Newton's Law of Inertia

Objects at rest tend to stay at rest. Last week I eagerly loaded some photos onto Photobucket in order to post them on this blog. Then in tried to go to Blogger Dashboard. But BD would not open, and would not open, and would not open..for several hours, so I gave up. This is where the inertia comes in. So I didn't try again for nearly a week. But obviously, I have moved beyond inertia, so here goes.

We just made a trip to the West Coast. Included in that trip was climbing a mountain, Mt. Ellinore in the Olympic National Forest (6000 ft.!) and an 11 mile hike to the end of the Dungeness Spit and back. We were with my brother-in-law, a dedicated outdoorsman. How I wish I had carried my knitting to the top of the mountain. That would have been a great photo. But I didn't.

After climbing the mountain, I wasn't sure that I could complete the 11 miles to the lighthouse at the end of the Dungeness Spit, so I did take my knitting in case I had to sit down and wait for the other hikers to go on without me. And I did make it to the lighthouse. Here is the proof.

What I was knitting was a baby sweater from Reggia sock yarn.

After the time in Washington, we went to San Luis Obispo, CA. And had more adventures (and were wined and dined in style by another brother-in-law, a dedicated gourmand.

With all the time spent in airports and airplanes and driving around, I was able to finish all the pieces. Once I got home, I found a surprise gift from my DD, Amylovie - a beautiful blocking board. I put it right to use. I am in the process of finishing this little sweater and will post the final outcome later.

I've always wanted to give my husband the finger.

Not really. He is a wonderful guy. However he is sometimes jealous of the time I spend knitting. So I try to find things to knit for him, which isn't easy. He has a very conservative taste in clothing and doesn't light bright colors. He also doesn't think it gets cold enough for sweaters in Texas. But I am just about finished with a successful project that I think pleases him. These are gloves knit from Debbie Bliss Cotton Cashmere. The cotton is good because his wool gloves gave him a rash last winter. The pattern is from Knitty.com and is call Cigar Gloves. The pattern as shown on the website has open ends on the thumb, index, and middle fingers so that the wearer can smoke while keeping his hands warm. Since my husband doesn't smoke, I just finished all fingers to the end. I'm using two size 3 circulars. The pattern calls for size 5, but I had to go down a bit to get gauge.





I am having fun knitting these. This is the first time I have ever made gloves. I haven't even knit mittens. And I like using two circulars. I plan to do the 2 circs thing with the next pair of socks I make.

Update: Since Blogger seems to have been off line most of yesterday afternoon and evening, by the time I finally got this posted, I had finished the second glove and presented the pair to my DH. Just imagine the left glove with all five fingers done. It looks just like the right one.