A day's work

Oct 28, 2008 at 11:03 AM
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I took Monday off. When I requested the PTO I'd expected to be protesting Troy Davis's execution in Georgia. Instead, we stopped his murder for the 3rd time in 16 months. I started the day by picking up the stitches around the newly steeked neckline and beginning the ribbing. It required stealing the US #1 from another project. Early afternoon had me trotting to the yarn store for yet another needle. Within a single round on the US #0 I was out of the sweater's main color.

I've ordered another ball. In the meantime I've committed myself to finishing tasks. Changing colors every three rounds may create a lot of visual interest but it also makes for nitpicky finishing. Hundreds of ends. Tedium aside, the underarms have been grafted, 3/4 of the ends woven, and the dreaded 292 stitches picked up around the cut edge. As soon as the yarn arrives I'll have a few rounds, a bind off, some blocking, and the tacking down of the cut steeks before the thing is finished. Pictures will follow.

I'm already 8" into my next colorwork piece. To be fair, that's some ribbing and a 2" band of colorwork that gives way to an expanse of plain stockinette until the underarms. There's plenty more waiting in the wings for me to pick back up and finish. It was very nice to have some quiet time with my knitting rather than the grief and fury that comes with executions of innocent people, especially innocent people whose families I've worked with. Troy's sister Martina will be at the Campaign to End the Death Penalty's convention in a little under two weeks. I can't wait to see her.

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TROY DAVIS,PLEASE REMEMBER THAT AMERICA IS NOT THE OLD
SOUTH ~ AFRICA !!!

A $TATE ECONOMIC BOYCOTT OF GEORGIA INTERNATIONALLY WILL OBVIOU$LY BE THE END RE$ULT OF GEORGIA DECIDING TO MURDER A PO$$IBLE INNOCENT TROY DAVI$ WITHOUT A NEW AND FAIR TRIAL ?

US CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO LAWYERS BY TRADE, CONTINUE TO DENY poorer AMERICAN'S PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION !!!

THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BEGIN A FORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO THESE US CONGRESSIONAL CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BEING INFLICTED ON poorer AMERICAN'S LIKE MR.TROY DAVIS OF GEORGIA !!!

HAVING BEEN DENIED APPEAL LAWYERS FOR THREE YEARS ON DEATH ROW IN GEORGIA MR. TROY DAVIS IS NOW BEING EXECUTED FOR A CRIME HE MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN INVOLVED WITH !!!

SENATOR OBAMA PLEASE LET THIS COUNTRIES VOTERS KNOW YOUR FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT A NEEDED FUTURE REPAIR AND RENOVATION OF OUR BROKEN JUDICIAL SYSTEM THAT CONTINUES TO ALLOW THE EXECUTION'S OF EVEN POSSIBLE INNOCENT AMERICAN’S LIKE TROY DAVIS OF GEORGIA ?????

BEING THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD SENATOR OBAMA, DON'T WE NEED AS THE LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD TO BEGIN ONCE AGAIN TO RE-INVEST THE PROPER MONIE$ IN OUR OWN US JUDICIAL SYSTEM, ASSURING ALL OF OUR CITIZENS THEIR RIGHTS TO FAIR TRIALS WITH PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION ???

DOES GOD NEED TO LOBBY OUR US CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD ON BEHALF OF OUR poorer american’s SENATOR OBAMA,OR ARE YOU WATCHING OUT FOR THEM ??

***OUR US CONGRESS CONTINUES TO DENY MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING POOR AMERICANS PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION EVEN THOUGH WRONGFUL EXECUTIONS