Knit My Dog

First, the laundry story:
After lugging two weeks worth of laundry down two flights of stairs to the basement, sorting the piles, determining that we had a long night of washing ahead, I loaded the washer with the first load. Then ran upstairs to start dinner. That's me, a multitasker. I heard a loud clunk followed by a whirring noise coming from the basement. I thought "That doesn't sound right" and went to investigate. Yes, the washer was broken. It seems that it won't aggitate. It will rinse and spin though. So I stood there and aggitated manually by sticking my arms up to my shoulders in the water and swishing everything around. Then fast forwarded to the rinse and spin cycle. Then I went into survival mode. What clothes are absolutely necessary for the immediate future? I decided to do one more load of essentials and ignore the five or six other piles. They can wait. We have plenty of towels to go until we run out! Back upstairs to tend to the long neglected dinner.

Next, the knife story:
Rinse, rinse, chop, chop as I prepared potato leek soup. My mind was on the laundry though. Do we try to fix the over 15 year old washer or do we buy a new one? Can we afford a new one right now? Why did it have to break tonight? (Not that any other night would be any better.) Into the pan go the leeks. Out come the potatoes. Rinse, rinse, chop, chop. Then, searing pain in my right hand!!! Yes, I slashed my thumb as I was chopping the potatoes. Not enough to get stitches though so thank goodness for not needing to go to the emergency room. But it was enough that Howie had to finish the food prep. I haven't tried knitting yet so I hope that works. ...I'm back. I picked up my sweater and knit a few stitches and it's all good. I was getting worried for a minute.

So if that's the beginning of my week, I'm worried about the rest. Hopefully things will turn around. I guess I just need to stay away from household appliances and sharp items. Oh well, no cooking or cleaning for me this week! I think I'll just sit around and knit.

On the knitting front, the Perfect Sweater is coming along. I'm up to the neck on the front so hopefully I'll be onto the sleeves soon.

And here's two more Dulaan vests completed a few weeks ago, buttons sewn on this week. I loved making these vests. You can tell by the colors that I used up odd partial ball of worsted weight wool from the stash. The sad part is that the four I knit barely put a dent in the stash and I could probably knit four more.

Here's hoping you have a great week!