Quiet Day

It's been kind of rainy and cloudy and windy today, so I stayed close to home and stayed quiet. Just did the necessary laundry, made some chicken curry rice and worked on a knitting project (a scarf, now that cold weather's almost over!)

Tomorrow will be a bit busier with my weekly walk with Sachiko san. Hopefully today's weather won't have totally ruined the cherry blossoms.

I've been thinking about how to put some kind of a structure to my diet as I have fairly recently been diagnosed with type two diabetes. The initial shock scared me into dropping a few kilos, but I need to drop a few more. Dieting is not my strong point. Glad I'm not in the U.S. for the Easter candy season!

Re - make

One of my co-workers gave me a sweater a while ago that her daughter made as a first knitting project for her father. She didn't have the gauge concept mastered yet so the sleeves were rather long, and the sweater was very big for a Japanese person. My friend suggested that I either pick it apart for the yarn or wear it with elastic bands to hold the sleeves above my hands.

I was so impressed that this person started knitting with a sweater with cables that I felt impelled to make it work for me. I took the sleeves and neckband off and repaired one shoulder that was put together a bit crookedly, then using the yarn from one sleeve, I crocheted around the neck and around the armholes. It makes a great vest, I think, and my friend was quite pleased that I was able to wear the finished product.

There was this one thread that I forgot to secure, however...