just a dream

Dreams this week:

1. Monday, September 5^th.  Fall asleep while listening to The Da Vinvi Code on my iPod.  A note:  I can't stop listening to this book.  If I could concentrate on writing while I listened to the story, I'd have the earbuds in right now.  I'm loving the book-on-tape thing, it goes much better with knitting than my usual method of propping open whatever book I'm reading with makeshift paperweights.  And it makes reading listening to a story on the bus to work possible.  I dream of oil paints, fading into me, in a tattoo parlor, having my inner arm inked with equal-armed crosses (red) and fleur-du-lis (black).  I wake up, rubbing the inside of my wrist.  All day long, I miss the tattoos.
2. Tuesday, September 6^th.  I dream of my hourglass-esque sweater.  I dream that I am pulling sticks and leaves out of the stitches, and they seem to never end.  In my dream, I'm considering getting a lawnmower to clean off the sweater.  A note:  the sweater took a fall from the camp chair this weekend, and you'd be amazed, I'm sure, at how quickly dirt, leaves, and little sticks and burrs can become embedded in knitwear.  I sure was.  When, in my dream, I finally get the sweater clean, I realize that it is finished.  I try it on and discover that the armholes are way, way too short.  My arms barely fit through the openings.  I wake and head for my dirty, ill-fitting sweater.  Which, first of all, is no longer dirty.  Vigorous shaking and a lot of spare time while camping got that sucker clean after all, just as I'd remembered.  I lay the sweater flat.  The armholes... crap.  The armholes do look short.  Which, on a raglan-in-the-round, means a lot of ripping and re-knitting.  Crap, crap, crap.  Pushing the stitches in on the circular needles so they don't fall off, I gingerly try on the hourglass-esque sweater over my pj's.  I grab my camera from my desk where it has been charging all night and head for a look in the full-length mirror on the outside of my bathroom door.  I feel like skipping.  The sweater?  It fits.

Comments

[Leah]

Don't you just love The Da Vinci Code? My husband bought me the illustrated version for Christmas (cause I wanted it of course) because the first time I read it I had to keep jumping up and googling all the historical references. Knowing I'll read it again, it's going to be fun to have all the pictures right there in the book.

I suggest Angels and Demons (same author) as well. I liked it almost as much as TDC.

[Stephanie]

It could be that last dream was a little off.

[Julia]

I love this entry - great writing. Can't wait to see the hour glass.

[Jenny]

I have knitting dreams too! Good thing this one was wrong! P.S. I am WAY behind but that orange capelet is so pretty!!! And the picture/model is so beautiful! Way to go, MH!

[nona]

Fun post -- Thank goodness your Tuesday dream did not turn into a nightmare -- your sweater look great!

[Deena]

Great sweater! Can't wait to see it in person. I finished Dolman Updated this weekend. Can you believe it?!