Thinking aloud

Now, here is the thing: When I sleep, or am about to fall asleep, I have great ideas, and solutions to problems. This would mean that I should be in bed all the time, when I have drawn my idea bank empty. Of course, other times it's the other way, all the problems come to surface and I can't sleep.

I was thinking of pros and cons of work environment. Of course, I can only think from my experiences, which are not that many, but many years would count to some thoughts.

1. Whining co-workers make my blood boil

2. Lying about how much work they do, when most of the time
is spent on the internet or on the phone, on personal stuff.

3. When the boss wants you to do something five minutes before
you leave for home.

4. High and mighty attitude of some of the management staff. Secrecy
included. The staff is not let know of the important issues, until
the last minute, or via some grapevine

5. Holiday schedules are announced a few days prior a major holiday,
unless it's a statutory holiday.

6. Co-worker's complaining about how much work they have. Would this
have anything to do with above mentioned personal stuff?

Good Thoughts:

1. I have a job
2. I get a paycheck
3. I love my work (it's the co-workers who make my life miserable sometimes)
4. Fun lunch hours. I can knit or crochet, or go out, or whatever.
5. Flexibility, if you are late 5 minutes, nothing is said, if you need an
appointment, you just make up the time...when ever.
6. Casual Fridays
7. An amazing boss makes all the difference


There are more points to both sides, but since I am on my break now, I need to stop.

The story about the picture will follow now:

I want to make a pink scarf for breast cancer charity program. I know that there is one group that collects knitted scarves. Mine is crocheted. However, I cannot imagine that they would turn mine away.

Here is how I am making it:

Stitches: Ch, Sc, Dc, Fldc, bldc

Front and Back Loop instructions are very nicely explained here:

http://www.stitchdiva.com/custom.aspx?id=128

Yarn: WW or DK, whichever suits your likes
Hook: 5.5 mm for WW or if you want looser stitch then bigger hook,
or tighter fabric then smaller hook

Chain 21,

Row 1: sc in second ch from hook, sc in each ch st. You will have 20 sc sts. Turn

Row 2: ch 3 (or 2, if you want) as one dc
dc in each sc (you will have 1-3ch and 19 dc stitches. Turn

Row 3: ch 3 (or 2) bldc in first dc, fldc in next, bldc in next, fldc in next,
continue this way to the end. Dc in the 3 ch loop. Turn

Row 4: Ch 3 (or 2), fldc in the first dc that was done in a back loop on the
previous row. bldc in the next, alternate back and front loops to the end.

If the previous dc is sticking up, you will do the back loop dc,
if the previous dc is hiding behind, you will do the front loop.

Repeat these two rows, alternating the front and back loops. Leave the chain stitches alone, otherwise your edge is going to be messy looking (I tried).

You can make as many rows as you wish. Make a fringe, at ends, if you want.
I didn't write the above to make a pattern, I am sure someone has made a similar scarf already. I am just telling you how I made mine.

If there are spelling mistakes, please forgive me, but the blogger decided to be a pest and not checking anything. Not even letting me use the bold or italic letters.

Hope you got something done from my instructions.

Boxes everywhere

My office has about 20 boxes full of stuff from my filing cabinets. I have emptied smaller boxes that contained most important items, like my personal papers, grooming tools (I need tools to fix myself) and some recent work that I need to do pretty soon.

I took a picture of my boxes that were sitting on someone else's desk, while my office was occupied with carpet people, painters and other important work people.

Our whole office is under renovation, and it's starting to look pretty good. We have brown filing cabinets, brown doors, and trimmings, mustard color wall on one side and lighter yellow on the other side. Carpet is a combo of those colors. Looks sort of mustard yellowish brownish....

My crocheting has been steady, hence no postings, not too much reading my e-mails, and not much of anything else. BUT the vest is done, last week, but haven't blocked or washed or what ever I have to do to make it look finished. Oh, and the buttons are missing. That is a problem, I didn't make button holes.

I am now working on the Irish Crochet top, for me, and I have a fairly sizable pile of IC pieces, that need to be put together. I just keep making motifs, and keep going like Duracell.

This is one of the IC motifs, I made four of them, but I don't have any pictures of other motifs.