....can't...talk...must...knit.....
There's obviously no Gold medal in my future, because it's true...I....DID....NOT....FINISH. Two long weekends of traveling (yeah? so what that one of them was a knitting retreat?), combined with 14+ hour workdays in between them, topped off with a weekend filled with a wedding shower in New Hampshire and a bastard of a cold, all conspired to knock me clean out of the running.
It's a heartbreaking defeat, but I will not be daunted. I will not give up. I WILL finish this sweater THIS WEEK or die trying. The torso is complete and the hood has about 6 rows completed. There's also about 6 inches of a sleeve. I can DO it. I can. Stop laughing. So you see, I can't talk now. MUST.KEEP.KNITTING.
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ETA: For all of you out there still finishing up.....a KAL and button. Because what's a cause without a button?
My thanks to the Femiknitmafia for helping us *ahem* slowpokes stay motivated.
I missed you yesterday! Hope you're feeling better.
Posted by: Carole | February 27, 2006 at 12:44 PM
Hang in there, babe. You can do it.
Posted by: julia fc | February 27, 2006 at 01:04 PM
This week works too, or next week. Whenever you can get it done. No stress. Time for a few deep, cleansing breaths, maybe a few moments of child pose...
Posted by: Martha | February 27, 2006 at 01:39 PM
i didn't finish either. hey missed you yesterday
Posted by: maryse | February 27, 2006 at 01:58 PM
Second wind. That's it! The finish is in sight. So clooose............
Posted by: Laurie | February 27, 2006 at 02:01 PM
Girl, I'm with you. After reading your determined post, I'm aiming for this week too! We'll have our own little post-Olympic knit along (for which my fellow MIT SnBer Jess might join). We could call it the Last One to Cross the Finish Line KAL? Or the Rotten Egg KAL? :-)
Posted by: The Feminist Mafia | February 27, 2006 at 02:11 PM
Go go go go go go go go!! :) Hope you're feeling better.
Posted by: Chris | February 27, 2006 at 02:51 PM
Um, you can knit at open mics, too. :) Just sayin'.
Posted by: elisa | February 27, 2006 at 03:47 PM
after watching bits and pieces of the 50K ski race yesterday I have a whole new appreciation for distance events - seems to me that you should still be eligble for a gold given all that you've been doing.
(That retreat weekend? weren't you busy setting an example for me so I could see people in action? and re-explaining the cable charts? yes, I thought so. That's gotta count for something.)
go knitter go!
Posted by: Kristen | February 27, 2006 at 04:14 PM
Miss you LOTS! Hope you're feeling better!
Posted by: Cara | February 27, 2006 at 08:31 PM
Keep on going :-)
Posted by: Kathy | February 27, 2006 at 11:19 PM
Just a reminder, when your hands start to ache, you need to REST them! :)
Of course, that's what had to happen to convince me to take a break...
=:8
Posted by: Kimberly | March 08, 2006 at 09:27 PM