Ripping Off Band-Aid The Easy or Hard Way

You know how it is when you've got a band-aid and you're faced with a dilemma? If you rip off the band-aid slowly, it huuuurts for a good long while. If you rip it off fast, the pain is sharp indeed. The ultimate choice comes down to your pain threshold. In this case . . . I'll rip it off fast. Nope - the First Company is a no-go for now. Bummer - I was really looking forward to getting the job search over and done with.

I know from the test results so far that I really do need to update my programming knowledge. That's kinda hard to do when you need to concentrate on getting work that pays real money and you don't have the financial resources or the backing of a company willing to give you the needed training. By the way . . . make darned sure that your company backs you up on giving you real, meaningful training to keep your skills up to date and employable. If they give you the song and dance, it's probably time to look for a more supportive company. Believe me, I know from experience.

So . . . with the Purple Polo Sweater - this is where I'm at right now. As I said, brown yarn with dark purple yarn - hard to see what you're doing. A couple times I had to rip out the crocheted yarn - this was kind of painful because the sweater yarn is 90/10 wool and mohair. I finally took some of the green shetland yarn I had on hand to outline the middle stitch of the 3 stitches I crocheted up - that helped a lot. Next up - the sleeves. I'm not going to cut the steeks until I get the sleeves done - I want to make sure these come off the right length and will fit into the armholes.

I'm taking a bit of hiatus from this sweater and working on the Briggs & Little Hybrid Sweater. After reading the instructions in KWoT, I've finally understood her pithy directions. So, a big roadblock down for me, especially after I had to knit on 2 more inches to the sleeves (what is it with me and sleeves???) and then joining the body in. I'm still not quite in the clear as to how the saddle portion works, but I'm sure I'll get it, eventually. One thing I can say for sure - more hybrid sweaters are going to be be in my future. I may even get to knit two matching hybrid sweaters for my nephews!