Monday Monday
So good I had to say it twice.
Two is apparently my number today.
2 = The number of people touching my boobs today.
Don't get excited, R & M. Why do my kids read my blog, anyway? They should know better by now.
Normally, two people handling my boobies first thing in the morning is the start to a pretty good day. But, today, I had to go get a follow-up mammo to make sure they were right about the piece they cut out 6 months ago.
2 = The number of actual smashings. The nurse/technician says "I'll compress and you say "when" when it's too much for you to bear any more."
2 = The number of times I said "when" before the compression started.
Two is also the number of pictures I want to show you of this shawl. (Had to get back to knitting, people. It's not just about me and my wild fantasy life, you know. Ah, Sting....sigh.)
I knitted this for M's prom dress.
Bernat Matrix (about 3 balls)
Color: Champagne
Needles: #17
Pattern: Your basic drop stitch.
Took a couple of nights in front of the TV because, although I did use #17s, Matrix is very slippery.
M liked it. It matched her dress really well. She got a number of compliments on it, too, though it was interesting to me that the boys were more fascinated by the fact that it had been hand knitted, rather than the girls.
My one tip: garter stitch (which is what this is, between the drop stitches) pulls in when you turn it on its side. So you have to knit a much loooonger shawl than you think you do.
2 = Number of cats I knitted recently. Well, actually, there were three, but Brittany took the pink one home. And, anyway, 3 doesn't fit this whole 2 motif I've got going here.
The blue one is knit from Yarn Bee Luscious. The color is Lollipop. Took less than one skein. The brown and blue one is LB Fun Fur, I think. I threw away the ball band, so I can't even tell you the color. About one skein. Scraps for the embroidery, which is harder than you might think.
I wanted to do that cat pattern that everyone else does. You know the one. But I couldn't find my printed copy of the pattern. Then I couldn't find it online. Then I just got tired of looking (and distracted by all the other free knitting patterns I came across in the looking). So I just made it up as I went.
The body is a square. I just cast on and knit until it was square. I didn't design the clever way you seam it up. I did that from memory (of the pattern I couldn't find).
The head is also made up. It's basically a diamond shape (with flattish tips on top and bottom), folded over, stuffed and sewn on. I relied mainly on the stuffing to give it shape.
Two, by the way, is also the number of people at work today who asked me if I flashed Sting my boobs.
Apparently, my shy and quiet demeanor in the office is not fooling anyone.
Two is apparently my number today.
2 = The number of people touching my boobs today.
Don't get excited, R & M. Why do my kids read my blog, anyway? They should know better by now.
Normally, two people handling my boobies first thing in the morning is the start to a pretty good day. But, today, I had to go get a follow-up mammo to make sure they were right about the piece they cut out 6 months ago.
2 = The number of actual smashings. The nurse/technician says "I'll compress and you say "when" when it's too much for you to bear any more."
2 = The number of times I said "when" before the compression started.
Two is also the number of pictures I want to show you of this shawl. (Had to get back to knitting, people. It's not just about me and my wild fantasy life, you know. Ah, Sting....sigh.)
I knitted this for M's prom dress. Bernat Matrix (about 3 balls)
Color: Champagne
Needles: #17
Pattern: Your basic drop stitch.
Took a couple of nights in front of the TV because, although I did use #17s, Matrix is very slippery.
M liked it. It matched her dress really well. She got a number of compliments on it, too, though it was interesting to me that the boys were more fascinated by the fact that it had been hand knitted, rather than the girls.
My one tip: garter stitch (which is what this is, between the drop stitches) pulls in when you turn it on its side. So you have to knit a much loooonger shawl than you think you do.
2 = Number of cats I knitted recently. Well, actually, there were three, but Brittany took the pink one home. And, anyway, 3 doesn't fit this whole 2 motif I've got going here.
The blue one is knit from Yarn Bee Luscious. The color is Lollipop. Took less than one skein. The brown and blue one is LB Fun Fur, I think. I threw away the ball band, so I can't even tell you the color. About one skein. Scraps for the embroidery, which is harder than you might think.
I wanted to do that cat pattern that everyone else does. You know the one. But I couldn't find my printed copy of the pattern. Then I couldn't find it online. Then I just got tired of looking (and distracted by all the other free knitting patterns I came across in the looking). So I just made it up as I went.
The body is a square. I just cast on and knit until it was square. I didn't design the clever way you seam it up. I did that from memory (of the pattern I couldn't find).
The head is also made up. It's basically a diamond shape (with flattish tips on top and bottom), folded over, stuffed and sewn on. I relied mainly on the stuffing to give it shape.
Two, by the way, is also the number of people at work today who asked me if I flashed Sting my boobs.
Apparently, my shy and quiet demeanor in the office is not fooling anyone.
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