Under the wire

I’m only posting because I’ve made it 25 days, and I’m going to finish out the month, but I’m too tired to write a real post. The short story–visited both babies yesterday; had lunch today with my much-missed former coworker visiting from Georgia; spent the rest of the day at the hospital with a friend.

I’m cross-posting this with my Polgara blog, because I’m too tired to write a real post for that blog, either.

Oh, but one last thing–Lion Brand Suede works much better crocheted than knitted. That is all.

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I got nuthin’

I’m only posting because I’ve made it 25 days, and I’m going to finish out the month, but I’m too tired to write a real post. The short story–visited both babies yesterday; had lunch today with my much-missed former coworker visiting from Georgia; spent the rest of the day at the hospital with a friend.

I’m cross-posting this with my knitting blog, because I’m too tired to write a real post for that blog, either.

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Yarn torture, brought to you by Lion

crop woman crocheting soft pink scarf
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Ok, who thought Lion Brand Suede was a good idea?  Omigod, is that a pain in the ass to work with!  The lack of give combined with the “stickiness” makes it one of the worst yarns I’ve ever worked with.  Plus, despite the name, I can’t help thinking it’s gonna worm just like chenille.  Joy.

Sadly, it’s the only yarn I have in my stash that is the color I need for a requested project, and I’m trying really hard not to buy more yarn this year, so I’m stuck with it.  I spent three hours knitting it up yesterday before deciding the stitch count wasn’t working, so I frogged it.  It’s sitting there on the table, daring me to try again.  Stupid yarn. At least it’s soft.

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The best things happen while you’re dancing

green pine tree with white snow
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Bogglific is refusing to load on Facebook. Phooey.

I’m deeply immersed in the holiday season–I’ve downloaded 27 new Christmas songs from iTunes (including classics from Dean Martin, Burl Ives, and Bing Crosby); I watched White Christmas and A Muppet Christmas Carol yesterday; I wrote out 28 holiday cards (although they still need sealing, return addresses and stamps). And it’s only November 25th.

I started a knitting project yesterday, worked on it for three hours, then frogged it ’cause it just wasn’t working for me. Which sucks, because the yarn is a PITA to work with, and now I have to start all over again. *sigh*

My plan for today is to make several trips to the dumpster, try to make a dent in the pile of dirty dishes, and visit Gracie. Maybe in that order, maybe not.

Gratuitous baby pic!

I got no knitting done since my last post.  I suck.  But, look at the cutiehead baby!

Cutiehead

What have I been doing instead of knitting? Well, some cleaning (I can see my desk! Woot!). Some uprighting of the tree (damn cats!). Some writing of holiday cards. And some sorting of knitting projects into neat, organized little project bags. I also picked out buttons to decorate the white and turquoise clutch. (I need cooler buttons.) That’s been about it. But I’m tired of writing cards, so I may do some knitting right now. Yes, I believe that’s exactly what I’ll do! Yay, knitting!