TAKING BACK [THE KNIT]

I ordered the Betty kit from White Lies Designs last week, and got an email last night saying I should be getting it soon! The lady who runs lists her PO Box as being in my city, so it shouldn't take long to get to me. I'm so excited! I have wanted to knit this pattern since it was in the summer 2004 issue of knitty. I am especially excited because the kit has all the hardware and the little things like rosettes. It would be a bitch to have to find all that stuff on my own, especially the garter hardware. The only thing about this is, I don't know how I will model it once I have finished it. I definitely don't need n00dz! And I don't have a dummy to photograph it on ...

Speaking of photography, I plan on taking some pictures of the paper beads I made last week, and maybe make a few more. And I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do with them. Maybe just string 'em up on some elastic and perhaps make some matching earrings. I used to have a crapload of jewelry-making supplies but not so much anymore. We will see.

I finished Sassy Sock part deux numero 1. I don't think I'm going to start #2 for a while in favor of getting other shit down. Like the shrug I promised my mom, which she needs to wear to a wedding on the 16th. Yeah. September 16th as in a couple of weeks from now. I am all swatched, so hopefully I will get that going tonight or tomorrow. It's going to be a rectangle in a dropped stitch pattern (from my new VK book!), with elbow-length ribbed sleeves. Fairly straight-forward. And it's in the softest wool I have EVER felt. I love it.

I have class in 12 minutes. I really don't want to go. I hate my French teacher! To the max!