this is becos i got the most YUMMY LUSCIOUS YARN from her for bellowing her podcast. in VEGAS (i guess people really do read this thing...) i forget the name of it (i think it's excess) but it's the most beautiful wine color. as soon as i can find a retail dealer of vegas (webs doesn't have it yet it seems) i'm going to buy a few more skeins. i'm thinking either gauntlets (cos it's a nice fine yarn and the sparkle would really rock a pair of gauntlets) or maybe a hat.
just think. i'm a hardcore knitter AND MY HAT, SCARF AND FINGERLESS GLOVE STASH IS PRACTICALLY NIL. i have maybe 3 scarves (and 2 of them are CROCHETED, of all things), 2 hats and the chunky irish galway fingerless gloves. hopefully after the holidays, this sentence won't be true.
speaking of which, i finally finished my dad's sock. i only started it in august! it was totally psyching me out. it's not a hard pattern mind you, but the ankle part is at least 6 inches (minus the ribbed cuff) in this faux cable pattern. i thought the cable pattern extended to the foot, but it doesn't. the cabling took so long. remember, i' m the one who likes to knit a sock in 2 days and this just wasn't happening with this pattern. plus i felt tied to the pattern. plus the yarn was black. knitting socks with dark yarn just sucks. THAT WAS WHAT WAS PSYCHING ME OUT. so now i have to start sock 2. then i have to finish mom's second sock (the teal mock croc). i'm well on my way with this one. i have one more round on the ankle, then the heel and instep. hopefully i'll get it finished by tomorrow.
what other wips do i have? MM's neverending shawl...last week when i tried it on, i need about another 18 inches (not hard when knitting on big needles)...but the garter stitch is making it stretch WIDTHWISE so it's almost like a long skinny afghan. i should turn this into a song..."this is the shawl that never ends...yes it goes on and on my friends...one day i started knitting it not knowing what it was...i have to keep on knitting this thing becos becos becos..." you get the picture.
i have my sweater on hiatus. read: when everything else gets done.
square 3 for cousin's wedding afghan. i'll get to it. the squares are pretty easy.
yesterday at ben franklin i got more dishrag yarn in xmas colors. so the ladies in my life will (hopefully) get some xmas dishclothes for xmas. i also have to figure out what to knit GM since she'll be up for the holidays. i think i knit her a teddy bear last year (yes i did). maybe a hat and scarf? easy and quick. i did have a pattern for lace edging on hand towels that i was going to use bamboo yarn for. as you read this, it ain't happening. oh well, there's next year.
i have to make up a mathom box for presents. i have a basket up in the attic with some examples already. what's a mathom box? a mathom, according to hobbits, was an object of great value, but just didn't have a use to the individual (like a gift you receive but have absolutely no use for). i used to have one, before the boy was born (it was actually a drawer in his room) but i had gotten rid of everything that i considered "mathom" thru gifting and rummage sales. i found some things in the attic that i had gotten to give as gifts but then the attic swallowed them - games of cootie and ants in the pants (both of which the boy has), a box of tiny wedding ornaments (i just got these last year, for whom i have no idear. they're getting gifted to cousin t next year). anyways, why i need a mathom box is becos birthday party season is starting for the boy. there are 12 kids in his class (excluding him). which means i should start buying stuff on sale and socking it away for these parties. yesterday i spent $20 on sticker books, crayons and stuff for a little girl in his class. i have no idear what the giving rate is for gifts. i was assuming under $20? i'd rather give crafting or educational things - drawing pads, crayons, sticker books, reading books. the kids are too young for craft sets (i saw a really neat knitting machine but it was $30 and for an 8 year old). i begrudge spending a couple bucks on crayons when they were on sale in the summer for 25 cents before school started. i'll have to ask my friends at church about birthday gifting...they've been at the party business way longer than me.
today we had the first snow. the leaves have barely changed their color and haven't fallen off the trees, but we've got less than an inch of snow out there. what happened to fall?
i have pies to make this week. i'm being lazy and having country cupboard make the baked macaroni and baked corn. still have to order the ham loaf. i told hubby today, why does thanksgiving dinner have to be turkey or ham? why can't we just have pizza if that's what we want and it's easier? mind you, i like turkey (and i'd rather eat stuffing any day of the week) but why the fuss. i wonder what thanksgiving will be like in 10 years...25, 50?
just think. i'm a hardcore knitter AND MY HAT, SCARF AND FINGERLESS GLOVE STASH IS PRACTICALLY NIL. i have maybe 3 scarves (and 2 of them are CROCHETED, of all things), 2 hats and the chunky irish galway fingerless gloves. hopefully after the holidays, this sentence won't be true.
speaking of which, i finally finished my dad's sock. i only started it in august! it was totally psyching me out. it's not a hard pattern mind you, but the ankle part is at least 6 inches (minus the ribbed cuff) in this faux cable pattern. i thought the cable pattern extended to the foot, but it doesn't. the cabling took so long. remember, i' m the one who likes to knit a sock in 2 days and this just wasn't happening with this pattern. plus i felt tied to the pattern. plus the yarn was black. knitting socks with dark yarn just sucks. THAT WAS WHAT WAS PSYCHING ME OUT. so now i have to start sock 2. then i have to finish mom's second sock (the teal mock croc). i'm well on my way with this one. i have one more round on the ankle, then the heel and instep. hopefully i'll get it finished by tomorrow.
what other wips do i have? MM's neverending shawl...last week when i tried it on, i need about another 18 inches (not hard when knitting on big needles)...but the garter stitch is making it stretch WIDTHWISE so it's almost like a long skinny afghan. i should turn this into a song..."this is the shawl that never ends...yes it goes on and on my friends...one day i started knitting it not knowing what it was...i have to keep on knitting this thing becos becos becos..." you get the picture.
i have my sweater on hiatus. read: when everything else gets done.
square 3 for cousin's wedding afghan. i'll get to it. the squares are pretty easy.
yesterday at ben franklin i got more dishrag yarn in xmas colors. so the ladies in my life will (hopefully) get some xmas dishclothes for xmas. i also have to figure out what to knit GM since she'll be up for the holidays. i think i knit her a teddy bear last year (yes i did). maybe a hat and scarf? easy and quick. i did have a pattern for lace edging on hand towels that i was going to use bamboo yarn for. as you read this, it ain't happening. oh well, there's next year.
i have to make up a mathom box for presents. i have a basket up in the attic with some examples already. what's a mathom box? a mathom, according to hobbits, was an object of great value, but just didn't have a use to the individual (like a gift you receive but have absolutely no use for). i used to have one, before the boy was born (it was actually a drawer in his room) but i had gotten rid of everything that i considered "mathom" thru gifting and rummage sales. i found some things in the attic that i had gotten to give as gifts but then the attic swallowed them - games of cootie and ants in the pants (both of which the boy has), a box of tiny wedding ornaments (i just got these last year, for whom i have no idear. they're getting gifted to cousin t next year). anyways, why i need a mathom box is becos birthday party season is starting for the boy. there are 12 kids in his class (excluding him). which means i should start buying stuff on sale and socking it away for these parties. yesterday i spent $20 on sticker books, crayons and stuff for a little girl in his class. i have no idear what the giving rate is for gifts. i was assuming under $20? i'd rather give crafting or educational things - drawing pads, crayons, sticker books, reading books. the kids are too young for craft sets (i saw a really neat knitting machine but it was $30 and for an 8 year old). i begrudge spending a couple bucks on crayons when they were on sale in the summer for 25 cents before school started. i'll have to ask my friends at church about birthday gifting...they've been at the party business way longer than me.
today we had the first snow. the leaves have barely changed their color and haven't fallen off the trees, but we've got less than an inch of snow out there. what happened to fall?
i have pies to make this week. i'm being lazy and having country cupboard make the baked macaroni and baked corn. still have to order the ham loaf. i told hubby today, why does thanksgiving dinner have to be turkey or ham? why can't we just have pizza if that's what we want and it's easier? mind you, i like turkey (and i'd rather eat stuffing any day of the week) but why the fuss. i wonder what thanksgiving will be like in 10 years...25, 50?
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