Yarn Along ....frogging, beginning, preparing and relief

~Two of my favorite things are knitting and reading, and the evidence of this often shows up in my photographs. I love seeing what other people are knitting and reading as well. So, what are you knitting or crocheting right now? What are you reading?

As of tomorrow this will all be frogged.  Gasp you say!  Well I do and I am so disappointed in myself.  I wrote about the beginning of this sweater here.  I was enjoying this knit.  It was smooth and just enough challenge.  I had completed the front section and was directed to take out the provisional cast on and begin increasing the back.  When I went to remove the stitches, they wouldn't.  The yarn had somehow grown into the cast on and it was stuck.  A little snipping and pulling eventually loosened it, but damage was done.  I asked my oldest daughter, the " nothing scares her knitter" to take a look at it.  She said there was no way I did a provisional cast on.  She couldn't for the life of her decide what I had done.  She did her best to try and salvage it, but to no avail.  It is a loss.  I will be starting over and Elizabeth will be putting in that cast on.  Now, mind you, I taught this daughter to knit and look at her.  Mrs. Smarty Pants!  She knows more than I do!  I love her!!!

In the meantime, there is another baby to knit for.  No, no , no!  Not one of my daughters!  I am glad for a pause.  Caitlin has a good friend who is expecting her first, a little girl, and I am going to surprise her.

I dashed into Mad Tosh today and picked up 7 skeins of Cascade 220 Superwash.  The color is salmon, but it looks pretty pink in the photo.  With the short days, getting home to capture pictures in good light gets harder.

My "go to" blanket is Feather and Fan.

 

 

 I have knit this blanket a dozen times.   I never tire of it.

On the Thanksgiving front.... 13 here on Thursday.  I usually have preparations well underway, but this year the only thing I have done is begin the dressing.  So tonight I am ironing the tablecloth.

 

 

It is slow going.  I am hurt.  I somehow did something to my back.  Maybe about a month or so ago.  I have no idea what, but the pain in my left leg has become very severe.  Getting up from a sitting position takes the help of Mr. Golfer and the mornings take about 2 hours to be able to loosen up.  Today I saw a Chiropractor for the first time.  He said he had never seen such a damaged gluteal muscle. I moaned and groaned all the way through his management.  His prognosis is that it will get better but will take time.

On the reading front. These two.

My focus this year is slowing down.  I want to be present in the moment this Advent.  To live the stories and focus on breathing the season.  Preparing my heart in a new way for this baby, this Christ.  To understand the manger is to understand the cross.  One does not exist without the other.

I wish each of you a grateful Thanksgiving!