Well, I survived my first week of work. The job is pretty good - everyone I’ve met is really nice. The work itself isn’t too bad either - primarily data entry for bills, but I get to pay other people now and then, so it’s not nearly as monotonous and boring as the data entry job I had for a magazine publisher (where I stared at people’s addresses 8 hrs a day. ugh). And I’m starting to get the hang of it and remember how to do things after the data entry part on my own (ok, do this little bit on the ‘puter, print the checks, get them signed, make copies, staple things, etc and I’m done for the day).
I’ve been taking a bus/train combo to get to work (the blessing of living so close to the Mall of America - lots of bus options!). Which means I’ve been getting a good 30-45 minutes of uninterrupted KIP time twice a day. Excellent excuse to learn how to make socks! But first, I’m finishing up the Voodoo Wrist Warmers that have been in progress ‘forever’.
The red arrow is where I started the beginning of this week - right at the start of that white section. Note the shaded area to the right. That’s what interrupted my KIPing on the way home Friday. Yes, my friends, that is a knot in my yarn. The first I’ve encountered. The frustrating thing - I do not travel with a scissors in my purse, so I had to wait til I got home so I could cut it out to continue knitting on. The annoying part - two extra bits to weave in when I finish. I hate weaving in ends. I mean really - neither of the monster skeins of Red Heart & RH substitute have had any knots - and I’ve probably used over half of those monster skeins at this point! oh, well. not the end of the world really, just a bit annoying.
* for the non-knitters, KIP stands for Knitting in Public
Great job on the wrist warmers!