Unexciting Tuesday

Yesterday and today have been pretty regular, unexciting days. Everyone was out of the house but me so it was quiet and I was able to start catching up on some of the shows I watch. I got some laundry done as well as went out to do some errands. Pretty typical days.

The weather today has been icky. We've had rain off and on throughout the day with it coming down heavy at times. I took J out for a haircut this afternoon and by the time we came home a thick fog had moved into our area. The grey day makes me miss the sun. Later this week the sun is suppose to come out and warm everything up so maybe then I'll be able to sit outside and have my lunch or drink my tea and knit.

Speaking on knitting, I've been working on The Hobbit scarf. I've made it to around row 120 out of like a billion rows. Okay, maybe not that many but it is definitely a lot. I've also been working on a shawl called Citron. It's all stockinette stitch so while it is a little boring to knit at times it's a great pattern to work on when I want to watch TV while knitting. We'll be traveling this weekend so if I haven't finished it by then this project will go with me. I will bring another project with me because The Hobbit scarf is not good for a traveling project. 

If tomorrow's weather is like today's I'll probably stay home and figure out what travel project I want to take and get it started. I like to make sure I start travel knitting projects at home so I can double check that the yarn/needles are the right ones for the project and that it's going to be something I like. I don't know if there are any yarn shops where we're going so I want to have everything ready before I go.

I have been thinking that I will continue to do my blog but I may not be posting every day. On days like today when there isn't much going on I don't think I'll make an entry. We'll see how it goes. So today is a short post but then like I said, nothing exciting is really going on. :-)

Knitting on a Sunday

I am not going to write about the blizzard going on outside today that will last into tomorrow. Nope. I'm trying to pretend that I stayed in the house all day because I was tired and needed a break. Yup. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

I will write about my knitting tonight. I finished clue 4 for my Snow Queen shawl. I am up to 480 stitches in a round. Yeah, it's getting big! It's definitely too big to get a picture of the whole thing, so here's one wedge.

I'm glad I had a chance to finish it while I was imagining myself sitting on a warm, tropical beach that is not covered in snow. Now that the clue is finished, my next project is the scarf based on The Hobbit. The scarf will be made with these two skeins of yarn:

 

I wasn't sure about the colours at first but C told me that the original cover of The Hobbit was in those colours, so that's probably why the designer chose them. The yarn is so soft and squishy - it is a blend of merino and silk. It will make a warm scarf - probably too warm for the warm, tropical beach I am imagining myself on. I was planning on starting it tonight but C and I have two episodes of The Walking Dead to watch and I want to be able to focus on that. Plus, I am feeling tired this evening and being tired plus working on something complicated never works out well for me. I will work on my easy shawl/scarf project and save casting on the Hobbit scarf for tomorrow.

Tomorrow is the official start to the kids' March Break. They don't call it spring break up here because spring usually isn't anywhere close to arriving. Considering there is an effing blizzard going on outside, and the potential for two more storms this week, it should make this week a challenge. It will be a busy week. J has a party Monday evening, hockey camp Tuesday through Thursday, practice with his team Tuesday and Wednesday, and then playoff games Friday, Saturday, and possibly Sunday. I swear he's going to be busier during his break than when he has school. S doesn't have soccer or her girl scouts this week, so that makes it a little easier on me. I'll be trying to set up some playdates for her as well as getting her to see Cinderella. She's been begging to see it but so far hockey and parties and effing blizzards are getting in the way.

I was just looking at the yarn for the Hobbit scarf again and thinking that the green reminds me of the lush green grass of summer and the yellow definitely reminds me of warm summer days. Maybe I will cast on the scarf tonight and remember how beautiful it is around here in the summer time.