Knitting fool

Only 2 more days of vacation. I'm actually going to miss my boys. Maturity is working for them and for me! I'm enjoying them so much. My husband's been home as well on vacation and it's been nice having a house full of people. The grocery bill isn't nice...

I made a felted bag from this pattern:
DROPS Eskimo bag. I did NOT (obviously) follow the pattern. I used Paton's 100% wool in Rosewood. I love how the colors conntected. I was nervous about what method to use for the felting. I just threw it the washing machine on smallest setting, hot/cold, in a pillow case with a pair of jeans and a towel, a tiny drop of laundry soap and checked it every 5 minutes. I did forget about it at one point (we had a housefull of 5 boys and my husband and friend were installing a new ceiling fan) but there was no damage. The straps are a bit uneven and one strap took a lot longer to felt than the other for some reason. I turned the machine off and let it soak, dumped a huge pot of boiling water in the machine and turned it back on. About 5 minutes later it was done! I don't know if I'll do the straps again with this bag, I saw other bags with i-cord straps that I like better.


I made my first of what will most likely be many- Calorimetry. Once i figured out what the heck the short rows were (you literally leave the stitches on the left needle and turn) it was a breeze. I think I'm starting to "get" knitting a lot more. I spent 2 days straight on my butt (not good) knitting. I actually had sore triceps yesterday! I'd like to think it's from knitting.

This weather has been crazy cold. Atlanta's usually in the low 50's in January. This morning it was 17!!!! The windchill was 6! Not really helping my running...I wimp out when it's below 35. Off to the gym with me in a little bit. I think I'll hit a Crossfit WOD:

20 pull ups

20 push ups

20 abmat sit ups

20 wall balls

Run 400 meters

20 kettle bell swings (53/35)

20 box jumps (24)

20 ball slams

20 burpees

Run 400 meters

2 rounds for time

I'll try not to die. I'm hoping my old man tunes up my treadmill today- the weather looks cold for a while!