Sleeves & Shrugs & Captains & Paddlers
Forever & forever & forever... to finish knitting the sleeves on the Minimalist Cardigan. It's been weeks. The rest was fast and now this is as slow as molasses. Who knows why. I'm using dpns so I am knitting in the round to avoid seeming. This should be faster then back & forth, but still it goes on and on.
In contrast, the sleeves for the Textured Circle Shrug were complete in a few days. I did not do the pattern, hoping plain stockinette will look more slimming. I also added 4 rows of seed stitch to the edge. Used a stretchy, knit through the back loops bind off. Ready for the next installment of the Knit along, out each Thursday. Guessing the circle part is next.
Ironically, the day after I had a Water Taxi Captain yell, " Get out of here, you don't belong here", to me while I patiently waited for him to finish loading passengers & pull out of his berth rather than cross his stern, I attended the Captains & Paddlers meeting.
The concept is a great one, but as most participants kept saying, the paddlers (and captains I might add) who attended are the ones who don't really need to get this info. Such as always wear a pdf, use lights at night, don't cross in front of a moving/docking ferry, not all kayakers are brainless morons, etc. A little new info, but mainly the same old stuff I've heard a gazillion times from working on the Schooner & from fellow experienced paddlers. I was hoping we'd get a chance to go out on a ferry or something, but no. Just listening to speakers.
I really appreciate that we had top people there from the Coast Guard, NYPD, paddling clubs, etc. What I wouldn't give to have them give the same info to the uninformed (kayaking & small pleasure craft) masses.
Anyone can buy a kayak, which is a good thing, unless that waterway is shared with tugs, barges, ferries, cruise ships, etc.
I am not for regulating or licensing kayakers, but there should be some minimum standard of education. Perhaps, even a pamphlet you need to read, before you are allowed out there potentially endangering yourself and others. Maybe all kayaks should come with safety recommendation and like software you can't get a serial number to sit in your cockpit for the first time until you've read them. Ok, now I'm just being ridiculous.
In contrast, the sleeves for the Textured Circle Shrug were complete in a few days. I did not do the pattern, hoping plain stockinette will look more slimming. I also added 4 rows of seed stitch to the edge. Used a stretchy, knit through the back loops bind off. Ready for the next installment of the Knit along, out each Thursday. Guessing the circle part is next.
Ironically, the day after I had a Water Taxi Captain yell, " Get out of here, you don't belong here", to me while I patiently waited for him to finish loading passengers & pull out of his berth rather than cross his stern, I attended the Captains & Paddlers meeting.
The concept is a great one, but as most participants kept saying, the paddlers (and captains I might add) who attended are the ones who don't really need to get this info. Such as always wear a pdf, use lights at night, don't cross in front of a moving/docking ferry, not all kayakers are brainless morons, etc. A little new info, but mainly the same old stuff I've heard a gazillion times from working on the Schooner & from fellow experienced paddlers. I was hoping we'd get a chance to go out on a ferry or something, but no. Just listening to speakers.
I really appreciate that we had top people there from the Coast Guard, NYPD, paddling clubs, etc. What I wouldn't give to have them give the same info to the uninformed (kayaking & small pleasure craft) masses.
Anyone can buy a kayak, which is a good thing, unless that waterway is shared with tugs, barges, ferries, cruise ships, etc.
I am not for regulating or licensing kayakers, but there should be some minimum standard of education. Perhaps, even a pamphlet you need to read, before you are allowed out there potentially endangering yourself and others. Maybe all kayaks should come with safety recommendation and like software you can't get a serial number to sit in your cockpit for the first time until you've read them. Ok, now I'm just being ridiculous.
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