Friday, 02 June 2006
on the subject of to-do lists ...
The real magic of a to-do list is that you do get things done. Just nothing that's on the list. I did get a little done with the afghan, only to realize that I have to do THREE more squares not two. I also looked through my big-ass book of stitch patterns for ideas for the last two squares.
I've had these 4 (well really 7, but only 4 are relevant) skeins of Patons Classic Merino lying around for months that I haven't been able to decide what to do with it. Both colors are rather hideous, one an olive green that is ever so reminiscent of shag carpet or grandma's refrigerator, and the other a brownish-green. I love them. Two skeins of each. Just calling to me. I thought a scarf, at first, double knit, with some saying intarsia-ed into it. I just never got around to it. And now, who the hell wants to knit a scarf in June? My latest idea has been a felted purse/bag thing. I have knit and felted many-a-purse but I have yet to end up with one that I am happy enough with to use often. I have a shape/size and construction method in mind, but I don't know what I am going to do color-wise. I would really like to knit the bottom rectangle and then pick up stitches on 3 sides and proceed from there. I would also like to have the two large sides be one color and the smaller sides (like what would be the gusset in other constructions) be the other. I had the bottom done before I realized that those two things are really not going to be incorporated together in an easy way. It is so much more pleasant to do things in the round. It is going to be felted, and it would be good practice seaming things, but I HATE knitting things in pieces like this. So I am deciding between sacrificing the color scheme I like, or the construction I like. I am leaning towards not even felting the thing at all and doing it in only the darker color. We will see ...
I have another dance competition this weekend. Hopefully this one goes better than the last. I'm at the point where I am seriously considering quitting dance. I'm not naturally talented and I don't have the drive and motivation it would take for me to be good. Decent, even. But hopefully I will be able to take some pictures/videos. I would rather just go to competitions and take pictures of everyone than dance, but I'm still doing it. I do like dance, it just depresses me that I am so bad at it.
I really need to get everyone's buttons added to my sidebar. They are a lot of really rad ones out there. I wish I could come up with one I like. : [/random]
AND, add to that to do list: PROJECT freakin' SPECTRUM! I signed up for it but keep forgetting. I'm planning on doing all the back months, if possible. I love the whole idea behind this, so I'm really not sure why I keep forgetting that it even exists!
ALSO! I have been meaning to mention this for a while. Instead of using google, be sure to use goodsearch.com. They will donate money to the charity of your choice for each search you make. I give to NARAL Pro-Choice, but let's not go any further down that road.
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