Fiber Raven Soiree

Habit Forming?

The problem with sticking to one project at a time is that there are fewer pictures on the blog. Pictureless blogs often get passed by. What a quandary! But to tell the truth, pinning out the Rose takes a lot of time, and so I don't want to take gratuitous pictures without a fair amount of progress.

Not that I'm not progressing, mind you. I actually resorted to bribing myself with chocolate-- something I've been avoiding-- to complete one of the rounds that I just didn't like doing. I knew there was something going on there. Turned out, it was evolving the stitch count from 880 to 1120 in one round. My little virtual piggy now holds over $500, though, and I am to round 128. I simply must finish this by the end of January to meet my personal goal. To put this in more perspective, I have knit the equivalent of an entire sweater with DK yarn.

How does one bribe oneself with chocolate to continue a round? Well, there are 40 repeats. You have four miniature chocolate bars, the kind you give out at Halloween. You break these into two pieces each, and every five repeats you are allowed to have one. Of course, you do have to convince a small poodle that they are not good for him, even if he does seem to offer to help with the knitting.

Appropos of Nothing...
When I first get up in the morning, I often amuse myself with whatever comes to my groggy mind. Today it was the word "habit-forming". What's wrong with taking habit-forming drugs? Couldn't you just give the result to the nuns at the local Catholic church?

(Yes, Chris, the lasagne was delicious... and will be for the next week!)