This is killing me. How do you stop?
Norma knit the most perfect, most funky, most fabulous Sophie. Perfect for my sister. She doubled the yarn – great idea. Gots to get me some Cascade 220 and knit, knit, knit that Sophie bag.
NO MORE PROJECTS!!!!
Oh and I signed up today for not one but two classes with Shirley Paden [Bernstein] at Gotta Knit in NYC. The first is in February and meets for two nights (6 hours altogether) – it’s on Intarsia and Fair Isle – I’m dying to learn this. The second is kind of a strange class, but I couldn’t resist:
CHALLENGE YOUR SKILL LEVEL! LEARN 14 DIFFERENT METHODS TO CAST ON. SHIRLEY PADEN BERNSTEIN will be teaching 14 different methods of casting on, when and where to use them. Bet you didn’t even know that there was that many ways!
Three hours of casting on. Should be interesting to say the least. I think Jen might take it with me, which would be much fun. That class isn’t until March.
I took a finishing class with Ms. Paden last March – it was really good. She’s pretty intense and does amazing handouts. She also supplies all the materials – so you don’t knit your own stuff. This is the only thing that I don’t like about the class. I think that if I worked on my own project I would retain the skills better in my mind. Like you learn directions better when you’re actually driving rather than when you’re a passenger. Make sense?
I’m bummed. I’ve been working hard on my blog to join the Knitting Blogs ring, only to find out it’s closed until the new year. Oh well. It’ll be (yet another) birthday present.
Got some good work done to today on pictures. The house is disgusting. I’m the worst housekeeper in the world. Bar none. Okay, I’m sure there are worse. But I’m pretty bad. I’m in the middle of laundry too. Ugh. I’m sure it’s all ridiculously wrinkled by now.
* This is what happens when you can’t think of a title. Pathetic, I know.
No. You are totally WRONG. *I* am the well-established WORST housekeeper in the world. BAR NONE. And if you want to take this outside….. wait, why am I proud of this? I’m not. I’m horrified, but it’s the damn truth. Anyhoo, onward and upward, thanks for the compliments on my bag. I’m going to make two more as gifts! Got the yarn today, and ordered the handles. And on another topic, I just love your photos and the cleanness of your blog. It’s great.
What you do about Norma’s enabling is to ignore Norma as much as possible. She has absolutely no scruples and will enable at the drop of a hat. While exhibiting total and complete self-control. Very dangerous woman.
Nothing can be done about Elann. It’s worse than Norma.