Last weekend we bought "Mario Galaxy" for the Wii. For those of you keeping track, not only do I help Olympic athletes from my comfy knitting chair, I'm also inclined to bob and weave with cartoon characters on video games. What's Wrong With Me? I believe this takes "empathy" to a "whole 'notha lebel."
The granny square afghan in my not favorite colors is finished. The weight is perfect. It took 7 days with a couple of snow days thrown in. There were 2 skeins left over. I could have extended the border but was sick of the whole thing. I sent the last two skeins to 5elementknitr. She needed some alpaca that was leftover in my stash (that I was also happy to be rid of given the FAIL of the grinch sweater way back when- it was my lesson in alpaca stretching and later alpaca felting) and I decided that her payment was to be taking the last two Rowan plaid skeins off of my hands.
The lesson here is that I have no patience for blog contests/giveaways. Plus I always want regular readers to win anyway. So if you're interested in the possibility of random stash-busting from me for the rest of your life, make sure I have your mailing address.
Given the success of a finished afghan, it would be logical to assume that I went straightaway to work on the more than halfway done Kilkenny shawl.
Not so.
Instead I grabbed some ultra-alpaca from the ne'er completed Olives Afghan (again another lesson in alpaca and the accompanying halos/dust bunnies) and cast on for another pair of Bird in Hand Mittens. I finished the cuff of one last night. I think I must enjoy the forced relaxation of hands in stranded knitting.
Hence the title of this post- fibery flibbertygibbet.
In other news... I just went to back my car up the driveway a little (to ease Mr. Sophanne's exit) and found that my car would not go in reverse. That's a problem.
eta- reverse has returned-not sure why it's back or why it left- now I'll have something to worry about for the rest of my life with the car. Yippee.
6 comments:
Mabye it's the time of year. I have cast on new items, I have UFO's sitting waiting for my attention, and I still want to start something new.
Whatever you have been drinking/eating/dropping, please continue. I loved this post. Perhaps I will send you my mailing address; random skeins that arrive in the mail are a delight.
Damn cars do whatever they want. I have one with window/defroster neurosis. Damn thing. I think you have my address;-D
I don't know what I like more: the word "flibbertyjibbet" or the fact that you used it in the title of this post! ;)
Long time lurker here!! Reverse in my first car 63 VW bug, didn't work so I either parked so I could pull straight out or put it in neutral and pushed it out!!!! Lots of fun, glad yours came back
Do you yell helpful advice at movie characters, too? I always do that, but it never seems to help.
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