Knitting and Chocolate and Snacking and Other Ramblings

I'm teaching myself to knit - working towards that entry in my 101 things, where I want to learn to knit and then make myself a blanket or sweater (preferably a sweater, since I think it would be cool to wear one I made myself). I'm doing this pattern: The Road Scarf. I've just finished the first part, which is a basket weave pattern, and it totally looks the same! I'm so proud of myself. I apparently knit tightly, which means it's a bit smaller than it is supposed to be, but that's okay. It's just a scarf, and that just means I made more basket weaves than they show in that picture to compensate.

Well, the next section is a mesh stitch, and I had absolutely no idea how to do that, but then I found videos online to help me! I love the Internet. In case anyone finds this post in the future and wants to know as desperately as I did, here they are. This woman shows how to do "yo, k2tog," and this knitting glossary shows how to do the Skp.

The Internet is a great thing. I'd rather have my Mom here to show me how to do these things, but I don't have her. In this case, the Internet is the best alternative. (Although nothing would ever replace her, of course.)

Anyway, learning how to do this pattern is apparently my new obsession. I have to have one always - usually it's the Sims, now it's knitting. At least I'll get a useful product out of the knitting (plus I can do it while I'm Simming, and feed two obsessions at once, hee).

I think I had other things I wanted to talk about in here. I wanted to post a couple of days ago, but I was way too busy, and now that it's two days later and I have the time, do you think I can remember what it was I wanted to say? Heck no. :)

Oh! I remember. I'm not old, but sometimes my memory doesn't work so good. And no, the fact that I am obsessed with knitting does not make me old. :P

So, what I wanted to say was this. I am on my 19th day without chocolate of any sort. I didn't even crave it for the first 13 of those days. But for the last six? Oh man. When we went to the Fair on Sunday, I wanted a soft serve chocolate ice cream cone. I wanted chocolate milk. And since then, I've wanted chocolate milk, chocolate ice cream, and just about any sort of candy bar (but without nuts). And last night J said we were going to have a junk day on Sunday, because it's opening weekend of football season, don't ya know, and he might even get to watch the Dolphins play, woo! So it's a reason to celebrate. And I was like, "Oh! I could make us some brownies!" Except then I couldn't eat them. Sigh. Why am I doing this no chocolate thing again? Just to see if I can lose my taste for it, like that one person did? I really don't think I will, if these cravings are anything to go by.

Maybe I'll get a box of yellow cake mix and some white frosting, and make us cupcakes instead. We can even put some orange sprinkles on them, in honor of the Dolphins.

Also, I haven't weighed myself, but I think the no chocolate thing, combined with the fact that I've changed how I eat at work, is making me lose weight. See, I used to bring my lunch, and use the money work gives us for lunch to buy sodas, candy bars, chips, cookies, etc., to go with my sandwich and to have as snacks later in the day. Well, instead of doing that, I'm now spending my lunch money on - imagine this - lunch! Which means no snacks (or not many). I'm not going to weigh myself to find out for sure, but I think I may have lost a bit of my abdomen. Here's hoping I'm right, and that it continues.

Okay. I've rambled enough now. Just one thing - is it 4:30 yet? I want to go home and knit. :)