Isabella's Project Diary

I think the size 0 needles are right for the bathing suit. Each row seems very small! But it seems like it's going to be a nice weight.

Naps after work are so nice sometimes...

I actually have a full week of work this week! Between appointments and holidays and random days off, this is unusual.

I had perfect attendance first semester. I think I've missed 12 days this semester, and have wn appointment during work next Thursday. Oh well! I have plenty of sick days!

Back to work today. It was a very easy day, which is good. Tomorrow is library day, also good. And just about a month left of school! How does everything go so fast?

I worked a little on the bathing suit last night and it seemed a little loose. I know it's fingering weight, but I still want bathing suits dense. Even though it's only a few rows long, I did my best to measure gauge. The Twice Sheared Sheep gauge ruler is so nice! It kept looking like 8 stitches an inch. I measured the whole thing, and although there are 4 stitches cast on at the end of each row and that makes measuring not accurate, it was consistently longer, and math said 8 stitches an inch. The little steps from casting on were also half an inch. So all signs pointed to the gauge being off.

I just did a quick swatch om size 0 needles, and it looks like 9 stitches an inch and is nicely dense. I swatched the first time in black because that's what I had easily available. I knew that was a bad idea!

My size 0s have an annoying bend in them, so I ordered new ones. I can start on them though. The annoying cast on four, cast on at the end of each row part.

I'm glad I admitted something wasn't right early. I've had to redo part of so many projects because it'll be ok! It's never ok if you have to convince yourself!

My right eye is done! Less than two hours after surgery, everything looks amazing! I'm so glad I went with a little more near vision in this eye. I'm wearing reading glasses to type this, but I can see things well enough and it will only get better. It's 1-3 days for swelling and blurriness to go away enough to make a difference.

And I'm still dilated. I'm so over being dilated. I mean, I get it and am thankful it exists, but still.

But I'm eating toast and getting caffeinated and will probably nap. Follow up appointment tomorrow!(With double dilation!)