YO K2TOG

Yarn over, knit two together.

So getting ones tonsils out as an adult is about the most painful thing that you could ever possibly imagine. OK, maybe not the worst pain, but right up there. Now I haven't given birth, but a couple of women whom I know parted with their tonsils like one would first husbands noted that the pain and recovery is worse than childbirth.

So I found myself with a couple weeks of time on my hand not working, not doing housework and not doing much else (including sleeping) except whimpering and whining. I took some pretty rudimentary knowledge of knitting and set to work creating stitches in order to pass the time between hours when it would be safe to take the next painkiller or when exhaustion led me to sleep.

I made two scarves for my Mom and surprisingly a sweater for her the family hound, which surprisingly fit.

I am, not surprisingly hooked, or should I say well-knit.

The repetitive nature of knitting contributed to keeping my sanity as the days turned from wrong side to right and back again.

On the needles I currently have:

A thick winter sweater for Starbuck. I may do one for Soph too. They are so athletic that neither dog has much in the way of fat for warmth, and being short-haired, not much in the way of insulation. I am making it like a lettered raglan sweater (having easily mastered ribbing). My Mom, while she was here taking care of me, insisted I make it pink to contrast the blacklabness of the dog. Not wanting to spend a lot of money, I picked up some el-cheapo Carron 1lb skeins in both black and pink and I am achieving a very 1983 affect by working two strands at once. It looks tweed-y.

I also have the Doctor Who scarf on the go.

I promised K & D a wool sweater for their poor little whippet-cross Ruby. I picked up some super-chunky NZ wool on ebay.

I have some six skeins of retro estate yarn, an acrylic/wool/viscose retrosity also a $4 ebay find to make a funky shawl.

I am also wanting to make that dang poncho on the Rowan "Everyday Knits For Real Women" knitting book that Laren lovingly gifted for me. The problem would be the >$200 cost in yarn if I buy the Rowan tweed they recommend.
So much yarn...so little time.