What a Life!

Well, in case you were trying to get your taxes completed and filed before me, you only have a few hours left. Steve’s W-2 came in the mail Friday, and the rest of the tax forms I needed came Saturday. I did a quick run-through with the taxes Friday night and made a list of everything I needed to research and/or audit. Then yesterday I worked through the list. Today I simply need to print the return, look it over to make sure it makes sense – at least as much sense as taxes can make – and then file them. So if you were planning to beat me, you’d better get busy…

Speaking of grand accomplishments…remember my griping last month about not being able to get myself out of bed in time to have a few minutes to myself in the morning? Well, that struggle seems to finally be over as I have been getting out of bed by 5:30 or 5:45 at the latest for long enough for me to not remember when I wasn’t. That means it’s a habit now, right?

The little sweater I am making for a friend has been blocked and just needs buttons sewn on. Pretty?

(And no, my washer and dryer do not match but they’re downstairs in the utility room where nobody sees them…unless I post pictures of them on the internet or something)

And yes, I have a sweater deal for drying sweaters where it lifts them up off a surface and air can circulate underneath, but I still prefer using the dryer to block things because it’s warm (when it’s running) and I think they dry faster. Just me…

I bought the buttons for it this weekend, as well as some grosgrain ribbon as Grumperina mentioned in the bottom of this entry. If you go to the link she is referring to, the ribbon is on the right side. I’m thinking of using it on the wrong side instead.

Thinking is a key word here. I can see how it would add stability, but if the sweater stretches with use, it might make it look odd by forcing the button band to be what it once was rather than evolving with the rest of the garment. Do sweaters evolve? I don’t know. That’s why I’m hesitating to use the ribbon. If you’re a fellow knitter, feel free to give me advice even if you don’t know what you’re talking about – all I ask is that you tell me why you think whatever you think. The yarn is Lamb’s Pride Superwash 100% wool. Wool tends to lengthen, doesn’t it? How much? It didn’t seem to change with blocking – should I block it again and perhaps be a bit more rough with it? The yarn is supposedly machine washable, but I put it in a sweater bag and just ran it through the rinse portion of the handwash cycle. I’m not very brave, am I?

Enough about that.

Here is a picture of Joey wearing the sweater that my friend saw and wanted one just like it for her five-year-old daughter in purple and pink. He’s wearing the sweater when he was still little enough to fit into it…my baby’s growing up!