The Brier

As I've talked about before, I curl.  I also enjoy watching curling on TV, especially the Tournament of Hearts for women's curling and The Brier for the men.  Since it is in London, Ontario this year, about a 1 1/2 hour drive from us, and because my niece was involved in the events, we drove over yesterday and took in 2 draws.  I've never gone to a live curling event before and it was fun.  It was a bit strange to see players in person who I'd seen on TV a million times.  And it also takes a bit of time to figure out how to watch when there are 4 games going on at the same time.  You basically have to concentrate on one game and look over at the others intentionally from time to time.  It is also better to sit up high.  Our tickets were close to the action and you could see the player reactions more closely but it was difficult to see any of the play very well.  The 2:30 draw during the week is not very crowded so we were able to move around and discovered a much better spot for watching and we were more able to enjoy the play from there.

Since I am able to knit straightforward projects in the car - socks and intricate patterns cause motion sickness to kick in - I always bring knitting.  I started working on another plackett pullover.  The one posted the other day looked too small for my nephew and based on measurements I asked for, will fit him for about another week.  As his birthday is in 2 weeks, the math just won't work.  I'm not sure I'll get this version done but have skipped up 2 sizes so if I don't it should be good for Christmas.  And wouldn't it be cool to have at least one project done before the Christmas knitting panic?  Of course, that is contingent on my actually finishing before the Christmas knitting panic but it is much too early in the year to be so pessimistic.  It will be done by summer, at least!