a simple yarn

When I packed my suitcase for the mad dash to the US, ‘Hey, great!’ I thought, ‘at least I’ll be able to finish up some of these lingering Christmas projects.’ Think again…

Hospital waiting room knitting is not all it’s cracked up to be.

Took three works-in-progress…a Christmas pressie, a toy monkey for Alex which is vainly hoping to be a Christmas pressie, and the ever-present cardy for Kate, after which she gently enquires upon occasion with a faint glimmer of hope in her voice. Also took some yarn and a book for potential socks. Small project, easy to work on, when of course they can get cast onto needles.

Came home with one finished project. Argh. Well actually, I suppose I should take the half-full approach and say, ‘Yippee, another project finished!’

Chocolate mint tea cosy made from Craftspun Homespun and Lamb’s Pride with a little Manos del Uruguay pre-felt embroidery and wonky-definitely-off-centre-loopWarning: Late 70s Television Sitcom Diversion Ahead
Right, so I never really noticed until now just how much the intended ‘wandering garden vine’ looks like the cursive letter L emblazoned on Laverne’s shirts from Laverne and Shirley. Well, the script L may just come in handy…

Back to hospital knitting…I don’t think I wasted time. But, then again, I didn’t count on not feeling like knitting during the long waits.

So, what did I do in the meantime?

Word puzzles with ‘me ma.’ As a team we flew through ‘em. Got to be such a habit that on the day of my departure at the Cincinnati airport, I spied a discarded newspaper sitting next to me. Hmmmmm….I wonder……

Yep, did most of the basic crossword, more of the advanced crossword, word jumble, cryptoquip, and had a stab at the sudoku…which I just don’t get at all. Guess I’m just a ‘word’ person.