Where Have I Been?

I ask that question (where have I been?) with tongue in cheek but it is a reasonable question when you consider that I have been among the missing everywhere for the last week--sick as a dog as they say.  That's not why I asked the question though.  I'm wondering how I missed all the hoopla over some of the world's greatest music--Five For Fighting.

I guess Five For Fighting has been around for many years because when I started listening to the music I had to say, "Oh I've heard that one," again and again."  Who hasn't heard Superman or 100 Years or Last Great American.  I know I'm the only person in the world who didn't know about this!!

DH is an avid NASA channel watcher.  I usually pay no attention to it but I was drawn in by the video here over the weekend and just couldn't stop watching it and listening to John Ondrasik's particular brand of smoky-pop-contemporary rock music.  Where have I been?

"Under the weather" as I was, I managed to finish the Spyrogyria mitts and wear them around the house all weekend.  They made me feel better so I guess they are mine.  I also have worked down to the last six inches of the last sleeve of the FOREVER blue sweater project.  I will finish it this week and wear it to ward off the AC in the office. 

Having spent so much time on this sweater, however, I almost want to stop myself before I go back to the EZ Cardigan and use the time for something entirely different and unusual (for me) like these--lace wristlets for Christmas gifts.  I know, I know, it is only March and I'm thinking about Christmas, but I have to knit a pair and wear them myself to see if they will work as gifts!  

On the doggy yoga front, Macy is still working on Matsyasana but Max has it down and is tutoring her.

 

 

Around and Around

I'm feeling a little dizzy from the 'round and 'round stuff!  I have been knitting the first sleeve on the blue sweater for, ummm, three years now.  Actually it's only been five days but why isn't it getting any longer?  It was my bright idea to knit the sleeves in the round instead of flat and sew them on later.  Now, with hindsight being all knowing, I realize that flat would have been faster.  I have a whole sweater in my lap and after two or three times around the sleeve I have to stop and unwind the sweater and free up the working yarn.  Note to self:  follow the pattern instructions in the future!

 

Then there is the EZ Cardigan.  I did follow the pattern on this one--gauge and all.  Let me tell you, knitting with fingering weight yarn is  s-l-o-o-o-w!  On this one the instructions say to knit to the the armholes in the back then pick up shoulder stitches and knit the same amount for the right, then left fronts.  EZ right?  It would be if the instructions didn't direct the knitter into a quagmire of increasing for the vee-neck and increasing for the armholes at the same time only on different rows (every five here and every second there).  There goes my head whirling again.

All of this keeps me knitting.  It does not, however, provide bunches of blog thoughts.  So please forgive me for the boring post.

I'll liven things up a bit with pictures of Macy doing doggie yoga.  .  She is very adept at her yoga and is seen here doing Downward Dog

 

 and Proud Warrior

 She is working on Matsyasana and making progress.

 I should be so flexible!  Life is good.