Willa's Journal

I really loved the Spring desktops that I've had since March, but decided I should probably change mine, at least for awhile. I may end up going back to the flowers, they're so colorful and happy that they make me happy. But I thought I'd try something different, so I browsed through my folder of desktop images and icons, and changed to an old-fashioned Disney theme.

I was watching the Kodak Bird Cam this morning, and saw this little guy:

All the other babies are asleep, mom and dad are out hunting (presumably), and he's awake, stalking around the nest box, saying, "Man, I'm hungry. I'm ready to go out and get my own breakfast. I might have to eat one of these little birdies if they don't get back here pretty quick!"

The yarn I ordered for the felted bag came today, so I spent the evening knitting and watching a movie (Saving Grace--okay, not terrific, but okay: recent widow discovers her husband left her penniless, so with the help of her gardener, goes into the marijuana cultivation business; hilarity ensues).

Knitting the bag is kind of weird. Size 11 needles as opposed to the Size 1's I'm used to lately for knitting socks. The hand/arm movement seems quite different, but I think that's supposed to be good, I've read lately that knitting several different projects at once (well, not at once, but switching off between them) with different needle sizes is better for you than always working with the same size. The muscles get worked in a different way. I can tell that that's true--my neck feels the workout from these needles.

So I didn't do a lot, just about 16 rows, I think. I'm trying not to hurry, which is a failing of mine when using large needles. There's something about it that makes me feel like I need to rush, to get it finished faster. Whereas with the tiny needles and fine yarn of a pair of socks, I don't have any trouble going slower. It doesn't feel like quite as much of a race, for some reason.