Back to school blah blah blah EDITED

So the first week of school is over and done with. I'm not gonna lie, waking up to an alarm has been rough. The teens are in grades 9 and 11, and the 9th grader has already lost his transit pass. On the second day of school no less. The 5yr old is in Kindergarten and is staying at school for lunch. I'm not super happy with the decision to have him  at school all day but I'm hoping to find work or go back to school-better to have him enrolled in the lunch program now as transition is difficult for him. I called up my former employer and left a message asking if she needed anyone to work but she never returned my call. It'll be awkward to go and pay lunch fees next week.

But enough of that-on to ze knitting! I decided to do some more knitting from my stash, I cast on for two projects; dew point and knit shrug. For dew point I'm using Knitpicks Galileo (50%wool, 50% bamboo) in Luster which is a lovely olive.

 For the LionBrand knit shrug, I'm using Berroco Vintage Chunky (50% Acrylic, 40% Wool, 10% Nylon) in Black Cherry. I'm not crazy about knitting with this stuff, it doesn't feel great in my hands, but I bought it before I realized I generally do not enjoy knitting with acrylic/acrylic blends.

I started with the knit shrug, it's knit on US 9's and 10's and should go fast. After all the ribbing from Myrna though, I couldn't handle doing 5inches of ribbing right away-even if it is on big needles. I got about that (points down) far before grabbing the Galileo.

So, I cast on for dew point and it's knit in one piece, on US 4's. Which for me, makes for slow going. Plus it's stockinette, with lots of increases. Many, many  M1-L and M1-Rs which I keep messing up and finally had to make a little cheat sheet on which direction the needles goes. I'm dreadfully bored by this knitting, but, I've finally finished the increases and after a row of (lots of) purling, I'll be able to separate for the sleeves. I should count the stitches on the needle of course, make sure I have the right stitch count.But I almost don't want to know, as the thought of having to rip back is so very daunting. If I'm off by more than a couple of stitches, I'll likely have another totally unattractive tantrum.

I think the only reason I've gotten as far with this shrug as I have, is thanks to the stitch & bitch I attended on Wednesday.  I met up with T and  her old friend for a knitting night. It was so great to be able to knit with other people. I can see why people like to get together and craft. I wouldn't pick a complicated pattern to knit if I was being social, but stockinette is perfect for conversation.
 Tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll count all the stitches, finish the last purl row and maybe this cute little shrug will get more interesting.


EDIT: Dammit. I just counted  my stitches. Supposed to have 238sts, I have 240 sts. I've counted 3 times. 240sts. That's not so bad, I won't rip back (I avoid that if at all possible hahaha), I'll just do a couple of p2tog in the section that has 2 extra stitches. Luckily, I was able to figure out where the extra stitches are (though I have no idea how they got there) thanks to markers dividing the sections. Meh.