Procrastinating and Felting

Well, I'm suppose to be working, but I can think of many other things I'd rather be doing.

I finally got around to felting the booga bag I made back in September. I know I know it took me over 4 months to throw something in the washing machine. What can I say, I am the queen of procrastination. (please excuse the poor picture quality)



I also felted two swatches for a couple of iPod cozies, one for the future hubby, and a replacement one for me (I really don't like the original one I made). The black one was made from a random skein of alpaca (I decided this yarn is too nice to felt, so I'm going to save it as an accent to a future project.) The purple one is from some reynolds lopi, I'm gonna go with that one. It'll make a nice think case, so my iPod won't get all scratched up in my purse. I'm going to try to work in some color, but I have to see if I can figure out a chart that takes into account the percentage of shrinkage once felted.



In the news of the Charlotte's web shawl, I only have 26 more rows to go, granted there's a fair amount of stitches per row, it's still only 26 more rows.

To gift knit or not to gift knit...

A friend of mine is pregnant and expecting her first child in June. This past weekend I received a phone call from her mother discussing her baby shower. Immediately, I started thinking about what cute knitted things I could make for this bundle-of-joy-to-be. Visions of hats, booties, sweaters and blankets in pastel colors and soft luscious wool ran through my head.

Then it hit me: What if she doesn’t appreciate hand-knit gifts?

Do you spend the time, money and energy on making something that will probably be looked at with a sneer of indifference? No, of course not! I keep trying to tell myself that this woman was an art history major, that she can recognize the time and love put into a hand-knit item. Then I tell myself “well, she’s always been a snob too…”

It’s really a shame that I’m actually wasting time thinking about this. It’s also a shame that some people are so shallow.

Promised Picture

I've been completely wrapped up in craziness and keep forgetting to post up pictures of my attempt at making an iPod bag. (See my post from 12/29)

To Dye For

I had a major hair dying mishap last night. The lovely Natural Light Caramel Brown haircolor I used on my hair last night turned it a not so lovely shade of auburn. My sisters said I looked like an oompa loompa from willy wonka. I've used this color before with no issues, so I'm very disappointed. I called Clairol's help line this morning they said that to tone it down I need to either go to a salon, or wait up to 4 weeks before I try it again. Ick.... I'm not sure what to do right now other then to wear a hat.

I haven't been a red head in over 3 years, I really hadn't wanted to go back either and certainly not less then 3 months before my wedding. Oh well, at least it's not the day before.

Game On

From the depeths of hybernation she has stirred. The project that has been haunting me for months. Charlotte's Web! Tossed upon the shelf of UFO's, testing my patience, silently tormenting me to finish her and mocking me each time I returned home from yet another fruitless trip to the local yarn store for the magic skeins of yarn that would finish her. Finally, this weekend, I found it, the second skein of color change 5 that matched the original color I picked. No more dragging this shawl around looking for a fifth color that might work as well as that lovely purple mix I orignially pick. No more well meaning clerks telling me to just finish it off in a solid color.

I had bought the original yarn for Charlotte at Knit NY months ago. I bought exactly one skein of each color. While working on color 4 I realized I was not going to have enough yarn, I needed an extra skein of color 5. Back to the store, but it was gone. I have been to numerous stores multiple times over the last several months trying to figure something out for a fifth color, never happy. I'm really happy now. So my dear 4/5 done shawl Charlotte I have one thing to say to you : GAME ON!!!