Better late than never, right?

[wiseheart]

I've got a new knitted waistcoat. Which was high time, as the old one (that I inherited from Grandma who'd died back in 1996) had more holes in it than actual waistcoat. It was a loose pattern to begin with, and the yarn literally ate itself during the decades.

I bought new yarn last summer and asked my friend Erna (our art teacher) to help me refresh my (barely existent) knowledge about knitting. I was never good at it and have long forgotten what little I'd ever known, but I though what the heck, let's give it a try! My friend looked at me in sympathy and said she'd knit the thing for me - it would be faster that way.

Well... it wasn't, at least not likely. She repeatedly apologized during the recent months - first school intervened, then family, then health problems, life can be complicated sometimes - as things progressed really slowly. But yesterday she finally came, and now I'm the proud owner of a nice, cosy tobacco-coloured knitted waistcoat. Yay!

Other than that, not much happened. I made a food run (in the gently falling rain), took a day-long break from crafting, and we ate leftover soup for lunch. Now I'm waiting for a call from my neighbour, the IT guy, since my antivirus programme is about to run out, and I need a new one. Within the next 10 days. It will be... interesting.

Comments

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

Knitting is so challenging! Your friend is so kind to knit you a waistcoat.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

She is a darling, she really is.