and I am still not warmed up! It is only 37 degrees out side and with the wind chill ... it's cold! My upper body stayed warm, in fact I was quite warm. But my legs are not yet warmed up. I really should look for a different pair of cycling pants. The ideal pair would be a cross between my running pants and my current cycling pants. Maybe after Christmas I'll look. I'll have the week off between Christmas and New Years and my sister will be here visiting and she's a perfect shopping partner.
It was a good football weekend for a change! I got all of my running around done on Saturday in plenty of time to settle in and watch the Huskies. It was a good game from start to finish. And they won, so they are going to a bowl game for the first time in six years. I had lots of running around and chores to take care of before the game yesterday, including a trip to the mall. I just wanted a couple pairs of stocking and it took me nearly 30 minutes because the woman running that counter was new. I just wanted to get home and watch the game, but I had students sending me emails complaining that the images weren't coming up in the online practice quizzes. Obviously, if 150 students are all trying to access the same quizzes there is going to be a slow down. Pretty much nothing I can do about that so I sent the class and faculty an email explaining the problem and then I sat down to watch the Seahawks. They did not look good at first but after the half they came out and won the game. I am winning my fantasy match up this week, too. Now if I could win a couple of quarters tonight, that would make it a SUPER football week.
I cast on for yet another prototype of the convertible mittens on Saturday and by last night I had the hands done through the thumb gusset and a couple rows beyond. I have one last thing to try and hopefully this will solve the problem of the hand part creeping up and leaving the palm open. I am going to run a life line through the stitches on the back of the hand and then when I have completed the fingerless mitt part I will pick up stitches along that line with one circular needle and cast on stitches to the other circular needle and then work the top of the mitten from there. There will be a little overlap on the top of the hand to give it a bit more structure. It's kind of hard to describe. I just hope it works. At least this time I am using yarn that I won't mind wasting if it doesn't work.
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