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November 29, 2003
Running on Empty
My knitting class was this morning and we started to work on the chemo cap. K1, P1 for 9 1/2 inches. We first had to cast on 76 stitches. The teacher said, "Remember the tail of the yarn should be about an inch for each stitch so that should be about 6 feet." I measured the yarn against my arm span to come up with 6 feet. The other women in the class tried different approaches. Many just stood up, held the ball of yarn high over their heads and dropped the other end down until it hit the ground. One woman stood on her chair to try to get the right height.
"You don't have to stand up on a chair, just stretch it across your chest" I said.
"We don't all have long arms like you do, Donna!" said the woman standing on the chair.
"Just add a foot then" I replied.
"Well, if you're gonna be smart about it!" She got down off the chair and did it my way. She didn't look at me the rest of the class.
Later the women had a very intense conversation about Darryl Hannah. "Darryl Hannah knits!" "Oh, I just love Darryl Hannah!" "Wouldn't you love to look like Darryl Hannah?" "No, no, I just want to have her body" "I don't like Darryl Hannah's face but she does have a fabulous body" "Did you know she used to date Jackson Browne?" "Jackson Browne! Oh I love Jackson Browne" "I always wanted to make love to Jackson Browne but I don't think my husband would aprove" "Darryl Hannah is just so lucky to have had Jackson Browne." "She also had JFK Jr" "Wow, JFK Jr was such a hunk!" This went on for over an hour.
Comments
...poor Donna,
I know what you mean, same procedure everywhere, at every class or lesson all over the world. Even at the riding stable before lesson starts when grooming time becomes gossip time... the only thing I can do is letting audio pass without processing by brain...
Posted by: Frank at December 1, 2003 04:00 AM
