crawling along

 I awoke nice and early this morning, but the cats were before me; I heard the running, then the skidding, then a bang, as someone hit something - maybe a chair leg. Everyone involved seems fine.

I mentioned a while back that I wanted to get back into knitting. Years ago, somebody donated lots of yarn to the children's department at the library, and a few skeins of it were actual wool. We certainly don't want to use that for crafts, so I got some. I've had it for years, but I'm wanting to use it. I think I have enough to make the Ranunculus, but it requires a certain cast-on that I just couldn't seem to figure out from the youtube videos I've watched, and there are many - this sweater pattern has thousands of women who've made it, and many of them have made it more than once. 

Well, today I pulled down a book I forgot I had, called Cast On Bind Off, and the author's explanation with photos was easier for me to grasp than an actual video. I practiced it on large needles with some super bulky yarn I got from Goodwill, and now I understand the technique. But I've got this thrifted skein of yarn - just the one skein, it's entirely acrylic, I can tell, but it's full of autumnal colors which are so pretty, and I decided to just knit it up into - something. Just a thing, I guess, because I don't really like the yarn and don't want any hat or mittens made from it. But if I just knit a rectangle, maybe it can be - something useful. We'll see what it turns into. 

I'm reading The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, by Elisabeth Tova Bailey. Very interesting!