Back From Fremont

last sunday morning, i packed my bags and headed out to fremont california for work.   the weather was wonderful, dry and warm during the day, breezy and cool at night.  and the surrounding hills, dramatic in their starkness especially against the gorgeous blue sky (especially to a northeasterner) were striking (and made me think of the view from my kitchen window when we lived in tehran, iran).  but i have to say,  fremont has got to be one of the saddest places i've ever been.  just one slightly shabby strip mall and office park after another with a lonely tree or shrub here or there.  but i was there to work and not to have fun.  (i didn't even have time to stop in and visit kate in san jose or stalk rachel in oakland).

but i did have plenty of time to knit.

i finished the last cable strip for the lap blanket (or as i like to call them, hugs) i'm making for my niece who is going to fairfield university in the fall.

i still have to sew it on and then i need to find an appropriate edging. 

and then i started the OSW ... 3 times.  my hands insist that there be an additional k1fb at the end of each right side row.  my head knows better.  i also used the totally wrong yarn -- some much too thin koolaid dyed wool but since i'm really about the process and not so much the product, i figured that if it worked out i could give my finished OSW to a niece.

but my hands are stubborn -- one side still had way too many stitches -- so i bagged it and i'll use the yarn for socks.

this morning, i took out some other scrap yarn and tried again.  since i'm not sure the OSW will be a good look for me, i figured i'd try it first with some crappy yarn.  so far the head has control over the hands.

and how am i supposed to work under these conditions?