the Akamai Knitter

For someone with a cold, I managed to get a lot done today. I got about 15″ done of Lexi’s scarf in total, though I’m not sure how much I knit just today. I also knit my goal of 3 repeats on the edging of the Shaped Triangle Shawl. So this cold isn’t holding me back by much, even though it sure feels like it is.

I felt much better after I got a good night’s rest, but right now the cold is back and kicking my head in. I suppose it would have been better if I had stayed home and rested, instead I ran around town and got some important things done. Among those things were a couple of doctors’ appointments that would have been excruciatingly hard to reschedule.

I also got my hair cut, which is a really big deal for me because I hate hate hate getting my hair cut. I hate sitting in the chair and feeling like I need to make conversation with the stylist as she/he cuts my hair. My long time stylist of 5 years or so cut and run to Colorado to study up on becoming a radiologist, so I’ve been drifting back and forth between other stylists trying to find one that I like. So far I can’t say I’ve found one that I like, but I can’t say I’ve found one that I don’t like.

I did have a fun conversation with a man in the waiting area who commented on my knitting. He was a neat guy from the Boston area and a burly contractor. He mentioned that he always wanted to learn how to knit and I really wanted to offer to teach him, but I didn’t want to appear like I was hitting on him either. Now I wonder if I’ve missed a golden opportunity of converting another person to the Church of Knit, but I was really too shy to offer to teach him.