New Addiction - Knitting
I finished the scarf I was creating for my sister. I'm so proud of it. Yeah, you can easily see my screwups but it's so cool and I designed the pattern myself. I did a ribbed scarf (3, 2, 3, 2, ) with purple and white. I know the purple is acrylic but the white is what Norma gave me so I don't know what kind of yarn it is. Regardless, it's mega cute and I can't wait to give it to Emmie.
I got my next to last Food Lion check today.
Paid utilities, deposited check, bought ground turkey for Rob to make spaghetti tonight, went to Hobby Lobby and spent ~$11 on knitting stuff. My defence is that Rob has long told me that you should spend a little bit of every check just on yourself. Otherwise the making the money becomes more of a chore. So, I spent $11 on myself and I am content. I found a set of 11, 13, 15 acrylic needles for $1.35 in the clearance, got an "i" size crochet hook (to help pull through yarns and pick up dropped stiches etc.) in the clearance for $1.61 (also plastic), a big skeen of "Bernat "Soft Boucle"" black yarn for $1.79 in clearance, Red Heart "Super Saver" yarn was $1.99, so I got a "Multicolor" rainbow skeen of that. AND I really wanted a yarn needle to help with weaving in ends of yarn, so I got two blue plastic yarn needles for $1.26, and a set of "balene II" size 10 needles. I felt the need to have a size inbetween the 9 aluminum ones and the 11 acrylic. Overall, I think i did rather well.
I think... I want to try to make a purse. Yes, I know... Goes against what I've always said for myself ("If it doesn't fit in my pockets I don't need it.") But, since I'm wanting to start using cloth menstural pads, I figure I might want to have a purse when "that time" comes. And I'd feel better with having a purse I made myself, then buying one. I looked hard for a wool yarn so that I could felt it, but no such luck. So I may just have to line it. But that'll be fine.
Drama has been very needy/cuddly lately. I guess cats just go through phases, but she has been climbing all over Rob and me and curling up in our laps and arms and stuff. Last night instead of curling up behind my knees she curled up against my back. And when i came home just a few minutes ago she started licking on my feet and climbing over me and around my shoulders.
tomorrow I start at Wal-Mart. A little nervous, but mostly just ready to get things started. Besides, I need to start making money so we can get washer/dryer so I can start getting my cloth pads! *laughs* When I get on a kick, it's hard to get me off of it. As is evident by a) my still being with Rob, b) Drama, c) the knitting paraphanalia (sp?) all around me...
OK. I'm going to look for a good purse pattern. This is something I don't want to just make up on my own... for the most part. ;-)
I got my next to last Food Lion check today.
Paid utilities, deposited check, bought ground turkey for Rob to make spaghetti tonight, went to Hobby Lobby and spent ~$11 on knitting stuff. My defence is that Rob has long told me that you should spend a little bit of every check just on yourself. Otherwise the making the money becomes more of a chore. So, I spent $11 on myself and I am content. I found a set of 11, 13, 15 acrylic needles for $1.35 in the clearance, got an "i" size crochet hook (to help pull through yarns and pick up dropped stiches etc.) in the clearance for $1.61 (also plastic), a big skeen of "Bernat "Soft Boucle"" black yarn for $1.79 in clearance, Red Heart "Super Saver" yarn was $1.99, so I got a "Multicolor" rainbow skeen of that. AND I really wanted a yarn needle to help with weaving in ends of yarn, so I got two blue plastic yarn needles for $1.26, and a set of "balene II" size 10 needles. I felt the need to have a size inbetween the 9 aluminum ones and the 11 acrylic. Overall, I think i did rather well.
I think... I want to try to make a purse. Yes, I know... Goes against what I've always said for myself ("If it doesn't fit in my pockets I don't need it.") But, since I'm wanting to start using cloth menstural pads, I figure I might want to have a purse when "that time" comes. And I'd feel better with having a purse I made myself, then buying one. I looked hard for a wool yarn so that I could felt it, but no such luck. So I may just have to line it. But that'll be fine.
Drama has been very needy/cuddly lately. I guess cats just go through phases, but she has been climbing all over Rob and me and curling up in our laps and arms and stuff. Last night instead of curling up behind my knees she curled up against my back. And when i came home just a few minutes ago she started licking on my feet and climbing over me and around my shoulders.
tomorrow I start at Wal-Mart. A little nervous, but mostly just ready to get things started. Besides, I need to start making money so we can get washer/dryer so I can start getting my cloth pads! *laughs* When I get on a kick, it's hard to get me off of it. As is evident by a) my still being with Rob, b) Drama, c) the knitting paraphanalia (sp?) all around me...
OK. I'm going to look for a good purse pattern. This is something I don't want to just make up on my own... for the most part. ;-)
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