We were talking about nightmares on Wednesday. Well, while nightmares are never pleasant, at least they’re not real. Unlike what happened to me the other day. Let me show you.
I know the picture is dark, so I’ll describe it to you. I happened to walk in on my three year old holding a pair of scissors, AND the back of my cardigan. She claimed she wasn’t cutting anything. That was a relief, but didn’t prevent the near miss of a heart attack upon first entering the room. It wasn’t until later, when I was cleaning the area, that I found the other potentially disastrous object. It was just out of view at the time, but was none the less in dangerous proximity to my sweater. The green Sharpie pen.
The crazy part of all of this is that once I realized she wasn’t cutting my sweater, I left her to it and stumbled off to another room. Don’t ask me why. I’m still extrememly tired from being sick, so I’m hardly thinking straight. When I came back later, I found it as you see in the picture. All of the elements of a real life nightmare that by some miracle, seems to have been avoided. My sweater-in-progress, scissors, a permanent marker she shouldn’t have access to, and my three year old. There is a knitting angel out there somewhere, assigned to me. I publicly thank her.
Speaking of thanks…. Thank you all for your input yesterday. I think I’m going to leave it. Mainly because it does look nice the way it is, and I like the celtic cables so much that I’m sure I’ll take an opportunity to knit one again. Not the VCC, but I’ll knit another sweater with a similar cable, and I’ll make sure it’s more celtic next time. Plus, I could hardly risk the anger of Hayden. She sounded quite forceful in the comments yesterday. :-).
UPDATE- Whoa! I totally forgot about knitalong day! Wow. I remembered, and then completely forgot. I’m telling you, my brain isn’t right. I’m SO tired! Sorry about that.
April 8th, 2005 at 1:37 am
damn skippy straight! 😉
and lucky, lucky you, having that knitting angel around. although i’m sure she wouldn’t have cut/colored/altered your cardi back, you can never be too careful.
rest and get better soon, okay?
bye! hayden
April 8th, 2005 at 3:51 am
Oh my! That is far worse then my aussies bolting off with a ball of rowan in their mouths!
Scissors and little ones scare me. My father cut his sister’s torso length braid off to her ear (left the other one hanging) and handed it to her when he was a child.
April 8th, 2005 at 5:38 am
Auuuggggghhhh! I could totally see my almost-3 son doing that in some terrible moment of mischief! I’d better keep my projects somewhere else… up high… in a closet… away from Sharpies… No, my darling would never do something like that… Oh, who am I kidding, yes he would.
April 8th, 2005 at 6:01 am
I guess that is why I have dogs and not the worries (or the wonders) of having little ones. Yours do enough for me as it is and they are a joy to behold. I am concerned that you are more worried about a 3 year old with a Sharpie than with a pair of Big Scissors…hmmm…
Doesn’t everyone know that Sharpies’ ink does wash out – eventually – unless you get the “Rub-A-Dub” version. Look at all my old racing shirts, the autographs are faded and some nearly gone. Of course, we are talking about a seriously felted sweater by that time – which would probably fit Olivia….
Niter, your story cracked me up!
April 8th, 2005 at 8:59 pm
Your little one may have the right idea. If the wrong cable cross bugs you, can can snip just one little stitch, unravel that little bit and recross the cable, and move on. Use little DPs. Don’t do it with slippery yarn.
April 11th, 2005 at 1:32 am
Oh My… My heart would still be racing after seeing scissors and a sharpie near one of my knitted projects. Thank goodness the sweater made it out unharmed 😛