Well! After a very long and unexpected hiatus, I'm finally back!
I didn't go anywhere, it's just that I've had some serious computer issues lately. Two in fact, in very close succession, that have left me without any means to stay up to date with the online world. I admit to being quite frustrated with this over the last several weeks but there was no point getting worked up about it when I couldn't do anything except wait. An excercise in frustration became a lesson on Patience. Don't you just love the learning opportunities life throws your way? Yeah, right! We're a lot more the same than we are different, you and I, so I'm pretty sure you're not sitting there nodding your head vigourously in agreement to that question!
On the brighter side, I had more free time for other things, like visiting with friends and knitting, which I like to do in front of the TV. In an earlier post I mentioned I had started working on my first pair of socks and now I can proudly say that they're finished, along with another pair that just need to have the toe sewn with the Kitchener Stitch to close them up. I've had so much time in fact, that I've even knit a bag and all that's left to do with that is to felt it and attach the zipper and handle. All these items were made as gifts so I apologize that I can't add any photos at this time but I'll make sure they're added in a later post.
I'm glad to have had this time to relax a bit because now that we're heading into summer, things get much busier at work. The workload really picks up as more people are travelling and taking flights, gliding, taking flying lessons, skydiving and what have you, and with our own people wanting to take summer holidays as well, it creates a need to work a lot of extra shifts to cover for them in their absence. The nature of the business is such that your work won't wait on your desk until you come back so someone has to be scheduled to cover your shift. As a result, the summers are very busy for me and although I'll do my best to keep up with the blogging, I doubt there'll be much knitting or anything else getting done.
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On the brighter side, I had more free time for other things, like visiting with friends and knitting, which I like to do in front of the TV. In an earlier post I mentioned I had started working on my first pair of socks and now I can proudly say that they're finished, along with another pair that just need to have the toe sewn with the Kitchener Stitch to close them up. I've had so much time in fact, that I've even knit a bag and all that's left to do with that is to felt it and attach the zipper and handle. All these items were made as gifts so I apologize that I can't add any photos at this time but I'll make sure they're added in a later post.
I'm glad to have had this time to relax a bit because now that we're heading into summer, things get much busier at work. The workload really picks up as more people are travelling and taking flights, gliding, taking flying lessons, skydiving and what have you, and with our own people wanting to take summer holidays as well, it creates a need to work a lot of extra shifts to cover for them in their absence. The nature of the business is such that your work won't wait on your desk until you come back so someone has to be scheduled to cover your shift. As a result, the summers are very busy for me and although I'll do my best to keep up with the blogging, I doubt there'll be much knitting or anything else getting done.