Progress

Here's what I accomplished this weekend - 6" of the body. The bottom edge is rolling a bit in the pic, but all in all I think it's looking pretty good. Not quite as scary as I originally thought, but running three skeins gets a bit tiresome.

To entertain myself during my knitting extravaganza, I rented "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Die Another Day", and "Lost in Translation". Yes, I finally watched "FB" - how I had missed seeing it in the past 20 years, I'm not really sure. Made me a tad homesick for Chicago and my John Lennon "Rock N Roll" album. "DAD" was disappointing. Is it just me, or did Pierce Brosnan phone his performance in? So much action, so little Bond. Best moment? MoneyPenny's fantasy. "LiT" was not quite as magical as all the hype, but there were many moments of beauty (ps, Charlotte knits! WOOT!). And Bill Murray? Was just transcendent.

Making a date

So it's a date with Sitcom this weekend. I mean it. Really. All my other WIPs are at the "done" stage (a few stitches here, a little felting there). Mr.Catty is making himself scarce and I see 48 hours of uninterrupted chick flicks, Ben and Jerry's and knitting. Well except for nap times. And some domestic goddessing. And groceries. But the rest of the time, it's me up close and personal with this sweater.

Smile for the camera

If there is reincarnation, I wanna come back as a cat in the Catty household.

Successful Avoidance

I'm ignoring the condemning emanations from the bag holding Sitcom. See how successful I am?

The Chilla Pilla in Teal Chinchilla with a stripe of Bertagna Filati Armonia in Gold. The Snakecharmer scarf is Fonty Serpentine in a lavender shade with Eros with a pink/mint/powder blue/lavender colorway.

If you're happy and you know it...

The Happy bag, almost done. Lamb's Pride in Tigerlily with Mountain Colors in Ruby River.

Whew!

Stinkin' Purses? Done!

The Chilla Pilla Cover? Done!

The Snakecharmer Scarf ? Almost done!

Sitcom Chic? Still staring me down.

Resistance is futile

Sitcom is sitting there, waiting for me to start her body. Why am I waiting? What am I afraid of? I'm going to tweak the pattern a bit and do the bottom ribbing and yoke in black (think spectator pumps) and I want to incorporate the front band as garter stitches instead of picking up the band later. In my mind, it's as easy as just adding 3-4 garter stitches at the beginning and end of each row (in black). But I'm scared. So I'm looking for the opportunity of a solid block of time and freshness of mind. I could be waiting a while. But that little percentage bar is glaring at me every time I log in. Bastard. Who's idea was it to add those bars to my blog anyway.

What was I thinking?

I bought a few skeins of Chinchilla to knit a travel pillow cover (a girl gets sleepy knitting on those long trips). I thought...hmmm #13 circulars and I should be set. Grrrr... I'm hating the way the Chinchilla is NOT sliding along my Addis. Hate. Really hate. But I'm committing to doing this because 1) it's a relatively quick project, 2) the Chinchilla is gonna feel so nice to rest my weary head on, 3) I hate the idea of frogging Chinchilla more than I hate the idea of knitting it.

So I'm sucking it up.

And it fit into one bag!

Here's my stash from yesterday's LYS sale. There's some Manos, two skeins of Fonty Serpentine, some wool remnants (incorporated into granny squares last night), two skeins of sock yarn (one pair for Mom for Christmas), coupla Lamb's Prides skeins for felting, 2 skeins of teal Chinchilla for a travel pillow cover, a skein of Galaxy in baby colors (good to have on hand when you need a baby hat for a shower gift), a new crochet hook and handbag handles for a felted "happy bag" for me.