It’s going to be at least a week before I get the new color Koigu Kersti from darling Rob, which will be a closer match to my dye-lot, hopefully. I love Cromarty. I adore Alice Starmore. But hell, I’m tired of eensy cables. I started the Retro Prep (see IndiGirl Amy for fab examples of this one) in Noro 55, that stone beach colorway. It’s the most muted Noro I’ve ever worked with and I’m in love. TOO excited that I’m going to be doing miles of stockinette. Could not be happier.
I actually cast it on Saturday night, knowing that I’d be training for the next four working days (SMFS). This is the same trainee that I had about four months ago. I got her at the beginning, when she knew nothing. Police dispatch is such a ridiculously detailed, difficult job that it usually takes 4-6 months to learn, and it’s a slow learning curve. At the beginning, I talked all day. I had four weeks of just talking. Just teaching. I never knew you could talk for ten hours at a time, teaching, and still have a million more things you’ll never cover. You’ll never go over every contingency, every emergency, every way things can go wrong. But she’s back with me now, an (almost) proficient dispatcher, and I’m merely listening to her while she dispatches on the radio. I can’t type for her, I can’t talk for her, I can only correct her when necessary. I must have yarn in my hands for this. And I tell you, Noro in stockinette? The perfect thing to keep me from wringing my little hands together. The trainee is really doing amazingly well, but almost every dispatcher is an opinionated person who does things her way, which is, of course, the only right way. It’s SO hard to not take over when things get heated. To let her flounder a little. Oy.
I want to show you a picture of the finished front of Ms. C. But that means I have to dig out my camera, plug it in, download the snaps, choose one, resize it, save it, yadda yadda. Don’tcha just get freakin’ lazy sometimes?
Oh, all right. Hang on.
There. Here y’are:
And one for scale:
Thanks for all the condolences sent to Christy. It shows (again) the loving side of blogdom, and it means a lot to us. Really. Think of her some more if you can. It’s lonely, losing a friend like that. Love you, Christy. I’m proud of you.
You know, when I run through my blog list in the morning and yours isn’t updated yet, I come back a hundred times a day until I see that it is. Glad to see you didn’t make me wait too long today 🙂 Ms. C is looking mighty fine!
Ms. C is absolutely gorgeous! I’m envious as I can’t do that yet! Was also wondering: Do your hands hurt the next morning after a long bout dealing with Ms. C? I was just curious as I’m going through a bout of
achy hands/fingers the morning after.
That. Is unbelievably beautiful. I am knocked out.
Gorgeous cromarty! I hear you about the cables though–I can’t do them all the time.
Sometimes a girl just needs some nice easy knitting that flows through her fingers.
The color of Cromarty just blows me away. I love those little cables. I think I need need to put it on my wishlist for future projects. I wonder if I will ever finish freakin’ Na Craga?
Lots of comforting thoughts heading Christy’s way.
That is effing gorgeous. (Not exactly what I said aloud when I saw it, but edited for content.) Really amazing.
Wow. Wow wow wow wow wow wow. Woof.
Lookit Adah, guarding those cables.
Wow.
First things first…my heart and prayers go out to Christy…tough times bring out the best in our community and you can KNOW that she is being loved and supported by the knitbloggers…..sigh.
Such a sadness. Please hug her for us.
I had to admit when I saw the title to this post I thought you were getting ready to take a TRAIN….*hee* silly brain, needs more sleep!
Finally, might I just add my slack jawed admiration to the fan club…I have the advantage of having seen Ms. C in person and WOWZERS…you ROCK, as always.
Am I a total doofus? I looked for retro prep and couldn’t find it…I need a NAP.
Cromarty is lookin’ faboo. I bow in admiration. And this could just be the photo or the light or my monitor or the gnomes, but I love how the very slight varation in the color interacts with the cables, but without distracting from them.
Gorgeous! Stunning! And the cables she’s sittin’ on ain’t bad, either. 😉 You do such beautiful work, Rach!
whoa. that is really gorgeous!!!
I wanna be you were I grow up. Ms. C is beyond words. As for lazy, not you my girl. Of the 5 or 6 bloggers I read regularly, you are the most consistent. Some folks go for days or weeks between posts, but I know just about every time you will have something to say. I am sure that here are those that post every day, but they don’t have the same appeal. By the way, I love your new apartment. When I see that big window looking out to that lush greenery, I look around my sullen New England flat and want to weep. My best to you,Christy and little Mama.