Remember when I mentioned the changes I’m making and the New and Improved Me? Well apparently mental rearranging requires physical rearranging for me. Two weekends ago I completely rearranged my living room, last week my office and this week the dining room area. Now my house is old and set up kinda of weird. Off what was the original dining room area is a small add-on, I’ve always thought there should be a comfy chair there were I can sit and read and knit, but the layout just made it really hard. Well I think I’ve got it figured out. Part of it is, I just have too much “stuff” and some of my “stuff” is just too big for this area. So I removed quite a bit of “stuff” and viola! Of course all of that “stuff” is now in the basement and waiting to be arranged and put away. Oh well I’ll do that another day.
I’m very happy with the area, it’s well lit, it looks over my back yard and trees, I have no neighbors in back or on the side so I see nothing but yard and trees! Plus getting rid of some of the “stuff” that was just filler made way for some stuff I really like having around. Yarn! My radio is right there so I can listen to music or audio books if I want and I’m surrounded by yarn without cluttering up my living room. I’m quite pleased!
You can’t call it cheatin’… if you’re just swatchin’! That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. I finally decided on Cotton Fleece as a sub for the Dollar n Half Cardigan. I went to the LYS thinking I’d got with a brown because I really liked the one pictured, but when I saw the Pine Green on sale, I couldn’t pass it up! It’s gorgeous and on sale!
But I have sworn to finish Wicked first and I will. I had to rip back again. I had made a small mistake in the decreases, I thought I wouldn’t notice or care but after reading about a similar experience on another blog and the person said they never wore the sweater I realized I had to rip back. I’m almost back to were I was. If you haven’t been following along this is the 3rd time I’ve been this far on this sweater, the first time I realized it was way too big for me and completely started over. Thank goodness for top down knitting!
Posted by Shannon on March 15, 2007 at 12:53 pm
I agree with the rearrange stuff – I’m in aphase like that now. It’s driving my husdand around the bend. He keeps seeing me move stuff around and he can’e find it in it’s new location.
I think the pine cone color will make a great dollar n half cardigan. Good choice!
Posted by Kara on March 15, 2007 at 12:56 pm
This is just eerie…I am just finishing up wicked. And I just got Cotton Fleece for my Dollar and a half cardigan…in green. Spooooky.
Love your wicked! I am rooting for you!
Posted by Robin on March 15, 2007 at 3:37 pm
I really love BSCF, especially in that beautiful forest green! Yum. Wicked looks great – can’t wait to see the new and improved version!
Posted by Sheepish Annie on March 15, 2007 at 6:48 pm
House looks good, sweater looks good…it’s alllllll good!
Posted by Batty on March 16, 2007 at 9:21 am
I think that rearranging stuff is kind of like the opposite of a pilgrimage. When you look at all the ancient and medieval pilgrimage accounts, you get a very clear view of an inward journey that mirrors the outward journey as the pilgrim moves towards his goal. In this case, it’s more like objects making an outward journey to match your internal changes. It all makes sense.
Good luck with your knitting! I hope the 4th time is the charm with Wicked.
Posted by Julie McC. on March 16, 2007 at 10:08 am
Ooh. A room of one’s own. Virginia Woolf would be proud of you.
Posted by Bevvy on March 16, 2007 at 9:17 pm
I love the color of your walls!
If it makes you feel any better, I have way too much “stuff” and I live in a 750 square foot apartment with no basement to store it in. For example, I have an antique dining room suite and a kitchen table and chairs. This is a problem since I don’t have a dining room nor an eat-in kitchen. Needless to say, I’ve had to get very creative with furniture placement.
I can only dream of having a whole room just to sit and read!