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Weekend Fun

Posted on | November 6, 2006 | 10 Comments

The curse of the 3rd sweater seems to finally be broken! I had to rip out a few more times before I almost lost my patience – then it worked. It was fine. The stitch count was fine. The pattern was fine. What a relief!

So I spent Friday night and Saturday morning working furiously trying to catch up on lost time. I did pretty well for myself and managed to finish the first front last night and should be able to finish up the second half tonight. Then it’s off to sleeve land. It might be a race to the finish with the yarn though – see, the sweater might still have one more trick up its sleeve! Luckily, it’s not a problem to get more, so hopefully the sweater will just leave me alone!

On Saturday I also visited the Edgar Allan Poe house in Philadelphia. Poe didn’t live at this location for too long (1843-1844), but he did write a few of his better known short stories here. Poe has always fascinated me and I learned so many new things about him on our little trip. I hope to visit his cottage in the Bronx someday soon also. The Bronx site is actually furnished and has been restored to it’s original appearance. The Philadelphia house looks nice from the outside, but unfortunately, the inside was nothing more than bare plaster and painted over hardwood floors. But the spirit and feeling of the house made up for the appearance of the rooms.

Well, I’ve wasted enough time on the internet for now. My knitting is never going to get done at this rate! By the way, did anyone out there listen to episode 39 of Cast-On? There is a lovely poem titled, “The Romney” which is a take on “The Raven” by Poe. I just listened to it last night and had a very good laugh!

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