As you can tell from my lack of posts, I've been busy. The two worst words in the English language are "Fall Break." I ask you, did we get fall break when we were kids? No sirree, we just plugged away until the inevitable Christmas break when we would terrorize our mothers for a whole month while they quietly drank coffee, smoked cigarettes and terrorized us right back with massive house cleaning projects.
With all the talk about the bad economy, I decided to skip paying for camps and classes and spend lots and lots of quality time with the kids this week. Good think, because a terrible illness fell over the house. Any money spent on those classes would have been wasted. Note to self: Always believe a 5-year-old when he says he's going to throw up. How do I put the whole couch in the washing machine? When he was on the mend, Thing 1 cooked up Paper Clip Man while I was swatching and knitting for my latest creation.
About the economy, it's not going to stop me buying yarn. Not by a long shot. Yet, at least. But with a little recessionista ferver I gathered up these yarns from my stash. Tune in next week to see what became of this:
I also finished up this Chevron Scarf from Last Minute Knitted Gifts - in a gorgeous hand-painted silk I picked up at Knit 1. So beautiful and soft!
That's it for the update. Next week, the new pattern my top go-to hat patterns, thoughts on flattering sweater dresses (do they exist?)....and more.
2 comments:
ugh sorry everyone was sick, but at least you had some gorgeous yarn near by. can't wait to see what those lovely skeins will be
and uhh fall break?! we weren't so lucky!
gorgeous chevron!!! and i just love that cute paper clip man!
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