My brain is melting

So I finally got all the details on what my niece was looking for in a shrug. I never in my wildest dreams thought it would take so long to nail down these details, but when dealing with an active teenager and only talking through email, these things get drawn out A LOT!

While I'm holding out hope that my needles I ordered on eBay show up before we leave for our trip to the snowy north, I decided to cast on and get started using my two 16in needles. Suprisingly its going pretty well even with 264 stitches, but as I'm reading ahead through this pattern I feel like my brain is melting into a puddle. I'm sure (almost) that its just the fact that I'm tired, I'm trying to get things ready for dd's 1st b-day party tomorrow, working on Christmas ornaments and trying to nail down my to-do list for getting everything ready to go, which despite getting stuff done seems to grow every day, but I'm more than a little lost with the style of pattern writing. Hopefully it will all become clear as I continue, but 3 rows into it I suddenly began to panic thinking I was supposed to be looking at the rows for a different section and doing those instead of the mindless k9 rows that I thought I should be doing. This pattern is a bit odd compared to most of the patterns I've used before, but after all the pain (both physical and mental) and agony that I went through to get a green light on this project there is NO turning back!!!

In a day or two I hope to be reporting back to say that I have conquered the Shetland shorty, but we will see. Meantime, I'm happy to report I have 3 completely finished Christmas ornaments and am half done with the 4th. Only 8 more to go after that! Also finished the last minute hats for the twinfants. Still trying to figure out what to make their big sister. And debating on presents for my mom and sis, but anyway... Back to the knitting!

Introducing Henrietta Sweeting

I went, I saw, I loved!

I could go on and on and on about what they didn't get right in the movie, at least in my opinion, but overall LOVED it! Now, I gotta reread the book, cuz I'm crazy like that. If I had the time and money I'd go see it again, then probably read the book again, repeat as necessary, but I'll content myself with waiting for the DVD.

3 days!!!

Three days to Twilight and I'm trying to sorta keep myself busy knitting. The only problem with keeping busy knitting is that unless I have something else to engage my head, I'm sitting there knitting and dwelling on the fact that there are 3 whole days and a few hours until I get to sink into a semi-comfy theater seat and immerse myself in Twilight. 3 whole days!!!

Speaking of movies, here's a funny story. As a brief intro, we sometimes refer to Robby as Bob. One day last week, Sammy is demanding that Robby do something for him, but Robby is distracted with reading a book and doesn't respond in a timely fashion (according to Sammy). After a little while Sammy tires of trying to get Robby to cooperate and says, "I'm not happy, Bob! Not happy!" If you need help with that reference you need to watch/rewatch The Incredibles and pay close attention to the scene where Bob gets fired.


Oh, and here's a pic of my most recent FO, which I'm very proud of! This particular one is not mine to keep, but I fully intend to make myself one soon! Just not sure if I want to go with the black or purple Simply Soft Eco. Ok, my first choice was the dark red (autumn red, I think), but there wasn't any left. FIRST I've got to get some more Christmas presents taken care of though, right?!?

The stitch markers

Ok, I finally got the pictures off my phone. They turned out all blurry though, but they give you a good idea of how they turned out at least.

So excited!

I mailed my package out to my Starbucks & Yarn swap spoilee on Friday and happily her being not too far away, it got there today! I've eagerly been checking Ravelry on and off all day waiting for the word. There were moments that I very nearly broke down and started chewing on my nails. Ok, it wasn't quite so dramatic as all that. We were out most of today, spending time with Papa who was down on a business trip and had some time before he headed back to spend with us. The boys ofcourse enjoyed his visit and Kaylee was sorta ok with him most of the time, which is cool considering she's never spent much time with him at all in her almost a year of her life.

But anyway, back to the Starbucks and the yarn... I made stitch markers for her. Never done it before, but I dove into it. First buying some adorable little race car charms (and got some flags tossed in for good measure) from a gal up in Daytona on Etsy. Realized that I had some flexible wire for making bracelets and necklaces laying around that I never used for whatever it was I was going to use it for, got my needle-nosed pliers out and went to work. They turned out pretty cool all things considered. I'll put up a pic as soon as I get them downloaded off my phone, but here's the pic of the bag I made for her.



But my waiting paid off. I got a fabulous PM on Ravelry from my spoilee and she loved it all. I was so excited, still so excited! I'm glad my stalking paid off and its just so awesome to get to surprise someone like that. And coincidentally, my spoilee also shares my birthday and my sentiments about wanting our birthday back from Elvis! How funny is that? I thought it was just me!

Twilight

Finished the last book last night. Wow! Its awesome, though I do have to say there are a number of things that bugged me about the last 3 books, but thankfully they didn't bug me enough to stop me from reading them all. I can hardly wait for the 1st movie!