Knitting and Working
Posted on | February 16, 2010 | 3 Comments
BUY YOUR ENTERTAINMENT FOR PEOPLE TICKETS.
ALSO SIGN UP FOR THE NARRATIVE ACTUALIZATION RETREAT!!!
Sorry for the shouting.
I know all of you were sitting there wondering what I got Fancyhats for Valentine’s Day. I’m sorry I kept you up last night FREAKING OUT because you had no idea. Well, my present was less successful.
He requested a burgundy beanie. Which I made. A little too big. It actually fit over the ice cream maker, Internet. I’m going to just blame the yarn for this one. I used some Manos I had in my stash. I remember loving this yarn and now I simply dislike it.
Because it made the hat too big.
And it’s not a very nice hat.
I like knitting Fancyhats things from nice yarn, of a quality that he’ll appreciate. The first scarf I knit him was part silk. Manos is not a nice yarn. It’s fine. It was the first expensive yarn I bought, which means it was pricier than what I was used to, but now it scrapes the bottom of the barrel for what I’d pay for quality yarn.
So I shrunk/felted the hat and it’s a little bit better. 
ISN’T IT SO MUCH FUN BEING A MOMMY BLOGGER?!?
Anyway, that’s a little bit better, but I think I’m just going to re-do the whole damn thing and knit him a scarf I’ve been imagining. It’s knit length-wise and from some nice cashmere or something. He’ll like it. Better than this stupid hat. Which makes me angry.
Also, I have some good news to share with you in the next few days. It has to do with my professional life so don’t go speculating about my marital state or my ovaries. Both of which will remain as they are.
My ovaries especially.
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February 16th, 2010 @ 10:11 am
Stupid yarn.
Stupid ovaries.
And stupid today.
Sorry. I stupided on your blog.
February 16th, 2010 @ 11:54 am
I made a cake for Valentine’s day and then let Char decorate it so that if it sucked, I could just say that she did the whole thing herself. I suggest doing this the next time you fuck up a knitting. Just say Archie made it and everyone will think it’s adorable instead of craptacular.
PS: the cake came out great, so I took full credit.
February 18th, 2010 @ 2:22 pm
I think the hat looks cute! But once you get frustrated with something you want to set it on fire; I totally hear that. I’ve got a few projects in the ’set on fire later’ pile myself!