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Jul 10

Construction and destruction

Posted by tata on Thursday Jul 10, 2008 Under Uncategorized

The afghan is coming along. I’ve completed all 16 of the smallest squares, all 5 middle-sized squares and 1.5 of the 3 largest squares. It’s turning out rather nice, but I’m still nervous. I can’t quite understand what about Granny Squares makes me nervous, but I worry that things come together the way they ought to. I worried this way during the making of the Li’l Monkey afghan and they turned out rather nice, thank you very much. Still, I’m nervous.

I’ve been neglecting my reading. I started Restaurant at the End of the Universe months ago and never finished it. Hell, I never got far. I’m too consumed with the numerous crocheting books, 200 Crochet Blocks and Stitch ‘n Bitch. I did pick up Storm Front, the first in the Dresden Files series, upon recommendation from P’s husband. I’ve read like 4 pages. Hopefully, I can carve out more time for reading soon.

I have listened to the entirety of Anne of Green Gables via Podcast provided by LibriVox. It was the first book I’ve ever listened to and I must admit that I was quite surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I’m currently looking into listening to the rest of the series.

Poor Husband. On Sunday night, he didn’t call on his lunch break. This is very unusual. After some time, I finally called him and got no answer. Eventually he called me and gave me the bad news: he had hurt himself at work. Luckily, it was just a strain and nothing too serious. When he went to his boss to tell him, his boss would not let Husband out of his sight. He put him in a cab and the cab took him to the hospital. They gave him some meds and an appointment at their doctor’s office the following morning. He came home very early.

The next morning he went to his appointment and they gave him more meds, told him to rest and he’d be okay to go back to work on Wednesday. He spent the better part of his days off in bed atop a heating pad, sleeping. I had to wake him this afternoon at 4:15pm to get ready for work. On his lunch, he called as usual and said he was going to come home, that his back was still hurting pretty badly. I can only imagine, as his job is very physically strenuous. On an unhappy note, the meds he’s taking make him rather cranky while he’s awake. Hopefully when he sees the company doctor again tomorrow, they will give him some good news or some better meds.

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Jun 17

Lil Monkey - finally finished!

Posted by tata on Tuesday Jun 17, 2008 Under Crochet

At long last, the blankets I’ve been working on are completed! So let’s cut right to the pictures, shall we?!

The sock monkey head.

The face was added.

Then sewn to a square.

Buddha loves it!

The completed blanket.

Both of them!

The pattern came from this book.

I inspired the girls to pick up their own hooks.

It took much longer than I anticipated, but it was well worth it. I started on May 25 and finished the second blanket today. The first blanket was completed two days ago. I would’ve completed it sooner if I had worked on it more often. It’s just gotten so hard to crochet while Buddha is awake. He climbs on me and tries to steal my yarn, hook or pattern. So, I’ve been crocheting more at night and/or nap-time and well, I don’t always want to crochet at those times. I’m really pleased with how great they look. The pictures really don’t do them any justice. Cat was right when she said I’d love the Granny Square! I *do* and really want to find some really terrific pattern to make myself one.

Some “Just Because” photos:

A snapshot I took of Joy after snapping the photos of the blankets.