The carpet is done and so is the kitchen floor. But the bathroom flooring is on back order. So we still only have one tiny bathroom and two new toilets in boxes. Sigh . . .
My liver still isn't behaving as well as it should, in spite of being off any medication that would affect it, so my internist sent me to a liver specialist. I saw the specialist on Wednesday, and he ordered a whole boatload of tests that required about a gallon of blood and an ultrasound. They did the ultrasound on Thursday and I'm still tender from it. Now wait a week to 10 days to get the results. Sigh . . .
And then, the decision has been made to close the office at the end of June. We've all tried exceedingly hard to keep the firm going, and we just can't do it anymore. It has become clear that my boss will not be back to practice law, ever. And the firm cannot continue to operate without her. The employees, all women, are a very tight-knit group. We've been through a lot, both in and out of the office, and we've shared with each other, leaned on each other, laughed and cried with each other. The worst part is not that the office is closing or that I'll have to find another job, but that I will lose touch with a bunch of great broads that I care very deeply for. And no matter where I land a new job, it won't ever come close to comparing to what I'm losing here.
Sigh, sigh, sigh . . . .
I did finally finish Aryanna's sweater and topped it off with little brown leather buttons. Then I wrapped up the baby layette and her sweater in tissue paper, plopped the whole bunch in a bag and handed it off to our client today. She was surprised and (I think) touched that someone went to the trouble to make something by hand for her children. Knowing that I really like her and she probably won't be my client after June makes me sad. Sigh . . .
And I forgot to take a picture of Aryanna's sweater before it was gifted. I've been forgetting a lot of things lately. Sigh . . . .
With all this going on, I needed something complicated and beautiful to knit. Something to take my mind away from all the turmoil that is swirling around me. Lace, that's it! Something nicely complicated, something you have to really pay attention to, something for ME for a change! I've been wanting a swanky shawl to go with my little black dress. So I pulled some beautiful mohair blend out of my stash. It's Stacy Charles Ritratto in color number 64. Here's a picture; scroll down and click on 64 for a good picture. I bought this last winter because I couldn't resist the colors, or the tiny metallic thread plied into it, or the fuzziness of the mohair; so I bought 5 balls. Now for a pattern. Nothing in my books or magazines felt right; so, on to the internet where I found this pattern. Perfect! And I love the name: Snakes and Ladders Stole. Of course, I just can't seem to knit a pattern as written, so I added on for a garter stitch edge all around, just enough to keep it from rolling up. Casted on last nite, and so far I have this much done:
An 18 row repeat, over 80 stitches, on size 5 needles. Just what I was looking for. I've barely made a dent in the first ball. This is going to be a long knit. Sigh . . . . .
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