Knitting woes
May. 14th, 2023 07:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartMy first attempts at knitting haven't ended well so far. In fact, I ended up unraveling what little I had done... due to the attempt of undoing a couple of rows. I think my new knitting needles have to bear part of the blame. They're made of bamboo or something like that, and pushing them back into the stitches after I've unraveled the botched-up parts is sheer impossible. I'd go back to Mum's traditional metal needles, but they're at least a foot long and I find it uncomfortable to work with them.
And I was doing so well, too! I've practiced on a simple checkered pattern, and the first one was exactly what it's supposed to be. Then I did something stupid (still no idea what), ended up with an additional stitch, and everything went downwards from that point on. It doesn't matter, I'll try it again, perhaps on Tuesday or Wednesday. Tomorrow we're having our pre-scheduled cleaning frenzy and I doubt I'll be in the right mood to try something... adventurous again.
I was too lazy to go to the shops in the morning, which might prove a mistake. The morning was dry, if clouded, but it started raining in the afternoon (again), and while it seems to have stopped for the moment, there are no guarantees that we won't have the biblical flood next morning. Alas, I must go to the shops, since we don't have any bread in the house.
The flat is still ridiculously cold without heating. Yes, 21°C is cold when you work sitting down (crafts, writing, whatever), and I can only cook in the oven for a limited time of the day to make temperatures more pleasant. Tomorrow I made Mary Berry's chicken pasta bake, it was excellent, but the warming up effect only lasted a short time after lunch. Poor Mum keeps doing the washing up in several phases to keep herself warm(er).
We tried to watch the German version of the GGBO - The Profis, but is was so boring that we turned off the telly before it actually ended. There's hardly anything to watch on the weekend, really.
And I was doing so well, too! I've practiced on a simple checkered pattern, and the first one was exactly what it's supposed to be. Then I did something stupid (still no idea what), ended up with an additional stitch, and everything went downwards from that point on. It doesn't matter, I'll try it again, perhaps on Tuesday or Wednesday. Tomorrow we're having our pre-scheduled cleaning frenzy and I doubt I'll be in the right mood to try something... adventurous again.
I was too lazy to go to the shops in the morning, which might prove a mistake. The morning was dry, if clouded, but it started raining in the afternoon (again), and while it seems to have stopped for the moment, there are no guarantees that we won't have the biblical flood next morning. Alas, I must go to the shops, since we don't have any bread in the house.
The flat is still ridiculously cold without heating. Yes, 21°C is cold when you work sitting down (crafts, writing, whatever), and I can only cook in the oven for a limited time of the day to make temperatures more pleasant. Tomorrow I made Mary Berry's chicken pasta bake, it was excellent, but the warming up effect only lasted a short time after lunch. Poor Mum keeps doing the washing up in several phases to keep herself warm(er).
We tried to watch the German version of the GGBO - The Profis, but is was so boring that we turned off the telly before it actually ended. There's hardly anything to watch on the weekend, really.
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Date: 2023-05-14 08:35 pm (UTC)I like the Spring Baking Championship but a lot of the episodes are locked out now for some reason.
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Date: 2023-05-14 08:53 pm (UTC)