Finished the sugar skull armwarmers...

In the wee hours of the morning, I finished binding off the mitts. Then I picked up the thumb stitches and started on the thumbs. 8:01am, bound off the second thumb.

Yup, stayed up most of the night for vigil and knitted. :) I ended up crashing for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours because I never did manage a nap yesterday...even though it was part of the plan.





Last last night/early this morning, Usna was happily killing the new catnip salamander. He flipped onto his back, which is his favorite position -- whether for scritches or for fighting -- and I dropped the salamander on his belly. He appeared rather confused. Long enough for me to grab the camera and document it. :)



Very. Very. Tired. But too wired to sleep.

Happy New Year, all!

Why do I ignore and refuse to listen to the voice of wisdom and experience?

I haven't slept...except for a brief nap during last night's vigil. Do I lay down and try to sleep. Oh, no. I decide to cast on for a new beret. Well, yeah, I DO need a hat.

But this particular beret is done in fingering weight yarn with a lace brim. Ummm, my experience tells me I shouldn't try to attempt lace in a sleep deprived state.

I laughed at my experience and wisdom and cast on anyway. 170 stitches. I double and triple counted them, and I used stitch markers every 10 stitches (because the lace repeat is 10 stitches). I even ended up with 170 stitches. See, I'm paying attention. :) So off I go, knitting away. 3 rounds in garter stitch and then started the lace. I was in the third round of the repeat when I thought..."I should stop." I ignored myself and plowed on. Three repeats into the fourth round, I didn't catch a stitch properly and it promptly laddered down to the cast on. I couldn't even see it to try to pick it up and re-weave it. Although I tried. Granted, I'm a bit cross-eyed anyway from lack of sleep.

But after ten minutes of futzing around with it and only finding ladders...not even the hint of a loop, I said fuck it. Into the frog pond with you!

Ah well, another lesson.

One I'm sure I'll ignore again, the next time I haven't slept. I'm stubborn like that.