Mikknit

I am in such a funk right now - nothing I have started is appealing.

Here’s what’s on the needles and/or in need of finishing work:

• Grace’s Robin Hood Jacket needs to be sewn up (one sleeve is on and sewn up, just needs the side sewn and the other sleeve on and sewn) It’d take me an hour, but I can’t bring myself to do it since I can’t find the stupid buttons and I want to do all of the finishing in one sitting.

• Arlo’s black soaker just needs crochet trim around the legs and the gussets picked up & knit. A 20 minute project but I don’t want to do it. The black yarn does nothing for me when I’m already in a dark mood.

• I started a new soaker for Arlo in some variegated aran weight yarn that’s just gorgeous, but it doesn’t have much give to it. I’m almost through the ribbing but not quite. I’ll need some uninterrupted time to do the increases after the ribbing and I won’t get any of that until tonight.

• I have my Peace Shawl that I really want to work on, but there’s a mistake back a few rows. I don’t know where I am in the pattern because a certain small child took off with my row counter (about 18 months ago, I think), so I’m going to need a couple of hours to count stitches, tink back, count stitches, tink, etc.

I thought I’d have some time today to go hide at the coffee shop or yarn shop and work on it, but my mom decided that she wanted to head up to see my dad today instead of tomorrow. This is probably for the best, since it’s supposed to start snowing again shortly. So since I’d planned to work on it today, I found the shawl pattern and got myself all excited about working on it, and then all of a sudden I have no plans for the rest of the day and nothing to work on. I could pop in a movie for Grace and put Arlo to bed, but she won’t sit still and leave me alone for an hour and Arlo won’t stay asleep (assuming he’ll go to sleep in the first place).

So here I sit, feeling sorry for myself and wishing for an escape. Man, I hate winter.