Yesterday I finished reknitting the pentagons. Today I tried it on. The verdict? Still a touch big. It’s probably turned out a size 12 in the body and a size 8 in the arms, when a size 10 overall would fit me. So what did I do?

I’ve attempted to shrink it. I filled the laundry sink with cold water and a shallow bucket with hot water. I dipped the body into the hot water – leaving the sleeves hanging out of the bucket – then into the cold, then back into the hot, then mixed the hot and cold so I could immerse the whole thing in warm water. Then I massaged the body a lot. And, finally, put it through a spin cycle.

I have no idea if it worked yet. It doesn’t look felted. Or much smaller. We’ll have to wait until it’s dry and I can try it on again.

In the meantime, I started a sock, using some Regia yarn and the Crosswalker pattern. I wanted a small, easy project to do while waiting to have a small test done in hospital yesterday. As it turned out, I only got a few rows done. But I knit more in the car on the way home.

I love winter, but lately I’ve really been feeling the cold. Today is recovery day and while I keep thinking of a dozen things I ought to be doing, I don’t want to go out into the cold wind and I’m probably too tired to do them anyway.

My cat has the right idea…