Smooch is coming along... I think I like to knit everything twice. I was a few rows from the arm shaping when I was looking at the lace pattern and 2 of the eyelets were driving me crazy. The stitches above them were too loose so it looked like an extra eyelet the more I stared at it ;) So of course I ripped it right out. I am almost back to the same spot. I decide to use the increase/decrease combo that Alison of the Blue Blog used in her, so far I really like the way it is turning out. I also fiddled with the numbers such that I should end up with a pattern that meets up fairly closely even on the side seams. Just dreading the fiddling with the neckline. I will not wear Smooch if you can see my navel ;0
In other frog pond news, the entire back of the katia sweater is sitting on the needles waiting to be ripped. It is entirely too long. If you did not stop decreasing at two inches (unlike the instructions in the pattern), by the time you finish the increase for the arms you are looking at a tunic to your thighs. Especially, if you measure the sweater horizontally instead of vertically. What can I say gravity got me again :)
Oh by the end of the week I should have pictures to spice up the place. I have a camera, I just can seem to get my act together to get the batteries charged and in the camera with the memory cards.
On the topic of interesting reads, take a look at the following site: http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chapter1.html . It's a photoblog of a girl's motorcycle ride through the Chernobyl area. Supposedly it's a hoax but it's still an interesting read. Here's the link that claims it's a hoax http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2004/05/fraud-exposed-and-true-thing.asp