alisonknits: temporarily suspended

It's been kind of a wierd week. A week ago Friday my husband went to the emergency room with chest pressure and a tingling in his left arm - which I didn't want to mention on this blog until I was sure everything is okay. (It is; although they still don't know exactly what was going on, they're now pretty certain it wasn't cardiac.)

Then on Monday night my wallet was stolen. I had to cancel my credit cards, which had all been used by the time I discovered they were missing. One of the cards is billed automatically for my typepad account, and while I was waiting for a new card they tried to bill me, my card was declined, and they suspended my account. So that's one reason I haven't written on here all week. Fortunately there was very little cash in my wallet, and I'm not going to be held responsible for the charges on my cards, so this is all just an inconvenience. I still haven't gotten around to ordering a new driver's licence. (This part especially sucks since I just got a new one a couple months ago.)

Then on Tuesday Scott went to the emergency room again, after having an anxiety attack while resting at home. I think it was particularly bad since he hadn't experienced this before so he didn't know what was going on and thought it could related to what happened on Friday (at that point, we hadn't yet learned that it wasn't his heart). Since then he's had a couple more smaller anxiety attack, but he's been able to deal with them better, and he has medication he can take if he can't talk himself down. Hopefully now that he's not so worried about his health, he'll stop having the anxiety attacks (and can just go back to his normal level of anxiety?)

And then of course amidst all of this I didn't have a break from the usual work, lessons, meetings, etc. Now that I have a little time to myself this morning, I think I'm just catching up with how worried I've been. When bad things are happening, I tend to just keep putting one foot in front of the other, and only later will process my feelings about stuff.

Anyway, I didn't really mean to get into all that, but... well, that's where I am.

Okay, but back to the knitting - my cashmere sweater just has a sleeve remaining to be knit, then I can sew it together and wash it. I can't remember if I've mentioned this before, but this cashmere does shrink lengthwise a good deal with washing, while the stitch gauge remains the same. So my completed front and back look very long. This project has been a lot of fun - it's very rare that I'll spontaneously buy yarn, come up with an idea, make my calculations, and knit the sweater all in the span of a couple weeks. I look forward to wearing it very soon, and posting a pic here to show you all.

When I brought the cone of cashmere home, Scott thought it was navy (it's actually purple; he's colorblind), and hinted that he'd like a cashmere sweater himself. The next time I went to School Products she actually did have a navy, so I put it aside for him. Although I owe my sister's boyfriend a sweater, I think I'll do this one for Scott first.

Hank8 continues apace; I'm about 1/4 done with the second sleeve. I'm taking a page from Wendy's book and trying to do the finishing as I go along, so that when I get down to the cuff I'll be done. I think that will be a very good feeling.

Sorry for the lack of pictures - but I'm sure you understand! soon... soon...