finally… I managed to get DH-approved burgundy & gold yarn so I can start his HP/UofMn scarf. and it was uber-cheap cuz it’s store brand and Red Heart and I found it at Wally World. I just hope I like the feel of these acrylics while knitting…

bit of an update post…
- last week, Michael’s had LB Wool-Ease on sale. but not in the colors I wanted. grr… I ended up getting a few balls of it anyway. I plan on making the cat bed from SnB with it one of these days.
- went down to Milwaukee to visit some friends for the Thanksgiving weekend. no turkey, actually not much in the way of a traditional turkey day. it was weird. grabbed a newspaper to check out the ads.
- Friday shopping… in addition to buying some cheap-after-rebates computer stuff, I went to Michael’s and picked up a Knit Snowflakes pattern booklet. also went to Half Price books, where I picked up Knitting in Plain English and The Joy of Knitting Companion. haven’t looked at KIPE yet, but so far I like the Joy book. also picked up some of the Fun Fur on sale at Joann’s for the above mentioned cat bed. later in the day I went back to Joann’s to pick up some of the crochet thread for the snowflakes. also checked out Accents - they have a huge selection of yarns, at least compared to most general craft stores I’ve been to.
- I started working on the first snowflake in the booklet. screwed up a few times, so I think I ripped and restarted at least three times. Made it through four points, thought I had a mistake, left it for a bit, came back and forgot about the mistake and continued knitting. on point six, I realized I had a mutant snowflake (point five was the wrong direction, and point six was growing out of point five oddly). so I ripped back to four and now I have to figure out which line of the pattern I’m at to get it to go right.
- also made a bit of progress on the Voodoo’s. I’m almost to the thumb-hole on number one - just need to decide how long I want to make it.
- started a scarf for my aunt. I’m using an off-white acrylic that I got on ebay. It’s in a broken rib pattern (I think).

Well, I finally decided that if I wasn’t going to work on the scarf, then I should redo it. So I started from the other end of the two balls of yarn, and am working 12 stitches wide on size 11s (the previous attempt was 20 stitches on size 10s). Turns out I have a nice habit of casting on too tight, so it’s a nice size the first two rows or so, and then it becomes its true size. So yeah, I cast on at least 3 times due to it still being too wide or making a mistake (miscatching one strand of the two yarns, and not being able to figure out where it was supposed to be). We’re making progress. =) I’ve decided to be creative and occasionally knit a small section with just one of the yarns. Kinda fun.

In other news, the Voodoo’s are making some nice progress without me fully realizing it. lol! I’ve got about 3 1/2″ already.

oh, and non-knitting news. over the weekend, I made some votive candles and tarts scented like Polo cologne for my sister. the downside is that the color dye plotted against me, and so they turned out a really nasty brownish green color. maybe I can find a colored holder so she won’t have to look at their ugliness and can just enjoy the scent!

oh, and in other non-knitting news, today I made bread. from a box, with yeast. what a fun sticky mess that was! but it turned out good and tastes yummy. I want to make more!

So today I have to go to an Insurance Co’s office to drop off some info so we can get the money to replace our car from the auto accident last month. Oddly enough, it is in the same business complex as Yarnzilla. LOL! If only my DH knew that beforehand, he might not have sent me to do this! (I plan on telling him when he gets home from work though - I think he’ll find it amusing) =) now, to resist buying yarn…

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