A Little Yarn On The Side

This is so much easier now that it's cold, and if I figure out a way to wear one of the shawls or scarves I've never worn, I could be on track to get to that 20 never-worn items.  Of course, I thought I'd have a few more finished sewing projects right now because Andy is gone and I've had the house to myself for a few days now.  BUT I've had the silly job-hunting thing taking up my vacation.  Here's a question for you:  If you have been called back for a second interview with several participants, then they ask you to leave the room so they can talk things over, is there any person on the planet who wouldn't expect to hear one way or the other when that little conference was over?  Really?  And have you ever tried to calmly craft when what you really want to do is throttle people? Searching for a new job has certainly been an eye-opening experience.  In such an internet-savvy culture, I'm amazed at how many companies behave in such a way that not ...

It's now been 459 days since I last bought yarn.  And, like AA, we have badges: which really help me stay focused.  I have a lot of yarn.  I have a lot of really NICE yarn, which would make wonderful things--socks, scarves, sweaters, probably even some things that DON'T start with the letter "s."  My longest stretch is something over 1 year and 9 months, so I'm hoping to at least make it to two years, though as slowly as I'm knitting lately, I could realistically make it to 20 without buying any new yarn...... That's it--I just have to knit faster................

I'll change later for my interview, but it's cool enough this morning for my new socks! I'm thinking they're a bit bright for a job interview, but you never know.  Maybe they'd make a good ice-breaker?

I LOVE not working on Saturdays--have I mentioned that yet?  And I have an interview on Monday, so on the list of Things I Want to Get Done Before Returning To Work, I spent the first half of it cleaning out my closet.  It's not exactly "clean," but my summer clothes are put away, my winter clothes are out, and there's a pretty big pile for the donation bin.  And, I gathered up several bunch of plastic hangers that hadn't yet gotten hot glue dots, and I am happy to report that I have used that blasted glue gun AGAIN without burning myself.  Positively cocky, I tried my luck with wine cork Christmas trees.  Okay--I did burn myself at this point, but I got two of the things glued up.  That's something.   Also on that list is this: which is a great fabric that I thought would make fun birthday decorations, starting with figuring out a way to make a fabric pennant banner.  I used a stiff craft interfacing between the layers then st...

I'm sort of back on track with Me Made Mondays with this I actually wear this quite frequently, which is good.  It's good to make things that become favorites, though that still leaves me needing 6 more "unworn" things before the end of the year...

So, I started out with good intentions.  I was going through my scrap bin cutting fabric into usable shapes/strips.  But, after cutting up some red fabric, I picked up the black and white fabric from my dress earlier this year, and.... suddenly I was hooked.  And I mean hooked.   I usually don't finish a fabric & rope bowl in a single day, but I love this bowl!  It matches nothing, it should be a gift, I have no use for a bowl, I have bowls...and I want to keep this one.  I don't even know what I would do with it, but I'm so pleased with it!!!!!!!!!!  Well, SOMEONE obviously needs to work on their sharing............

In spite of yesterday hitting a sweltering 92 degrees, fall is in the air and eventually the weather will catch on, so it's knitting season and I suddenly have a mad desire to Seriously, I have the biggest case of starteritis I've had in a long time.  How does this happen?  I spent an hour--an HOUR--of prime crafting time last night searching Ravelry for patterns.  Do I not have a queue?  Of course I do.  But Me Made Monday has almost ruined knitting for me.  Now, not only do I have to want to knit the item, I need to want to wear it.  When did THAT happen?  I have thousands of yards of yarn stashed, and NOW I'm going to start being sensible?  That's going to RUIN crafting for me!