I knit a lot. Yeah, I’d better not even admit how much I do, because any non-knitter will not get it.  Every spare minute, I do it. I couldn’t watch t.v. or listen to music without needles in my hand without having a conniption. Waiting in line without yarn? Psychosis, utterly.  Chatting in a restaurant? Not without sticks and string! Once I tried to knit while traffic was stopped on the freeway (and no, that didn’t work out). I could go on and on. It’s so calming and charming and the product is so fun! Mostly that is.

I wish, wish, wish, I was a better knitter. That everything I created turned out exactly as

If I block them the same size, they'll turn out that way, right? Can you see how much tighter and better #2 is?

expected. That I knew somehow what I was doing wrong. I love my new hat, but why is it slightly too big and the edges slightly warped? I did a swatch, and it was right on!I blocked it as instructed.  What? Why is one glove bigger than the other….okay, why is every single second glove or mitten smaller than that first glove or mitten? No matter how hard I try to keep loose, it just doesn’t work! So I’m wishing they were perfect. Of course Elizabeth Zimmerman said it right when she said if you want perfect, go buy it, right? We are handmaking things…they should be personal. If that’s what I call it.

So I hope that experience and time and practice will make me better. Hope springs eternal, right? Someday I will not have to rip out and re-knit a second mitten…someday. It’s like Judy said…Somewhere, Over The Rainbow, my mittens are both the same size. Sigh.

My feet are dry!

In better news, I did get fabulous new slush boots. I used to have a good pair of snow boots when I walked to my job downtown from the bus, but they got old and cracked, and since my vanpool was door to door, who needs em? Well, yesterday when the snow that worked like frozen rain and puddled in the parking lot where I must now park since I have to drive ruined my shoes, I went shopping. Yes, I know they’ll be cold, but darn they are cute! Love them!