A Dark Comedy in Three Parts

Part the First: Today Is Not For Knitting
Obviously, deadline for baby sweaters not withstanding, I should be allowed nowhere near yarn and needles today. So far, I've forgotten to do increases on the Mexicali swatch/sleeve, making it much more "swatch" than "sleeve" AND -- you'll love this -- I've knit too far on Sam. At the end of the second pattern repeat, I was supposed to start on the neck shaping. I knew this. I was looking forward to this. I knit right past this. There will be much frogging today. I have not yet decided if there will be any more knitting.

Part the Second: Today Is Not For Frogging, Either
4 hours later
I thought I might as well rip back Sam so that when I'm ready to deal with knitting again he's in the right spot for me to just pick up and go. Nothing worse than sitting down to knit and having to spend the first 5 minutes frogging. Plus, I've just spent the last two hours running back and forth to the hardware store because I'm a moron. So I'm kinda in the mood to be destructive. I've yanked out about 7 rows when I realize that I did not, in fact, knit too far. I was counting bobbles (two per repeat) and totally forgot that the pattern continues past the bobbles for several rows. I'm not touching the Mexicali.

Part the Third: Today Is Not For Plumbing
After 4 (or possibly five -- I lost count somewhere) trips to two different hardware stores, I still do not have the part I need to successfully hook the water line to the ice maker on our brand new fridge (which I love way more than anyone should love an appliance, by the way. I just feel like every time I open the door, Ode to Joy should play.). The part I need is either: a shutoff valve with three ports (two 3/8" and one 1/4", though I did find an adapter for the 1/4" so even one with three 3/8" ports would be fine) OR a 3/8" connector that I can use to connect our water pipe to the thingie I found (please note that our plumbing is not "normal" due to the corner cutting of the previous owner of our house. This makes every project an adventure.). At the hardware store, in the plumbing section, I am able to find something called a 3/8" connector. Perfect, right? Yeah, except apparently 3/8" isn't always 3/8" in the plumbing world -- the thing is way too huge to fit on my port dealie (for those of you wondering, yes I did try the next size down. Too small.). I feel like I'm shopping for jeans, fer chrissakes.

posted by Laura Y. @ 8:23 AM