yarntherapy

Tommy used to work on the docks...

.......Union's been on strike, he's down on his luck - it's tough. So tough.

Yeah, you thought Billy Joel was bad.....  Wait until I start singing the score of "Pajama Game."

You guys, this strike sucks. Financially I'm going to be OK, I think, but the uncertainty is driving me crazy. I just want to go back to work! I miss my people and my dressing room and my little chair in the hallway! I miss Wednesday knitting group! I miss knowing what day it is without having to double check the calendar! I have real issues with needing structure in my life, and while I've gotten a lot done in the last couple of weeks, I find myself getting more and more scattered and disorganized without the enforced schedule of a job to go to.

Ugh. And I'm cooking turkey tomorrow, but most of my original guests aren't coming - with the shows canceled, people have the time to go spend the day with family which we wouldn't normally have. So I completely understand, and I'm happy to have less pressure on myself, but I am going to have boatload of leftovers from my 12 lb turkey for three people. And I need to figure out a dessert! Both of the people who were going to bring dessert decided not to come! I'm seriously considering just doing banana splits.

Knitting is happening, picture taking isn't. I hate posting about knitting without photos, so that will have to wait.

Until then - happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Seen the lights go out on Broadway

  knitting and striking 
  Originally uploaded by laurelann

This is what it's come to, folks - I'm quoting Billy Joel.

The last week has been incredibly surreal. I truly don't even know what day it is unless I go to the theater. Something we all hoped would never happen.....happened.

Lots of mixed emotions, I won't go into specifics. I'm really happy that the parties involved have agreed to meet on Saturday - just knowing that *something* is happening makes it less stressful.

Anyway, I've tried to be productive on my little forced vacation. Moved a lot of furniture around in my apartment, painted my bathroom, joined a gym (!), caught up with my Tivo. I'm knitting quite a bit as well (of course!) What you see in the photo is a pair of Fetching handwarmers for a fundraiser in December. Such a great pattern - I made a pair of Dashing gloves by the same designer (who kindly gave permission for us to use her pattern for the sale) and they are so quick and fun to knit. I'm using up yarn I had leftover from when Julia Roberts knit on stage during "Three Days of Rain" - so it's all Broadway related! (plus I am so happy to get some yarn the hell out of my apartment!)

Oooh, and the coolest thing I did - I taught myself how to cable without a cable needle! I'd looked at a couple of tutorials in the past, but the one that made the most sense to me and finally clicked was Grumperina's. It's like having a new toy or something! One less tool to fumble with! (I'm all about minimizing tool use as you can tell by my love of the magic loop and two circs techniques.)

Fingers crossed that we'll be back at work very soon.....

NaBloPo......aw, never mind....

For about three minutes I thought I might participate in NaBloPoMo to help restart my blogging mojo, but then I decided that I would drive myself crazy trying to think of crap to write and I would bore everyone to tears and then NO ONE would read my blog and I would be very sad.

So I am not going to force myself to write every day. However, I am going to work harder on thinking about interesting things to say and to take pictures of so that you will all stay with me here.

So can anyone tell me why my stats have gone through the roof in the last day due to people googling SWTC Gianna yarn? Did the Harlot make a poncho out of it or something? Did Brenda Dayne talk about it? (wait, I think she's still in Italy) Clearly, someone in the knitting world made mention of it, but I can't figure out who. It's really nice yarn, BTW, if a little hard to find. And I still wish it came in better colors.

Anyways, welcome to anyone who is here looking for SWTC Gianna. I promise there will be all kinds of nifty content here soon.