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quick, quick, before my stupid internet decides not to work again. stupid slow sympatico!

I was all set to take lots of pictures to put up, but lo and behold my batteries are dead. I did take this yesterday, though:

First snow of the year. It was a pretty miserable day yesterday…so very much rain. And now it’s all cold! I need me some wooly accessories, quick!

Here’s the completed hat for my cousin. Still needs its ends woven in, but MEH. Don’t mind my pj’s, there.

I finished my grandfather’s scarf, finally. It took me about half an hour to bind off! All my paranoia about not having enough yarn to bind off with…I could definitely have done another row, maybe two before I had to bind off. But oh well, I’m certainly NOT undoing that friggin thing. Hm, what else, what else…

I worked a bit on my Jo Sharp ribby (notice how the name changes often?) and now have about, oh, 4 inches or so of the body. I really want to get it done, but at the same time I should be concentrating on Christmas presents. Speaking of which, I think the next push of Christmas knitting shall be mini-charlotte and my mum’s capelet, which I’m doing in double-stranded Blue Heron cotton using Stefanie’s fabby pattern in Stitch ‘n Bitch Nation.

As for that paper…well. I juuuust managed to fit it into 4 pages. I didn’t have much in the way of a conclusion, and it pretty much just sucked. But at least it’s done and handed in. Oh, and I got back my test for the same class (Psychology of Language) that I submitted for remarking, and my mark went up 1.5 points! Hooray for getting a….C.

Better than a D, I say.

Finally, my internet’s working. Must type post quickly in the event it decides to quit…

Gahhh. I just went to Elann and they’ve got more Jo Sharp Tweed!! And the DK weight, too! Oh well. I suppose I don’t ACTUALLY feel like buying more yarn – I’m rather overwhelmed with my stash and lineup of projects as it is. I really really want some Phildar mags though – their projects look so awesome. But again with the not buying things. Maybe in January.

I really want to make Cozy. I know I’ve mentioned it before, but I was really thinking in more detail about it tonight. I don’t want to buy yarn, so what do I have that would work? Cotton-ease, but then it would be really BRIGHT red (can I overdye cotton/acrylic? just a little?). I’ve also got black Elann Sonata cotton, but that’s in a sweater quantity that I don’t really want to dip into. I’ve also got the Fleece Artist Silken – Amy (Singer) posted on the Knitty board that she was making cozy in the SIlken. There’s only 500 m of the Silken though, and the pattern calls for over 640 m. I think I have enough of a deep rose colour Sonata cotton for it, maybe.

Oh well. It’s not like I’d have time to do it anytime soon anyway.

Progress reports (pictures to come tomorrow, perhaps). My grandfather’s scarf is almost done, thank goodness. I’m on the last ball of yarn. I’ve been getting 6-7 garter ridges per ball, so I’m going to do 4 garter ridges and then bind off. I’m paranoid about having enough yarn to bind off with, so better too much than not enough. Should be done soon! Hurrah!

I’ve also resurrected mini-charlotte, and between lecture and snb, managed to get through about a repeat and a half. I’m now on the second skein of yarn. Again with the binding off issue – I’ll just sort of have to play it by ear on this one.

And in between all of this, I managed to work about an inch and a half of the body of my cabled ribby, and just a few rows on my LoTech.

I’m sleepy. And yet, I must finish writing this paper. I ended up just getting a Coke in the subway, when I think I could’ve used a Bawls. But I didn’t want to get off the subway just to go to Shoppers. I’ve just got to write a discussion/conclusion, and EDIT THE HELL OUT OF IT – it’s 4 pages double spaced max, and I’ve got almost three pages single spaced. booo, hiss.

My cosy big wool cardie is currently keeping me warm. :)

So I’ve been thinking about projects (what else is new, ha). I really want to make a Cycling Aran, and the wool I’m getting from Elann would work, but….I’ve already got plans for that yarn. Or maybe I can incorporate the cables into the pullover I’m planning…hm.

Also, I was thinking of things to do with some of that Cotton-Ease that I got yesterday. I still really want to make Lara, but black cotton-ease is just so boring, at least for this sweater. So, what if I held the yarn together with something laceweight and fuzzy? Like kidsilk haze? Now that would be nice (would make it non-machine wash, but oh well). Unfortunately I don’t think I could afford to actually use 1100 yards of KSH for it. And there’s the fact that I don’t reallllly want to spend the money on the d.b. book because I only want that pattern. Anyone up for a trade or something? Thinking, thinking.

Oh, I finished the black hat for my cousin. It’s cute, but I don’t look good in hats. I hope it fits him. Pictures when I can.

Must. Force. Self. To. Do. Work.