Baby got Back...Well, Back Section, Anyway.

I've managed to somehow finish in since the 15th the whole back section. There is an error in the pattern somewhere for the right section so I have to go and print that off before I go to Madison tomorrow to visit Greg for the weekend. I plan to knit up by the end of the weekend either two sleeves or the right and left sides of the pattern if time permits before Monday. Notice that I said, "if time permits" because as we all know with most knitting gift deadlines that shit happens. If there is some cosmic being out there devoted to all things knit then you can be sure that the cosmic being to delays and tribulation is not too far behind.

In any case, I've at least a good, sizable chunk done so that if the birthday deadline comes by and it isn't done yet then at least I can prove my knitting love with at least something to show for that won't look like I'll put it off for Christmas. Case in point, Greg's Christmas scarf which almost ended up as Greg's Valentine's Day scarf. In that particular situation, when we exchanged our Christmas presents before break, he gave me mine and I showed him his. He saw the scarf, he loved it, he nuzzled it, and he met face to face to the circular needles at the end of the scarf with just a quick warning from me to watch out for needles just in the nick of time before someone lost an eye along with my promise to finish it for him AFTER the break. Besides, lucky him he was going to North Carolina for break. What need of a scarf does he in weather that reaches sixty-three?

PS, Lakeside Fibers off of Park Street is having a huge summer sale starting Friday!!! It goes until a week from now and if you're on their e-mail list, they've sent out a double-punch coupon to get double-punches for your purchase! I'd prefer an actual discount but hey, I'll take what I can get and if the sales are as awesome as I think they are then I'm definitely going to dig up some yarns. I'm bringing in a list of projects I want to gather up yarn for so I know the yardage and gauges ahead of time. Last thing I want to do is stock up on clearance yarn that I'll never knit a thing for. I JUST managed to downsize my acrylic stash to my mom a month ago.