Sew good

Not much knitting going on. Major work load happened and I had to be a normal, contributing citizen. Did find time to make another baby sling. It was for a friend of someone I had made one for last summer (catch that?) and that was a small adventure. One reason was I decided to tackle the project at oh, 11:30 pm when I was too tired to even think of knitting (I had fallen asleep the night before trying to knit) and the other reason was it was double knit fabric and I usually use woven fabrics for my baby slings. Also, the fabric was not yarn-dyed (i.e. not double sided; it had a right side and wrong side. I usually use double-sided fabric) so I had to sew the two pieces together like a pillow I wasn't going to stuff, just let it lie flat and sew the edges. I am not used to any of this in the first place fully rested and awake; I should have known it wasn't going to work.
My sewing machine does not like that much double knit fabric, especially when I am trying to cram a pleated inch of it under the needle. And guess what. The fabric wouldn't fit. And at that late at night (keep in mind I haven't slept a full night since February due to Little Guy), I continued trying to convince myself it was the sewing machine and I just wasn't holding my mouth right; this would eventually work. Who cares that I kept breaking needles, I had to get this done and I was going to force it through. Well, sanity did prevail and my sewing machine is still in working order. I stopped myself in time, noted the crazy thought patterns, and decided to continue the project the next day. I did, after rethinking my strategy and ripping out the failed attempts, and everyone is happy.
I did get to knit more this evening. I am one round away from being 2/3 finished with the yoke (2nd time around) and everything is looking great. The # of stitches I should be aiming for at the end of the next 2 groups of rounds aren't adding up, however, so I am going to mull over how to finagle (is that a real word or did I just spell it wrong?) it out. Hopefully the sweater will be finished next weekend. I have 2 other projects calling to me: the skein of yarn for "sock" 's mate came in the mail and I promised a friend of mine a shrug for Christmas. Not to mention Hubby's socks and more socks for me.
I can't wait.
(By the way, I found some Mary Jane's in my shoe size!!! That is my favorite all time shoe (note the web address; that was not a lesbian porn site reference). Being a large, narrow foot this is amazing!!! I can't wait to show off my hand-knit socks in all their glory...)