felt up

Whoo! While The Sock and The Peyote-Stitch Bracelet are not gonna be done in time for Christmas, The Bag is done. This is a big purple knitted and fulled (felted) tote for my mom... similar to the one I made for Caitlin, but larger, with more structural handles. More of a tote. It took much, much longer than anticipated. I'm making a simpler strung bracelet for her and sticking it into the one finished sock, as a "stocking"... I'll have to finish the other sock, which is 1/3 done, over the next few weeks. Also, I downloaded a bunch of songs today that I know she likes, and I'll make a cd of them after she goes to bed. Anyway, the bag is in the washer felting as I type.

Apparently Steel Battalion, an X-Box game with a special controller, is The Christmas Present You Don't Want To Have To Buy this year... selling for double the retail price and up. I'm glad I don't have an X-Box. One of my other cousins is getting one for xmas, and the games for it are so expensive. We got him a game, but it was a choice between the $20 games, and it's hard to find something in that category that's good for a kid who's 9 or 10 years old, something that had to be rated "e" (for everyone!) and not over his head or boring. So I got him a snowboarding game. But sheesh. Cross your fingers that poor Autumn can find a good present for her hubby, since Steel Battalion may be out of the question now.

I had a couple of quizzes to post under the LJ cut, but my computer crashed and I lost them. C'est la vie. Gotta go check on that felting now.

yikes

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the bag did not felt evenly, and it accentuates some problems that were there from the way I made it. crrrrrrrap.
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also, it smells like wet sheep.
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wet. sheep.

*sigh*

( quiz results: endless, annoying two towers character )

baby did a bad bad thing!

OK, Felted Bag Progress Report: got sick of the wet sheep. Threw bag in the dryer (stuffed with a towel). Sped the process along a big without doing any particular harm. Bag is back out drying "properly" again. Will never make another in this style; TOO MUCH HASSLE.

Got my Lorna's Laces "Shepherd Sock" yarn in the mail today from Patternworks, FINALLY. I ordered it something like 2 months ago. It's a color called "watercolor". The yarn is really soft, almost silky. I'll maybe make something lacy with it.

Five more songs on the second cd for the momster to go.
Presents for local friends aren't done yet. Work on those later.
Still haven't finished my cards.
But there IS a turkey in my fridge now! and stuffing in my cupboard, yay!