Knitty Kitty

It's official

the harlot announced it. it's panic time. 11 days left. only one weekend.

i posted a comment on her entry, but in the light of multitasking, i'm copying it here.

i'm reaching the end of denial and about to head into panic mode.

gifts: i am on a tight budget this year. simple home made gifts. but not knitting because that would take too long and i'm not as insane fast as the yarn harlot. ;o) that's ok i'll do other homemade budget gifts.

what are they? i'm waiting for lene (the harlot's personal organizer. oh just go read her entry first!) to tell me. meanwhile i'm starting to order stuff online, er well, waiting until payday thursday to order stuff online, hopefully avoiding those $60 shipping fees mentioned....

somehow the handmade AND budget part of the plan got lost....

and then there's time. i thought i had all free weekends this month, don't know where they went. and i work full time (hence the online shopping). and get guilt trips from my personal trainer that i don't get to the gym enough (2 times a week i was going - now it's none until after new years. but still twice is a LOT! and better than none.)

why am i here? i should be productive..... (hmmm - sculpt christmas trees from paper clips. that's homemade and budget! ;o)

and if for some reason you have time on your hands (or you are insane like me and LIKE to create extra pressure by procrastinating) enjoy these* links. (can you BLAME him?? that's the whole reason for the 'round the world in one night myth. it's the only thing to save our sanity, knowing, "well, it COULD be worse!")

happy holidays!

*Use the arrows on the keyboard to get Santa to his next drink, but keep him inside the railroad tracks or he get electrocuted. Also, to sober him up some, grab one of those cupcakes when the appear.

The olden days

Last night half of my apartment complex lost power due to a transformer blowing up.  so, i knit by candle light! (ok, it was by a battery operated lantern. but still.)

AND... I taught myself to knit (more specifically purl) backwards! i am working on the multidirectional scarf and hate turning the work around for short rows of 2, 3, 4 stitches...  since it's garter, i taught myself to purl backwards! unlike Wendy, it was slower and tighter, but i started getting the hang of it!

and i am really disappointed in my shawl from the brooks farm yarn. (looks like this one).  i LOVE the colors. but the fuzz it generates is worse than any living animal i ever met.  i've worn it twice, and wore it today to work. i took it off at lunch because it was in my food, mouth, eyes, coffee.... in the bathroom i used my wet hands to rub it off of my t-shirt and had a full handfull of mohairball.  argh.  what should i do with this shawl???  i'd give it to the cats but i'd fear they'd eat the fuzz and have more hairballs.....

wah. i have the yarn to make another one as a gift but i'm thinking of skipping it.  since it's two yarns together, i'm not sure if one is worse than the other, but i THINK they both have mohair in them.  wonder what else i could make - maybe try a felted bag?? (making sure i put it in a zippered case in the washer or i'd kill the washing machine!!)

any suggestions would be appreciated!

Still alive!

I just haven't had the heart to keep this blog running lately. Now that wedding season is over, we're ankle deep in holiday season! I'll still be around but not regularly!

I don't think I ever told you I finished two items - a shawl with the brooks farm yarn for me, and a capelet that I didn't even end up wearing at the wedding! I don't have photos of either yet but I will eventually.  The brooks farm shawl was easy (self fringing) and REALLY fast (size 15 needles). I need to make a second for my mom for either christmas or her birthday. 

I also started a multi-directional scarf in my noro silk garden for me, I also need to do a hat for myself.  It's starting to get cold so I need to hurry!! And I may make something for my brother's fiance, whose birthday is coming up. I'm not sure what I'll make for her yet...  and I have the yarn to do a vegan fox (from knitty.com) but I'm not sure if I'll do one, or who wil get it.... hmm.... (and I was going to avoid any holiday knitting! oh well.)

Speaking of the new knitty for winter - I'm not thrilled... I don't know why.  Maybe because I'm not making a sweater anytime soon, and although I like some of them they wouldn't be flattering on me even if I did make one.  For winter I would have hoped to see a few more simple quick knits for gift ideas. (oh yeah. I'm not knitting gifts. Keep reminding me of that, please?)

although I like the wine bottle holder, I'd rather do a felted one (which I have seen elsewhere online, can't recall at the moment...)

Later.