twitchyKnits

Saturday night, I bit my tongue. Literally, and really, really hard. Since then, I haven’t been able to eat or talk much. This is a problem because, as you know, food is good. Also because I tutor for a living so I need to be able to explain complex math equations to people, often several times. Unfortunately, both talking and eating (and sleeping) are very, very painful right now.

Thanks to this whole “not eating” issue, I’ve been very lazy, listless, lackluster, and several other L words over the past few days. Very little knitting has gotten done, less work (I took off all of Monday, the shame!), and lots and lots of laying around whining about how life sucks.

I did happen to get a tiny bit of knitting done. I cast on for the Luscious Lace Scarf and knit probably ten rows or so; just enough for the pattern to show up. I’m using the Karabella Lace Merino I received from stitchnstash. This reminds me, I need to post about all the pretty laceweight I got from her. Later!

The pattern isn’t complicated, and I’ve already got the first half of it memorized. I really like how it looks in some of the project photos I’ve seen, if not the “official” photo which really doesn’t show off the lace. The Karabella is this gorgeous blue that I’m in love with (I’m a bit of a fan of blue, if you can’t tell), and like my other favorite merino yarn (Bollicine Dolly), it’s very squishy and stretchy.

I probably shouldn’t have cast on anything new, as I’ve got at least five projects waiting for my attention at home, but I just couldn’t face the thought of those heavy cables, fiddly socks, or frustrating hat brim when I was already so tired. I wanted something light and easy and not complex at all. I promise that as soon as I can eat again, I’ll finish the blasted hat and catch up on Mom’s sweater. I’m so close to decreasing for the armholes that it’s ridiculous that I haven’t done it yet.

In the meantime, my mouth hurts and I’m going to whine about it. And possibly think about going home early.