Knot Knecessarily Known Knitting

Last weekend was a much-needed happy time. For those of you wondering why the blog has been so quiet, I apparently have attracted a quantity of bad juju. Since the beginning of August I have: come home from the West Coast to discover a flat tire at midnight, gotten to my home at 3 AM to discover storm damage to my yard, discovered the storm also put a branch through the roof, had the electrician repair the ceiling fan in the kitchen, had the plumber fail to repair the sprayer in the kitchen, run short of both colors of handspun yarn while working on my swirl jacket, failed to get a room at the Hyatt for Dragon*Con 2015, gone a week without internet because I switch providers, and gone three days without my primary land line phone because the new internet provider made a boo-boo and turned it off. And my paternal grandmother died on Monday the 8th of September. On the positive side of the balance sheet: Cuddly Hubby was home for Dragon*Con. He held the ladder so I could...