subtlefire | Dr Watson, in the bathroom, with chopsticks

This is how I spent my Tuesday night, or at least part of it. Watson and I found ourselves in a tornado warning, so we picked up dinner and retreated to the bathroom. I watched tv radar through a crack in the door and sat on the counter to eat and work on the sleeve. Despite rushing to plug in my phone and mp3 player so I would have phone and radio when the power inevitably went out, the lights stayed on. This may be a sign that there is some disturbance in the order of the universe, though, because our power always goes out when it storms, and fairly often when it doesn’t. (Ah, local utility board, how we loathe thee.)

I finished the sleeve increases Thursday night and am on to the last few inches of pattern-only knitting. Yay! The sleeve has been more addictive that the body because you also get the instant gratification of much shorter rounds. I am absolutely not allowed to start the second one until I finish the flat-knitted portions. It can be my reward for all that purling.

Due to poor judgment, I wound up with my cable rows for the flat-knitted portion as purl rows. This is not as crazy to work as it may sound, but I have definitely learned my lesson about paying attention to what is about to happen in a pattern as well as what I’m working right now. I hope I can get it together enough soon to do some pics and tutorials for this and my “oh no, missed a cable!” fix (which has now averted disaster twice).

I am also behind in my reading for the Sherlock Holmes read-along at the Baker Street Supper Club forums (you should check them out, btw!) and have War Horse by Michael Morpurgo out on interlibrary loan so I can have it read before the rush of people wanting it closer to the movie release. Maybe I should spend less time online and more time actually getting things done?