The tree is up and decorated, I’ve downloaded new (to me) Christmas music from iTunes, and I bought some of my first presents from the Black Friday online sales–the season has officially begun!
My holiday knitting is coming along nicely, although I ran into a glitch with the beaded Booga Bag–not enough yarn. Curses! I always forget how very much yarn BBs use. For the next one I’ll definitely be cutting back on the stitches, probably about 20% to start. For now, I either have to hit a Michael’s for another ball of mustard Patons (*shudder*), or make the top third brown. The second option would be my first choice, except the beads make it more complicated. I don’t think the change in color will work with the beads, so until I can think of a third option that doesn’t require me going to a craft store during the holidays (*shudder*), I’ve put that bag aside and started on another Pink Lady bag, this time in purple and blue. I started it yesterday, and worked on it a bit after dinner while chilling with my friends, so it’s already half done–yay!
In non-bag knitting news, I’ve had some requests from family and friends that I’ll need to squeeze in, perhaps after I finish this latest bag. And I have to start felting soon, as well. Must procure more zippered pillowcases so I can do as many as possible in the same cycles, and save myself some quarters.
That’s it for today–happy shopping!
