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For the past month or so my dryer has been picking and choosing when it wanted to work. Most of the time it doesn't and I run and run and run it only to still have wet clothes tumbling inside at the end of the day. Sometimes you get lucky and it works. Usually that time is when I think to call the repair guy.....then it works and I forget about calling, but the next day it's back to not working. The air is not circulating and the lint is building up on the door of the dryer instead of being passed and trapped by the lint filter. The guy came today and removed a huge bird's nest from the vent. It was huge. I think they were installing condominiums. Once finished it was working fine and I got a load dried and I was happy. Then I threw in the next load and guess what? It didn't work. And the air wasn't flowing because I went outside and checked to see if the vent door was open (which happens if the sir is flowing) and it was as closed as it could be. Then I saw that there was an egg on the ground. It was broken and there was a little bird fetus inside of it the size of a gummy bear. Now I have guilt. I went out a little later and it was gone. Probably food for the many lizards.
Progress on the silk sweater is still clipping along. I had to go back and add another cable repeat to the body because it didn't seem like it was going to be long enough. Boobs take extra fabric and most patterns don't account for D's....or C's....or even B's for that matter ( are the majority of women a B cup or less? Wish I was). I was a B cup once......when I was about 12. I don't understand women that want anything more then a C cup because it becomes a hinderance. Anyways I finished with the first arm and finished adding to the body and have attached the first arm to the piece. I'm about an inch and a half into the second sleeve and can't wait until I can join that as well and start working on the yoke. Right now the sweater is my all consuming project. I dare it not to fit once I get it done! It probably won't because I suck at math and probably didn't cast on enough stitches.
Oh well, if not I can send it to mum. It's silk so I can't throw it in the wash and have been wondering if knitting with this yarn was a wise decision or not. It's so soft though. Really soft. I have a cone of a cotton linen blend that I'm thinking of shaping into a hoodie because I really like hoodies, but it's a shade of tan and seems too boring. I have recently discovered color as a favorite and would love to have a comfy hoodie that can be worn on days when I need something a little more fashionable then my heather grey Tink hoodie that I got at Disney.
It's really raining today. We usually get a shower or two during the day, but today it's been raining off and on. It just started again and was raining earlier. I thought this was the dry season? Hmmm, I'll have to check on info. I thought winter for the states is the wet season and summer for the states is the dry season, but maybe I have it backwards. We've been having some nice days though because of the rain. Every once and awhile it gets humid, but when the clouds block the sun for a little while it cools down and feels like spring. I've been opening my window so I can get the smell of the outdoors.....something I remember from when I was a kid and mom would open the windows when the air would start to turn warm. It smells like the first few days of spring everyday. Sometimes after it rains it smells like wet dog here. I haven't figured out why that is. Probably acid rain from Asia. Why do we get Asia's pollution? We don't make enough of our own here so they have to import it I suppose. That is a downside because you have some days when it's really hazy and you can't go outside. You can, but you can't breathe too well once you're out there.