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Well, I have cast on Gabriel’s sweater four times now. I think the fourth time I got it right. I think I have obsessed over how I will knit his requested stripes a bit more than is “normal.”
I have called him over to look at sweaters on Ravelry repeatedly to get his opinion, just to have him say once more, “I really don’t care. I just want stripes.”
“But Gabe, you have to have an opinion. I need your opinion.”
“Okay mommy: I want stripes.”
“Thanks, Gabe.”
So I am knitting a simple top down raglan sweater (same pattern I used for both Seth’s and Keats‘ sweaters,) and I think I know what I am going to do now as far as striping goes. With all the stopping and starting I haven’t gotten this one up on Ravelry yet, but I am using Beaverslide heavy fisherman weight wool in a variety of colors. It is a nice sturdy wool, perfect for an active boy’s warm winter sweater.
As you can see from the picture, I haven’t gotten far. But, surely I won’t have to start over again.
All that indecision has meant that I have been free to work on my pretty, lacy scarf though. It’s such a nice knit. If you haven’t tried knitting lace, this is a great place to start. The rows are so short, there isn’t much room to mess up.
More exciting though than all the knitting is the book I picked up at the library last night. It’s called Organizing Solutions for People with Attention Deficit Disorder and I’ve already ordered a copy to be sent to my mom as well because it’s so good, and so perfect for us (“Us” meaning: Jonny and me and my mom and stepdad.) I was worried that I wouldn’t even be able to stay focused on the book long enough for it to help me: especially right now when there are so many projects and things to do pulling me in all different directions. But, no worries there. Amazingly, it really is written in a way that a person with issues in the attention span department can handle. Now, if I can just get Jonny to read it too….
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