Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. (Jane Austen)

I've gotten a lot of knitting and spinning done this week. Some of it's been good, and some of it's been disappointing.


I finished two baby hats for the Boca group. They're fun to make! It takes me about 2 1/2 hours, just long enough to watch a DVD. Right now my intention is to do one a week. I figure I usually watch a movie on Friday nights, so that should work out nicely.

After I posted about the Something Shady socks last week, my daughter asked me to leave them white. She was cute about it. She didn't want to say anything because she knew I was looking forward to trying to do the Kool-aid dye, but she's really been wanting white lace socks. So of course I'll be leaving them white. I can do the dye experiment on something else. I have decided, though, that afterthought heels are not my favorite thing.

I like the July mystery socks much better in the Knitpicks Gloss. You can see the pattern so much better. I haven't gotten as far as I had hoped. The third clue is out, and I'm just starting clue two. Plus, I only have one set of size 0 needles (which, by the way, feel like you're knitting with a piece of grass - I just know that I'm going to break one of the needles in half as I knit) which means that I 'm only able to knit one sock at a time. I ended up ordering another set (but I was good and didn't get the circulars I've been wanting) because I prefer to do both socks together instead of finishing one and then casting on another.


I would have been farther along on the Mystery Socks, but I was trying to finish Becci's Bag. And I did, just not in time for her to take it to her grandmothers this week. I'm really disappointed. It felted much, much smaller than I expected it would. I thought it would be maybe 25% smaller. It's more like 75%. And that was using cold water! It's a nice, sturdy bag. And it would be a great size for me. But Becci wanted a larger, bookbag-size messenger bag. I'm almost ready to give up on felting things. It just doesn't seem to work well for me.
I've been trying to spin a little bit every night. Which is my excuse for being so tired this week at work. Once I get started, it's easy to lose track of time. Spinning is so mesmerizing. And it's fascinating to see how much yarn you get from the roving (it just grows, and grows, and grows).

My son and I went into Lowe's to get a key copied, and I picked up some PCP piping. I even got a couple of really nice guys to cut it for me. So for $6 (which includes the house key we needed), I'm the proud owner of two niddy noddys. And that's all I'm going to say about that, for now.