The Yarn is Winning

It's been another quiet day here. I'm feeling a little under the weather and achy, so I thought I would work on knitting, particularly that fancy yarn. 

It's a struggle for supremacy, a battle to see who's will can prevail. The yarn is winning. I cast on, knitted and unravelled five times! FIVE!

I tried all sorts of cast-on methods. I've used the cable cast on plenty of times, like this scarf that I plan to donate. This was a cable cast on.

It's a nice, neat, unremarkably start to a piece of knitting. With this stupid yarn, it's an incitement to riot. 

In the end, I cast on three stitches and started a triangular shawl. I want one for the car anyway. I have a blanket over my lap (that I knitted) and a warm hat (that I knitted) so a shawl around my shoulders would be a great addition. I think that I have enough yarn to make a really good sized shawl, and I've made a start. 

I'll see how much I can do before the start of Lent. After that, all knitting will be for the Seafarers' Mission (crises permitting). 

Tonight's dinner was the now traditional one with sausage, frozen potato chips, peas and gravy. The men really enjoy those chips/fries/product-type-things - products by Lamb Weston like these ziggy seasoned fries. The price that they have as their base price is £3.00 to £3.30, but I think that's the price that they have the sale from. I've seen them as low as £1.65, but I suspect that's not common. They're currently in a sale which is 8 items for £10 which isn't a bad price, but I haven't much room in my freezer. It's tempting to work out how to tetris more into the freezer as the sale ends on 9th March, but I have a suspicion that this sale comes around a lot. If the price is 8 bags for £10, or £1.25 each, and each bag will do two meals, then it's getting close to the price of non-bargain fresh and normal potatoes. As it is, the men enjoy them so much, and I certainly can't duplicate their fancy cuts, that it may be almost worth paying full price (though it would make me cry).

I need another freezer. 

Hugs and good health to all.