Two FO's!!

Two FO's yesterday - hubby's hat and Dad's surgery. They both seemed to take for- ev- er..... but both came through with flying colors! Thanks for all your kind thoughts and prayers for Dad, they were very appreciated.

You can get a lot of knitting done - sitting in the waiting room. I was noticing that out of all the hospital waiting rooms I've sat in over the years - this was the only one that didn't have a TV. At first that was fine, but seven hours into the operation, we'd knit, talked, knit, walked, talked, ate.... and by then we all figured we'd even be happy to watch a little Jerry Springer - anything.

We were there longer than ANYONE else. People came in, had surgery, and LEFT while we were still there... We swore we saw women come in pregnant and leave with babies.... we're still sitting there... No, they didn't really - it just seemed like it, but we definitely won the prize for longest waiting room sitters.

We sat next to the wall with the big marble slab with all the donors, patrons, and benefactors names - we about have that memorized now, and dissected the names up every way possible, and all agreed we didn't want a doctor who's last name was Skankey (apologies to anyone out there named Skankey - but we were getting a little punchy). We tried to guess how much money you'd have to give to get your name on the wall at all... much less up top in the BIG brass letters.

Hey - I've seen that doctor, I went to school with that guy's kid, that's the family from the car dealership, I used to work with that guy's kid, hmmm, why do you think they stole the W out of that guy's name.... how come there's no one named David up there - oh wait, there are three, never mind.... - Oy - the giant marble wall of entertainment - NOT! One of those benefactors seriously needs to consider buying a TV for the waiting room - I'd give you the BIG brass letters for that!

Anyway - it's all good, Dad's fine, and the hat's done.

Specs: Dr. Silverman
Time: 7.5 hours of surgery..... oh wait, not dad, the hat

Specs: Pattern - out of "The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns" - Ann Budd
Yarn: Knit One Crochet Two, Ambrosia, color 455, 1-1/4 balls
Size 3 circulars

Here it is on our lovely model, Kaity. It actually fit's the hubby just fine.

This weekend I'm thinking I'll buy some pretty Miss Priss for my next project. I'll let you know what I decide on...