Chemo Cap…let’s try this again
Oooook…after several froggings and much frustration, I finally figured out what I was doing wrong. doh! I have been reading te pattern wrong the whole time. On the rows the had *K#, k2to* entire row….I was interpreting it as K#, then k2to for the rest of the row. Sheesh. It means to K#, k2to…then repeat that pattern for the entire row.
So, I am going to start over for the 3rd time. *smacks forehead* I feel like such an eegit, but hey that’s how we learn right? I will include pictures this time.
So nervous and edgy today
I start Remicade tomorrow…I am so un-fucking-believeably nervous. I have a lot of other things on my mind right now too, but I can’t discuss them at this time. I have that feeling like there’s a brick in my stomach and I am going to faint. Certainly didn’t make things any easier for myself by eating McDonald’s eggamooby muffin, a pie, and coffee….but hey, I eat when I get nervous. I am not getting anything done @ work today…I was supposed to finish up all the tax credit stuff I have been putting off, but I don’t think I can concentrate that much today.
I am fighting the urge to go out to my car and get the chemo cap I have been working on. I need to frog it down to the first 5.5″ of stitches, before the k2t part. (that’s knit two together for those of you that aren’t hip to the knit) I think I screwed something up along the way. I may just do that….I’ll take my lunch hour and knit in my office. I need to do something other than putz around on myspace.
Well….ciao for now.
First real knitting project
I recently found out that one of my co-worker’s sisters had a bilateral mastectomy. She’s only 21. So, instead of making the baby hat I had planned on doing for my first project , I am making a “chemo cap” for her. I am making it out of “Poof” yarn by Crystal Palace, in Berry Parfait.
It’s a soft, microfiber yarn. It’s kind of hard to work with, as it feels like you’re “knitting with tissues” (as my knitting instructor says). It’s coming together quite quickly. I should be done w/ it by the end of the week/weekend.
I am planning on knitting more chemo type hats and giving them away at the infusion center where I will be getting my Remicade. I’ll post pictures when I finish it.
Knitting Lesson
So, I scheduled my first “professional” knitting lesson. I popped into Knitorious the other day to check out some yarn and what not, and the lady I was talking to was rambling off a lot of terms I didn’t recognize/skills I do not possess. She was going over an “easy beginner” pattern with me, and she’s like,” Well all you need for this one is stockinette stitch, drop stick, (and a few other things I didn’t get and thus do not remember)”…I looked at her and said, “I know the knit stitch…that’s it. I kind of know how to cast-on, and I am struggling to learn how to crochet left handed from a right handed teacher. I knit right handed, though.”
She suggested I schedule a private lesson, as they are not really offering classes at the moment. I thought this was a wonderful idea, and did just that. So next Tuesday, I go in for my knitting lesson. We are going to work on the basics and then start a baby hat (the “easy beginner project”) . I may change it to an adult hat, and make it for my co-worker’s sister who is going through chemo. We’ll see. I’m going to make her one regardless.
Well…more later…back to work.
