Home Stretch.

I'm almost done with giftmas knitting/crochet. After much travail and swearing and tears and SUPER helpful input from my poor, put-upon husband, I settled on a chunky-ass fisherman's rib scarf for SIL's boyfriend. It may or may not get to have pockets, depending on how long it ends up and how much yarn I have. I'd love pockets on it, but he's tall, fisherman's rib DEVOURS yarn.... so we'll see. I've got to finish a ball for my kitty but I can't do much more until I have some 'nip to put in it and I have to felt it first and then make sure I can still stuff it and finish it and somehow felt the finished bit by hand, dry..... *sigh* But anyway. Everything else is done.

Mitts for SIL:
Capelet for MIL:
Convertible mittens for FIL:
Little wrist purse for GrandMIL:
Beardy hat for BIL:
Boat for Uncle-in-law:
And here's the fraction of the scarf for SIL's BF:
And the going-to-be-felted-and-filled-with-nip ball for Tessy:

And surprises for Weezie & my husband that you don't get to see until after they've received them, but they are both fucking acebest. Just hope none of the rest of the fam reads this. XD

I feel really kind of bad that my actual blood-fambly gets squat because I've had to focus on getting things done for people that will actually be there on Xmas morning to have something to open. But my mom & dad got stuff I made for their birthdays in Sept & Oct respectively, and I made my bro that Trilobite hat recently, too..... I *will* get to them, and my grama.... I feel bad, though.

Anyway.
Let's do a meme.
Unconscious Mutterings.
Word association.

1. Up :: in the air
   
2. Scram! :: cat!
   
3. Smell :: coffee
   
4. Belong :: family
   
5. Doug :: awful cartoon
   
6. Collar :: bell
   
7. Squirrel :: "and they were married..." (we totes just watched Office Space)
   
8. Chinese :: food
   
9. Tracker :: gps
   
10. Apartment :: highrise
    

Now is time for watching Goodfellas, working on that scarf (good thing I find fisherman's rib so incredibly soothing, this scarf has been stressful), and farmville. ALWAYS FARMVILLE. *addict*

Sekrit Revealed!

I mentioned a soopersekrit project for Weezie and now she's gotten it I can show it off.
Back here I told you guys about my Tessy-colored yarn.
Weezie got the very first of it made into...... wait for it......

Tess.

Which has been sniffed, wrassled, and approved by the real thing:


And now it is being enjoyed by Weezie!


The end.

Not as fug as I'd feared.

Just finished the flower scarflette thing. I was hating on it so hard as I was making it and putting it together. But it's not so bad. I really hope hub's grandmother doesn't vomit upon seeing it. I''m under no illusion that she'll ever actually wear it.


Of course, if it was for me, this is how it would go:

Knitwise.

I have put the Xmas knitting on hold for awhile, as I need to whip something lovely out for Hub's grandmother's birthday. It's not for a little while longer but she's coming up from Wales this weekend for a joint b-day do with Hub's sister, who gets the kokeshi.


I decided on one of these (pdf link, sorry) in some frankly GORGEOUS Rowan Tapestry soy blend that was intended for a My So Called Scarf for my FIL last year that got pwned by MIL saying he had too many scarves already. I sulked over that, as I know he'd've loved it anyway and then the cat got into the yarn so I only have a ball & a half left, blah blah blah, you know how it goes. Anyway, this photo doesn't do the colors justice. Moorland, it's called. It's blues and tawnies and greys and is just totally lush.

So the capelet for MIL is on hiatus til after I finish emergency birthday present knitting, as is the Lacy Karius (sorry again, Rav link this time) I started for myself (I got fed up with having *no* selfish knitting on the go!) with my latest PhatFiber winnings from Calizona Designs.

And today in the mail I got the most beautiful gift ever from the beauteous Carry, some yarn from Knitivity.com in a colorway that pretty much exactly matches my kitty.

It has her white bib and socks, and her fluffsome tawny belly, and her tigery black stripes, and her magical gradient of greys. I'm gonna spread it out among small projects for the people who love her best. Socks for my husband, a headband for me, and maybe even a little mousie to match her for her dear unclecat Arnie who tolerates her so stoically when the little upstart goes to visit her grandma & grandpa!

goddammit, mommy. i'z tryin to SLEEP. goway.

Lately she is overly juicy and leaky from her facehole. She's been drooling a lot, but showing absolutley no other signs of illness or being off at all. We've got her a *whisper-spells V-E-T* appointment Monday morning to have a peek round the inside of her mouth and stuff.

Fingers crossed it's nothing. <3

Day The Eighth. Knitting For Other People. And bonus hotness.

Last night I finished my section of the next LSG traveling scarf.

It's for the only boy in my group. I was aiming for manly & regal. It's a dark green chenille under that quilting stitch, and in real life it's quite plush & lovely.

Then I started a crocheted kokeshi doll for my sister-in-law's birthday later this month. I made a couple for my friends Mimi & Louise awhile ago & they love them. I hope Meg enjoys hers. She has a small collection of store-bought ones. I hope this just doesn't come across as a cheap get-out gift. She can be a tad unsentimental. :)
And she has a pretty little iridescent leaf bead hair ornament:



Then, this afternoon.... I officially started my Christmas knitting.

The rest of that green chenille is going to be a pair of these for said sister-in-law. I hope they come out as cushy and lush as they are in my imagination.

While I worked today, I watched Operation Petticoat. Tony Curtis may have pretty eyes, but I've never really seen the great attraction, especially when he's standing next to Cary Grant, who may be the perfect man. My grama agreed, when I emailed her and mentioned what I was watching - "Cary Grant - a dreamboat! Tony Curtis - nothing very special." Good taste runs in my family.

Let's have some gratuitous eye candy, shall we?





Wait a second!!! Gregory Peck?!? How'd your fine, broody ass get up in there? Oh well, this is me not complaining.

Day The Third. Gifts.

This is gonna be short. There's a Spongebob marathon on and Weezie's coming over.

Yesterday I found out my maybe decade-long internet friend Jessica had received a package from me that I sent across the pond awhile ago.

She is ever so blessed as to have gotten married recently & is knocked up. (jealous)

She loves stars.


She saw a star baby blanket I made for a friend-of-my-inlaws' premature baby boy, who is home now and doing wonderfully well. Jessica knits, but can't crochet. She was bummed about this. So *OBVIOUSLY* I instantly resolved to make one for the bun in her (exceptionally beautiful) oven.


And seeing as she'd recently gotten hitched, I couldn't just send something for the bun, there had to be something for the bride.


I got a google chat message yesterday calling me all sorts of wonderful, with lots of <3 shapes and I was so pleased it arrived & that she likes it.

Someday I want to meet her for reals. And her baby and her husband. She is a wonderful, beautiful, strong woman who has amazed and fascinated me for ever so long, and I wish her as much wonderful happiness in her marriage as I have found in mine.

And I hope some of her baby-luck rubs off on me. ;)