Hold the phone!

Now, when I was blathering on yesterday about rows/day and such like, why did none of you point out to (math-challenged) me that (ehem) the Closing Ceremonies don't actually occur until Sunday? Here I was thinking that I only had five days to go and was going to have to forgo basic hygiene to get this vest done. But as of right now (bedtime on Tuesday), I am on row 68, have started the neck steek, and have only 104 rows to go on the body. However, it seems that I am unable to do more then around 15 rows a day: today I was home with Boo (who managed to barf all over me and herself within seconds of my getting dressed this morning) watching Dumbo and Angelina Ballerina all day, and I still only got 17 rows done. WTF?

104 rows/3 days = 32 rows per day. Fuck. However...the rows are going to get shorter with the neck shaping, right? Hmmmm...further updates tomorrow evening.

58 rows down, 121 to go, 5 days. Hunh.

I think it's time to declare sleep obsolete, meals that include anything other then cold cereal and nuked baked beans a luxury, and stock up on the coffee and chocolate. But definitely not the wine - after knitting row 19 for the fifth (!) time, I've come to the conclusion that I can not knit fair isle and pay even the slightest amount of attention to anything else. But,

I still like the colors, and it's moving along. I've finished the waist shaping, and am onto row 36 of the chart. Which has 70 rows, 48 of which need to be worked a total of three times. 121 rows/5 days means 22 rows per day. That doesn't include the neck and armhole edgings. Hunh.

Ok, 121 rows/3 days means 40 rows per day. Seeing as how I got from row 19 to row 35 last night in a couple of hours, it's not impossible. But, let's be honest, it's also probably not going to happen. Hmmm...I think I may be lugging six balls of yarn and a big bag on the train with me for the next few days. Stay tuned...

Fiber Friday: Oh. Oh my...

Some of the goodies that Adrian has sent to my mailbox in the past few months...

Pallid Rambouillet,

Parritch Targhee,

Loch kid mohair/nylon/merino.

I'll be in my bunk...

Have a sheep

Clearly I need to go to Australia, if this is the kind of public artwork floating around.

I wonder what kind of fleece that is strewn about? And why didn't Ironman swipe any for me?

Ribbing done, umpteen gazillion rows of colorwork to go

It took two nights to do 25 rows of the ribbing. I'm hoping that the straight fair isle sections go a bit faster!

On the upside, I'm liking the color combo a lot. And I'm getting perfect stitch gauge (!). My row gauge is off (on the loose side) by about 0.1 rows, so I'm not going to worry too much about that. No, now my worries will center on running out of yarn - given the pattern sizing, I'm knitting the bottom half at a size 41.75 and the top at 37.75 (let's hear it for big butts and small boobs!). I've got 230 yds of each color. It may be a white knuckle trip to the end!