needles & vectors

Sundays are both my favorite and least-favorite day of the week. Saturdays, we head to the farmer’s market then spend most of the day cleaning up the house (or putting off cleaning the house which is almost worst). Sundays, they are perfect for relaxing as the cleaning up is usually complete and there are no pressing errands to be run. But Sundays are also the end of the weekend which is never fun.  Mondays I have class until 10:00 pm which stink in and of itself until I point out that I’m usually asleep shortly after 10 and have at least a 30 minute commute after class is over. Today, I’m trying to mostly ignore the bad parts of Sundays and focus on the good.

1. Matt and I visited the Natural History Museum for the first time since we moved here. While (I would assume) usually busy on a Sunday afternoon, it wasn’t very crowded as most tourists were watching the St. Patrick’s Day parade. It was nice to see the dinosaur exhibits open after extensive restoration work though all of the little kids running around got to me. Anytime I go somewhere like a museum, I always leave saying “I will never have kids.” Then Matt reminds me we’ll never have ten of them running around, screaming with excitement about seeing dinosaurs. Matt loves dinosaurs, though, so even two kids with that sort of excitement will be quite a handful.

2. I started a sweater two weeks ago and finished it this last week. It’s a Henley-style short-sleeved summer top made in a cotton-acrylic blend in a great plum color. Here’s a quick and dirty cell phone shot. The knitting only took six days though a full day sitting in the ski lodge in Vermont to seam it up. Buttons were purchased and sewn on yesterday.

3. Oh, right. This last week was my Spring Break which we spent much of in Vermont. Matt skiis, I sit inside and knit. It works for us quite well though I will say it makes me feel rather pathetic, sitting at a table alone with a cooler and his shoes. I always say that I’ll buy myself lots of coffee and junk food but I only managed to convince myself I was worthy of a single soft pretzel and two Diet Pepsi’s (at three bucks a pop, gah!). We also visited the Long Trail Brewery and the King Arthur Flour bakery store again along with a maple sugar house, Ben and Jerry’s (free samples with the $3 tour), the Cabot cheese store, two yarn stores, and a bunch of other places in the various small towns near the slopes.

4. At one of the yarn stores, I spent the most I have ever spent on yarn in a single purchase. For Matt’s sake, I won’t say how much though I think he can guess as he saw the single item price. I now have yarn to make us both a sweater. I’ll probably make him a basic raglan pullover, starting in a few weeks.

5.I decided I want to start making stuffed creatures for the kids of friends and family. I’ll probably move on to “real” creatures soon but, for now, it’s all about the monsters. I made a monster yesterday. This one is for the son of one of Matt’s coworkers.

6. It’s finally starting to warm up around here though it’s been rainy and gross the last few days. I’m just happy to no longer need to wear my heavy coat, hat, and gloves. (And no more having to worry about massive amounts of snow making my car unmovable.)