"I do this all the time"

Have I ever said that to you?  I probably have... I said it adamantly to my friend, P, as she tried to prevent me from ripping out a page from a book of patterns.  

"I don't need to go to the library to make a copy.  I'll just take this one page with me to get me started.  I do this all the time."  

"No, no," she says.  "What if you lose it?"  

"Pschaaaa!"

Now I did it... Two thousand miles later, I had it on my coffee table, WITH the book, (I thought until this morning) and after straightening and cleaning for a month it isn't there.

I'm at the point in the knitting where I thought I should have a look to see how many inches I need of this cable pattern.

And although I don't work on it every day (obviously) it's starting to look nice.  The ribbing is becoming tight.   And to be honest, I was thinking that I might "alter" the pattern.  

Thanks to Ravelry, I have a lifeline that I'm beginning to pursue:  I've written to a stranger in Wisconsin who has knitted this pattern, and asked if I could get a copy of pages 63-64.  

Let this be a lesson!!  I'll NEVER do it again, I'm sure...