And I've decided to blog.
I ripped out the leg warmers. It was a snap decision to do them, as it was to frog them. I just don't have time for them right now. I may make a pair of worsted socks out of the yarn. I should really have enough for both, but I feel like the socks will go faster. I can practically knit plain socks in my sleep.
I added a new project for Christmas knitting today. I'm up to five now. One for my mom, my dad, my lil girl and her sister, and my sister not by blood. I've started (almost completed, I keep telling myself) two of them. I haven't even cast on the rest. This is my first Christmas as a knitter, and I greatly underestimated my time. I'm going out of town in three days. I hope I'll have plenty of down time to knit.
As it stands I have
Two hello kitty hats for the girls
a lighthouse dishcloth for my mom (my very first purchased pattern)
a scarf for my dad
and a pair of plain vanilla socks for my sister
I feel like all of these will go rather quickly. The scarf will certainly take the longest, then the socks. The dishcloth I feel like I could do in a day or two, and the hats are almost done. I spent a good portion of the evening making little ears for them. Sixteen ears! I'm making two child sized hats which require four ears each (they're stockinette and sewn together so they look the same on both sides), and two doll size hats which also require four ears each. Tomorrow I'll finish the ears (I have nine out of sixteen so far), make the four bows, and hopefully start the faces. I'm thinking I may also cast on the scarf and take it to the doctors office with me. The wait is always obscenely long, so hopefully I can get some good work done on it. Or perhaps I'll bring the socks.. I don't know. I'd like to fly with as few balls of yarn as possible, so I definitely want to get through at least one ball before I leave.. I'll HAVE TO bring that scarf to the doctors office. It's four balls, I think. Lol, welcome to my thought process. Also, I have my very first knit group tonight, which I'm super excited about. I got invited midway through the semester this year and unfortunately I had a class on the night they met, so I was unable to attend. Now that the semester is over, I can finally go. Colour me stoked.
LOTRO is still going strong. My character is a level 26; half way to 27 really. I'm enjoying it a bunch more than I anticipated I would. This is my first real MMORPG. I played an RPG as a kid (name will not be mentioned because it's holy embarrassing), so I have a general idea of what to expect. This is so much more involved though. I keep asking my boyfriend (who I play with generally, although I do play alone quite a bit) "Seriously, what CAN'T you level in this game?". Because really, you can level your character, your crafting ability, legendary items which I don't have yet.. its ridiculous. Still working on my jewelry craft. I'm finally able to mine gold as a prospector, which opens up a whole new world of things to do for me.
I cheated on my own recipes the other day. I broke, and I bought pre-made cookie dough. I rolled it and cut it, but it was pre-packaged and I feel awful. I did make from scratch pumpkin bread, though. I took my grandmothers recipe, and she's the reason I love pumpkin bread. I think she lied to me though, its not nearly as good as hers. It's good, no doubt, but its certainly not her pumpkin bread. I found a better recipe on the internet, a recipe I used once before. That was closer to her pumpkin bread than the recipe she gave me. I think she doesn't want me to know her secret lol. Thats okay, I can let her have it.
Thats about all thats new for now. Until next time!
