing ok, until I tried knitting on it while "resting" between the clinic visit & the supper at the Pan.  After supper, I had to tink out four rows where I had repeated a wrong side row many times....Sigh.  But I am back on track now, and may finish a section this evening.  Disco has gotten the craft bug; she got herself a pile of variegated yarn while we were at WalMart.  I got a ball of Shawl in a Ball, her choice of color, to make a shawl fade for her.  I'll look at the pattern & see if I can throw in some lace along the bottom.

Almost Ancient

When we added TomTom Tiger to our household, he was about 3 months old.  Our "senior " kitty, Miss Hinky Boo, was 15 months.  We did the math, and found they had both been born in March, one year apart.  Since then we've had the Cat Birthday on the Ides of March.  There seems to be some debate as to whether the Ginger Bomber is going to be 19 or 20 years old this month.  He's just hella old for a cat.

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I have a new lot of yarn from my favorite enablers, KnitPicks.  It's mostly  their Gloss Fingering, soft & shiny.  I got Cranberry, Plume (they could have left off the "e"), and River Rock.  I was hoping River Rock was just a shade darker, but it'll have to do.  Also present: two balls of their City Tweed HW in color Harbor Seal, for the Plaidman's new hat.  Later I'll have to take pictures & record these goodies in my Ravelry stash.  Any day spent playing with yarn is a good day.

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March 13

Shoot, I keep forgetting to hit "publish" on here, before closing the WIFI on the phone.  Today is cloudy outside, so quite dim inside and unsuited to pictures of yarn.  I did knit a bit last night, putting in the "sore thumb" for one fingerless mitt.  Today I'll attempt to do better on the other one (I dropped a stitch last night).  The third clue is about to be dropped for the KAL, but I haven't even started clue 1 yet.  I feel like Plaidman's hat can wait, since it's so warm here.  But I am so close to being D-O-N-E with these mitts, which were started when our heating was only firing on one cylinder, that I must just suck it up & get 'er done.  

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Erm...that was 4 hours ago.  I remembered I had an email about a tax document, so I looked that up.  While I was in the email, I found an important message from my sister that had to be handled.  Amazon had sent me some suggestions for my Kindle, and I looked at those.  Next, I got onto Amazon ' s site, hoping to see some books I'd actually be interested in reading.  That led me to Crafts,  and a happy half hour of looking at yarn.  No orders were placed.

You probably saw this coming

Last week we paid a handyman to pull the old oven/range out from between the cabinets.  He also laid down a piece of plywood to bring that space up to the floor level.  Big box store showed up with our new oven, which is about .75" too wide, but just at the counter top and cabinet facing.  I'm about ready to scream.  Mr. Handyman has been called, but not yet scheduled.   Our one problem is "welping", dropping other related problems.  Let's hope we haven't opened a money pit.

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Today I made reservations for all of the Plaid Patrol to get the first COVID vaccine shots.  Yippee!  There wasn't any option to schedule the second shots.  I'll just have to keep checking back on the website. 

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In knitting news, the second mitt is up to row 25.

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March 5, 2021

Edited to add that the Plaid Patrol has had the first round of Covid vaccines.  Disco had to get up at the ungodly (to her) hour of 9 a.m.  It is now 5:18 p.m., and she's retired for a nap.  She'll likely surface about 11 p.m., to raid the fridge & feed the cat.

Happy Weekend!