Knitting is a Romantic Drama: mittens

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Dark Winter Day

I don't mind dark days... even stormy days... that is as long as they don't last too long. It is a balmy 57 degrees here in Temple today. I have the window open next to my desk in the office/studio/exercise room. I got up early to get so much done... LOLOLOL! So far all I have accomplished is finishing Charlie's mittens and getting caught in a whirl of knit pattern surfing.

I really get lost while surfing for knitting patterns and I must try to get that obsession under some control. My Evernote account is overloaded with knitting patterns and pictures of things I want to knit. If I were to start knitting from my Evernote files today, I would be around 200 years old by the time I finished all of the patterns in there. Barring adding any more patterns.

Monday, January 3, 2011

1st Day of 2011... sort of...

My day started out in a tizzy. My alarm went off at 6 AM and Big Daddy was already in the shower so I hit the snooze hoping to catch a tad more sleep. Then my 6:30 alarm went off to remind me that it was time to put the grandmonsters on the bus for school. I waited for them to bust through the bedroom door to kiss me good morning but... I waited... and waited. I went down to Kat's room and found them all still asleep! BON JOVI! They are going to be late on the first day of the new year!! However, Kat informed me that we all were misinformed... school is not back in session until Wednesday... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Beginning on the fanger end... 2 at a time...

Ok... need coffee... and cast on a pair of mittens for Charlie to match his hat and scarf.

I put off making a new batch of laundry detergent until today. Normally I start a new batch as soon as I open the 3rd gallon, but that even took place last Thursday and I didn't want to spend my holiday making liquid laundry soap. So, with the kids eating breakfast I set out to brew my first batch of the year.