Festivus Freakout

I interrupt this regularly scheduled blog posting for an important public service announcement.

The holdays are tomorrow. Not literally, but if the rate at which October disappeared was any indication, I have roughly 23.5 hours before Christmas Eve. Gifts and decorations are waiting to be started, or at least thought of.

Dear readers, t's time to get off our collective lazy knitting asses. And if this doesn't apply to you, I apologize for assuming and you're free to go on your efficient and timely way. I myself need a cold slap and a kick in the rear.

In knitting news, I am done with the body and halfway through the first sleeve of my February Baby Sweater. And Sarah-Hope sent me a link to the English directions (with charts here) of the Revontuli, which is a definite to-do. I wonder if I could get one done by Festivus, or if it will just be one more topic for the Airing of Grievances.

Happy Halloween

It's pretty quiet tonight in Windanseaville....Slugbug Mary and Witchy Anna are down the hill trick-or-treating with John, Hippy Fiona is doing homework, the dogs are hoping somebody will drop some candy, and I am getting ready to go in and watch my new Elizabeth Zimmerman DVD.




I'm knitting away on a February Baby Sweater from Knitter's Almanac. It's kicking my butt - I don't know what it is about some projects; it's not particularly complicated, but for some reason I've had to tink back rows two and four of the gull pattern in both repetitions I've knitted so far. I must say that the garter stitch yoke is very pretty, though. I forget how beautfully simple garter stitch can be.

We hardly ever get trick-or-treaters on my street; I think the houses are too far apart and the street is too dark. I am ready just in case, though: I have a basket of candy and the costume nobody else wanted to wear this year. Good thing I don't embarrass easy, huh?