Sunday, December 21, 2008

Bits and pieces

I'm kind of all over the place, trying to finish my Christmas Gifts and whatnot, so this entry will be rather scattered. I'll try and keep it somewhat organized via numbered list.

1. I finished my sister's wristwarmers (Fetching wristwarmers in Knitty) on Friday. They're lovely.

2. I'm thinking about knitting a headband/earwarmer thing out of the leftover yarn (I got a rather large skein) for her. On top of all my other projects, before Christmas. I might be insane.

3. I finished my brother's wristwarmers today (Dashing wristwarmers in Knitty). I am supremely jealous. I'm trying to convince myself that it would be bad karma to steal them back after I give them to him for Christmas.

4. I had a wonderful time out today with my friend. We hung out at our local Borders. She read, and I knit. 

5. I bought her her Christmas and birthday gifts and gave them to her, since I'll be out of town for her birthday. She knew exactly what I was getting her, even before I went to the checkout. I didn't even pretend I was going to 'surprise' her.

6. I'm going to attempt to knit the majority of a hat before I go to bed tonight. I'll probably have to eat and rest sometime between now (4:40) and midnight, but I can work around that.

7. Ravelry is just more addicting than I gave it credit for. I went to log my Christmas projects and new yarns (what I assumed would be a twenty minute job), and I ended up spending over an hour on various pursuits. On the upside, I found the perfect pattern for a Christmas gift next year. On the other hand, 40 of those 60 minutes was intended for the hat I'm trying to finish today, so I can stay on my knitting schedule.

8. I have a knitting schedule. I have set a project for each day. Yesterday wristwarmers, today hat, tomorrow mittens, Tuesday another pair of mittens, Wednesday slippers/earwarmer-thing (if I can manage it), Thursday/Friday hat to be done by Saturday before my flight. 

9. Every night I panic slightly around 11 pm as I worry that I won't finish the day's item. I've stayed up past midnight the past three nights to finish.

10. I'm a little short on sleep and coherency.

I think that's all. I'm off to try and finish a hat.

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