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Crud.

December 15th, 2005 2 comments

Thought I’d knit a pair of Fuzzyfeet (felted slippers, you knit them big and then shrink them in a washing machine) as a gift for my kid’s teacher. The weather was horrid this morning, so I wasn’t going anywhere anyway, and I could use a break from the hats.

I just bound off the toes on the first one, only to finally notice that I had misplaced a gusset, so the toes were turned at a 90 degree angle.

I’ll have to rip back to the heel flap to fix that.

Swell. Just swell.

Of course, the optimist in me is very pleased with the way the kitchener stitch bind-off turned out. Very clean! I’m such a silver-lining person, it’s got to be irritating. 🙂

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Ramblings.

December 15th, 2005 6 comments

The Arizona Republic’s gift guide is out, and I don’t see the Jayne hat. It could be that they ran out of space, or it wasn’t mainstream enough, or that it’s just in the print version but not the online one. I’ve put out a call for some Arizona Browncoats to take a peek at the physical newspaper and see if it’s there.

That’s disappointing, but it’s not as if I could have handled extra Christmas business. On the up side, everyone whom I’ve promised a hat to by Christmas has either gotten or is going to get their hat in the next few days, so that’s some pressure off. Now on to the people whom I told, “you *might* get it by Christmas, but I can’t promise it.”

Rented and saw The 40 Year Old Virgin last night. It was the unrated version, and holy moly, if I put a nickel in the swear jar every time someone cursed, then by the time the movie was over I would have had enough to actually purchase the DVD. Steve Carrell was brilliant as always. Fun movie, we enjoyed it. And speaking as a woman who has waxed, I enjoyed my husband’s astonishment at watching Steve get his chest waxed. Yeah, see? Not so easy, is it, mister!

Winter weather today, icicles on the car and ickiness all around. I won’t be going anywhere this morning if I can help it. I’m enjoying knitting, though, and also putting lots of juicy rumors and visions in to DR. If ever there were a time to be using those systems, it’s now, with all the events going on. With all the ice, let’s hope the power holds out.

Today I think I’ll make hot cocoa and have a Tim Tam Slam through my lone remaining Tim Tam. Godspeed, little camper!

Next up, get a sitter to come over so we can go see King Kong!

ETA: It’s in the print version! A customer has offered to mail me a copy! Woo hoo!

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