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Thursday, August 07, 2003
Non-Vacation DayI called out from work yesterday, but really, coming to work would have been more fun. First, in the morning, I got to go to court for a traffic ticket- had to pay a fine, but it was less than if I hadn't shown up, so that's good (I guess!). Then, after lunch, I got to go to the dentist. That's right- I sure know how to have fun!!! ;)Well, after the dentist, I did have fun. I came home and finished fleshing out the basics for the aran cardigan, and made some good progress on knitting it. Then I met my parents for yummy sushi and tempura and other goodies- MMMMMMMMMMM!! And then, best of all, stitch-and-bitch. Where I continued to make progress on the aran. And then, about 15 minutes before we had to leave, I realized I really didn't like one of the cables. So, back at home, I frogged the few inches I had done that day (just back to the ribbing), and started with a replacement cable. 
I even made a teeny bit of progress during law and order last night. So far, so good. Some design notes on the aran cardi (hmmmm, I'll have to think of a better name!!)- yes, I did decide to make a cardigan. Right now, I'm planning to add in a zipper. Other than that, I'm not sure about design. I think basic-crewneck sweater at this point- nothing complicated. I don't think I'll do raglan sleeves. I've started with the left front- that way, if/when I decide something isn't working, I've only done half the work vs. doing the back. Although the fronts are different from the back in that the fronts have the twin waves facing the zipper opening: 
and the back will have triple braided diamonds in the center: 
I think it'll all work well enough. I mean, it's my first attempt at designing an aran ANYTHING, much less a cardigan, which has the added complication of the whole what do you do with the center front issue. Oh, and one more design note, I'm making the cardigan out of 100% cotton mill-end yarn that was very inexpensive... it seemed to wash/dry just fine (well, the swatches did at any rate!) and I'm ok with some growing if the sweater stretches out a bit. And a quick recap of the current projects:
Cricket, worn out by the sheer effort of chasing yarn all over the apartment, decided she had earned an afternoon in the sunbeam: 
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