as it approaches, i think of the weekend as a luxuriously long stretch of time in which i will get caught up and accomplish much. on friday night, i immediately begin to rationalize, wanting instead to just veg, or to cook a good meal. saturday, i take a little extra time with each task, allowing myself to be a little lazy, or to put off one thing and then another—”just til sunday” (cough . . . including this post, which is WAY long delayed . . . i swear, i kept meaning to do it . . .).
and then, of course, sunday night comes.
i find myself wishing i had used the two days a little better, or more efficiently, because indeed, so many things on my “list” are well . . . still on my list.
and here it is monday morning—the days off already seem far in the past.
it would be easy to whine about working all weekend and say i didn’t get anything at all done (which is what i almost wrote this morning). but then i took my camera on a little trip around the house and found that i had done plenty else, and that in fact, some of what i did was relaxing, fun, and personally rewarding. (and unrelated to my job).
friday night we worked a little late, and i caught up on some paperwork. because i had gone for a haircut that afternoon, and driven right by the italian market on the way home, AND stopped to pick up ingredients, we had all the stuff to make pizza.
mmmm—nothing like starting the weekend off right. i adore pizza.
by the time we did that, and cleaned up (well, david cleaned up), it was time to head upstairs to relax, knit, and watch TV. i finished up one gray mitt and started the second—these will go into the prize pool for the blogiversary drawing.
the yarn is a fuzzy, lustrous gray alpaca handspun that i knit a sweater from two years ago. this yarn has weight—so these are dense and warm. i went with the small size, and the heavier yarn is producing a slightly larger glove, which is perfect for one-size-fits-all (i still used size 2 needles).
i like the cables running all the way through. if you have this pattern and want to do the same, simply cast on 52 stitches to get started instead of 48, and establish the cable pattern on needle one as described in the section AFTER the ribbing, while working the K2, P2 rib over all the other stitches.
and speaking of mitts, stephanie has been experimenting with the delicato mitts and has made them in a beautiful alpaca yarn gifted to her by her husband. now, they did come out a little loose on her delicately proportioned hand, but this problem can easily be fixed by using smaller needles, or finer yarn. i myself like mitts to fit snugly, though that is never much of an option on my rather more amazonian appendages.
(you know that really big guy that stands along the the highways, offering up an enormous muffler in his hands? yeah. my hands are like that).
it tried to snow all weekend, first in a very pretty way on saturday, then in a weak, gray, flabby way on sunday. today, the snow seems to be finding its strength, and it is actually accumulating out there.
see? you can now only glimpse the tips of the dry grass.
saturday i had classes (yoga for me, purses and sweates for them), and i worked on smokin’ sock two while i taught. i didn’t think you’d need to see a picture of those again yet,
but then, when i put them side by side and saw how happy they look together, i knew you would want to share the moment. they are approaching the final run, and i couldn’t be happier.
and since i had to be at my desk all day on sunday, these guys saw a little airtime too.
i know. you can’t tell. (but it makes the sock happy to appear once in a while, so keep a lid on it).
i have spinning news too, and some progress on the starlight evening wrap. but i think i’ll save that for tomorrow. this is getting awfully long and i feel like i’m not making any one point. i’m allowing myself to get distracted here and, speaking of the starlight wrap, i think i need to attend to that now. . .
24 thoughts on “just full of distraction . . .”
I know I’m supposed to say nice things about the knitting and all but it seems I can’t get past how wonderful and delicious that pizza looks!
I do that too and it makes Mondays worse to feel like you are starting out behind. I’ve given it up for the most part. Instead, I try to let myself go on the weekends and unless it’s very urgent, I just do what it is that I want to. Saves time in the long run. 🙂
The pizzas look so yummy. My husband and I have been trying all sorts of pizza dough recipes with mixed success. Would you be willing to share your recipe?
The knitting looks great, too! The smoke socks really do look like smoke spiraling up. Perhaps you should have knit the toes as orange flames.
Oh man, its always such eye candy here 🙂 No “point” needed other than that!
The pizza looks so tasty. I think I must be hungry.
I am trying to teach myself not to do the same exact thing with my weekends. I’m getting better at balancing.
I like to make pizza too, your’s looks awfully yummy to me! The smokin’ socks look so happy together(wow they are almost done now). Anne, you’re either a good or bad influence on me: I now am developing a love for socks. Never before in my “knitting career” have I really seriously considered knitting socks, but since reading your amazing blog-I now want to become a “sock knitter”. I don’t spin amazing yarn like you, but I happened to see some gorgeous yarn this past week at one of the shops I frequent…….
I’m with Carole; that pizza looks Y.U.M.M.Y!!!!!!
(There’s no rule that says you have to make any point at all on your blog. I enjoyed the post)
I, too, was wondering if you’d share your dough recipe – it looks great! Like your socks too.
Man! I wish I could download your pizza like I do your patterns.
Not your pizza recipe – the actual pie!
That pizza looks fantabulous! The knitting looks good too 😉
I have to agree-that pizza looks awesome!
I think we had the same kind of weekends. Yummy pizza, yummy smoky socks!
I really wish I was better at doing what I need to do on the weekends…or at least doing something I need to/should do. Instead, being the procrastinator that I am, I put things off and just do what I want (like knit)…then when Monday rolls around (like it did today), I really wish I had applied myself better on the weekend and not left so much undone…maybe some day I will learn organization or something.
I really like the yarn in the last photo. I love the subtle variations in color and the way it draws me in to look closer.
Hi there, I’m digging your Math Whiz socks – when do you expect to make that pattern available for sale? It’s fantastic, and I simply love it.
Have a great day!
P.S. I ‘slack off’ on weekends too, until I realize that my version of ‘slacking’ still has a lot of activity involved – knitting, spinning, taking a walk, reading…. I only _think_ it’s ‘slacking’, or ‘moving slow’ because it’s not stuff I’m being paid for. That doesn’t, however, undermine the _value_ of those restorative activities. Anyway, that’s all I have to say about that.
My weekend to-dos usually consist of – knit, spin, go to grocery store, go to video store, sleep, wash clothes, go to church. A myriad of other things creep in, but those are my staples.
Just remember – if you’ve got knitting in your hands, whatever else you’re doing (or not doing) – you are still being active in some way.
-Cheers!
Miss Knotty in sunny and cold Dallas, TX
the pizza looks amazing! it has to be my favorite food!
smoke socks are coming along! it’s nice to see them pop up every once and a while!
Here in the South, where it hardly ever snows, even the slightest flurry is cause for a holiday. Seriously. We just shut everything down and stay home. In this part of the country, snow has never been described as “flabby”. 🙂
Anxiously awaiting that Smokin’ Socks pattern and the Starlight Evening Wrap.
Your socks do look awfully happpy together! 🙂
That pizza looks SO GOOD. I haven’t made homemade pizza in ages, but I used to do it at least once a week! You’ve inspired me. 🙂
The grey mitt works so well with that pattern!
I enjoy your occasional posts about a bit of this and that. Perhaps seeing a post now and then that doesn’t cause my jaw to drop at how much you’ve accomplished in such a short span of time gives me a little relief from my gnawing knitter’s inferiority complex 😉 Or perhaps it’s because you described both pair of socks pictured in this post as being happy. That delights me immensely for some reason.
Have a great week!
The red sock looks like it’s smiling!
Smoke socks look great. As do the grey cabled fingerless mitts (OK, so I love grey). Not only do we have the same feet, we have the same hands, as in huge. Not mannish or anything, just very large with long fingers. As in they don’t make women’s gloves large enough. Is your head circumference large, too? Again, they don’t make women’s hats that will fit. Love your spinning. So tempting. I keep refraining from spinning paraphanelia as I am afraid it would become a total addiction, and there are no more hours left in my day.
I’ve noticed the Italian market and i’ve wondered what it’s like in there. Looks like it’s worth a trip over, based on that pizza, at least. 🙂
I’m thinking quite seriously about your spinning class if you decide to have one– keep me posted, ok?
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