November 04, 2006

Just Because I Can

The inner geek is coming out as I sit in my mother's house, knitting, listening to my ipod and surfing the net connected to my cell phone. It's as slow as molasses but it keeps me happy! Mom has night wanderlust and then sleeps happy as a clam for the whole morning. Unfortunately I never learned to sleep in spurts so when I'm up I'm up. Here's how the corrie tweed cardigan is progressing (again via the cell phone):

I am so pleased at the way the colors are changing, with no unsightly pooling or striping. I'll have to remember to bring my real camera in for better pictures.

I was getting a little bored last week and brought some of my wool singles that I'm weaving with to start something new - meet my Swallowtail (and my right thigh)!

I had to take this home as it wasn't compatable with jumping up at a second's notice. Notice the wheels in the background. My mom has been able to stop using the wheelchair and gone back to using the walker. Um, well, except that I've been sitting next to it in the kitchen for two hours and only just realized that she must have slipped past me for a bit of wandering during the night. I'm sure she'll be a little confused when she wakes up with out it next to her bed.

Posted by Charleen at November 4, 2006 09:45 AM
Comments

Wow! I love the colors. It's even nicer than Noro and I'll bet it's a lot softer too!

Posted by: Anne at November 4, 2006 11:04 AM

Hi Charleen, I was just wondering how things were going with your Mom when I checked your blog earlier. The sweater you're working on right now will carry significance of this period in your life for a long time. It's lovely.

Posted by: Valerie at November 4, 2006 11:32 AM

Is your mom wandering awake or sleep-walking? Love the sweater.

Posted by: Sylvia at November 4, 2006 12:40 PM

Love the sweater! It's good to be close at hand when moms wander around, isn't it?

Posted by: Cathy at November 4, 2006 12:42 PM

What a beautiful sweater~ What pattern are you using?

Posted by: Kim at November 5, 2006 08:42 AM

I love your tweedy cardigan! Gorgeous yarn. It sounds like your mom is doing ok. I'm glad to hear that.

Posted by: Leigh at November 5, 2006 09:25 PM

Best of luck, you are so graceful in caring for your mother.

Nice sweater too. Now that the weather is cold here, I can really appreciate it!

Posted by: Sara at November 9, 2006 01:55 PM