Seeing Double
No, you’re not seeing double.
(Well, you know, other than the mirror–I figured I’d have some fun with the photo and mess with you just a little.)
There are, in fact, two earrings in that picture.
Two.
Not so surprising? Earrings usually come in pairs?
True, but you might remember that a couple weeks ago, one of these ran away from home.
Well. Apparently she got lonely, because last week, while I was on vacation, one of my co-workers found it on the sidewalk outside the office’s front door. She brought it in and left it on the time-clock (the unofficial “lost and found,” since everybody has to stop there at least once a day). One of my friends–who had heard the whole car/tire/earring saga back when it happened, recognized it as mine and brought it back to her desk for safe-keeping. So, when I came in this morning, there was an email from her, telling me to come pick it up. Woohoo. It’s a miracle!
At least that made ONE good reason to go back to work this morning. Because, otherwise? Blah. Staying home and hanging out with Chappy is SO much better.
Now, about knitting. My Celtic Icon sleeves are coming along. In fact, they’re coming a little too quickly–I’ve reached the 18″ length (finally) before having all the stitch increases done. I’m not worried about this too much–I can adjust the raglan decreasing as I go–but still. I’m actually a little worried that these are going to end up being too long. The body pieces, when blocked, grew in length, so the sweater practically comes down to my thighs at this point–so I’m concerned that the sleeves will end up too long, too . . . but it’s one of those “No way to know in advance” issues. The blocking might change the length, it might not. For that matter, my arms aren’t that long anyway, so they might be too long already . . .
Hmm. See? That’s why I like knitting in one piece . . . you can try things on as you go . . .
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hooray, the earring came back! i’m glad to read it
can’t wait to see celtic icon… here’s hoping the sleeves aren’t too long!
Yay about the earring!!
*crosses fingers for sleeves*
Lucky! I bought a great pair of earrings in New Mexico and lost both of them the same day. No sign of them since. Glad you got yours back!
yippeee for the earrings
Can’t you try on one of the sleeves? just pull ‘em on as if they’re a glove. You will get some idea of just how long they are already. That is what I’d do
Cheers Eva
Congrats on getting the earring back! That had to make you feel good.
Hmmm. Sleeves are tricky. With the cables on the whole length of the sleeve I don’t think it will get much longer when blocked. Wider, yes. The rest of the sweater is largely stockinette which behaves differently when blocked so I actually think you’ll be ok.
What a lucky coincidence about your earrings. I’m crossing my fingers on the fit. Oh, and welcome back.
Yeah, the lost earring came back! It’s a good thing you hadn’t yet dismantled the other one and turned it into stitch markers. Trying it on as you go is one of the reasons I love top down raglan sweaters (plus I hate seaming)
<> That’s my crossed fingers for your sleeves:) Nice that the rogue earring came back! I’m going nuts here, was it you who recommended the Thirteenth Tale?
<> That’s my crossed fingers for your sleeves:) Nice that the rogue earring came back! I’m going nuts here, was it you who recommended the Thirteenth Tale?
Yay, the earring found it’s way home! I love it when stuff like that happens.