Feeling the squeeze

So today we found out that there will be no merit increases this year. I pretty much saw this coming as the retail sector is seriously hurting (unless you sell food, booze or are a frightening big box store where people get trampled to death). I am thrilled beyond belief to have a job and ecstatic that they aren't forcing us to take pay cuts. But why, oh WHY, do I still need to fill out my yearly performance evaluation?

grumble, grumble...

I've been knitting instead of blogging

Good God it's been a long time since I've written anything! I've been spending all my free time knitting instead of writing. I'm pretty happy with all of my projects so far. Of course none of them have been too complicated. I need to learn cables and to knit with different colors (other than for stripes...like a nice skull sweater)

Instead of learning new techniques I've been designing a knitted tunic for my daughter. I'm half way there so we'll see how it turns out. Anyone know where I can get some good, free, knitting software to help me out?