Before I begin I must express my extreme sorrow over what has happened in the school in Connecticut and publicly share my sympathies to all the families. Words cannot express how much distress is in my heart about this horrific event.
Those of you who are creative, crafty types, as opposed to villainous, crafty types might enjoy seeing one of my Christmas bloopers. And since Ana just gave me an Inspiring Blogger Award, (thanks Ana) just seeing the word “inspiring” might inspire someone to do a video tutorial on how to fix what you are about to see. I did fix it, but I’ve decided that maybe hats aren’t my thing. The number of times you will see me in a hat…oh yeah, I forget that most of you never see me in real life. So you’ll never know if I’m truthful or falseful. But, not only do I not wear them often, I’m not too great at making them. This was one I made last Christmas season to try it out before I made my friend a hat for real. Her hat is still sitting in a ball on the top shelf of my new bookcase. At least it’s out as a constant reminder to me. If I’ve already told you this woeful knitting story, just press “LIKE”and move on. 🙂
Notice anything out of the ordinary here?
First of all, I should have known this hat would be trouble. I even had trouble getting the yarn out of its skein form and into a ball. There was a HUGE knot in the middle of it! AND I can’t tell you how often the crazy ball, with a mind of its own, rolled off my lap onto the carpet in the airport. So after I struggled through making the ball, then knitting the hat using circular needles for the first time, I ended up with a twisted hot mess – oh yeah, I was the hot mess! Anyway, the whole thing gave me fits. It was a week-end quick, one-skeined wonder. Hahahaha Who writes those “this is going to be easy” books anyway?
This is how I solved my problem. It worked and I redid it, and hated it. So I took it to work. I don’t have it anymore, so it’s in someone else’s closet. Whew!!!
Did I ever tell you my sweater story? Do you want to hear it? So if no one pops over to visit me in Bloggerland, I can always knit. Anyone want me to make them a hat?
You knit? I’d love to knit.. but I never learned how.
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I won’t say it’s easy, but when I lived in Colorado Springs I had a friend who taught me. She had been knitting since she was a child. I’ll share some of the things I’ve made one of these days. I’m pretty pleased with them, but I don’t do much of it. 🙂
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Too late to start any Christmas Crafting this year. Maybe come January, I could begin something and it would be ready for next Christmas.
OH I FORGOT:
I don’t ever knit
Wanted you to know
Could I ever learn
I don’t think so
Getting out the patterns
The needles and the pins
Nothing ever fits
Nobody ever wins
But I really would like
A warm little hat
If you start right now
You could knit me that
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hahaha ok Meme, you’ll get my next hat. What’s your favorite color? 🙂
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On a positive note – I like the colour! Those weekend wonders are never what they say. It’s like the quilt books titled “24 Quilts You Can Make In a Day”, which is an outright lie because we all know they would only be made in a day if you locked yourself away, didn’t go to the toilet, eat, sleep or be interrupted by everyone else in the household. Ha! I would love to hear the sweater story.
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hahaha I’m laughing out loud!! I’ll tell my sweater story tomorrow. It’s a Christmas story! 🙂
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I’m looking forward to reading it!
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Tomorrow! 🙂 Thanks for asking!
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I used to knit and I remember the first thing I ever knitted was a sweater for my boyfriend. One arm was about six inches longer than the other! 😀 But I got better at it over the years and only stopped recently (you don’t need a sweater or scarf in the tropics) 😉
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hahaha. I really didn’t think I would need one here, but I do! Tropics – that sounds nice!!! Think I’ll come see you! 🙂
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I gave up knitting eons ago. By the time I finished the garment, I was thoroughly sick of it and would never have worn kit. The knitting wasn’t too bad. It was the sewing up that I really dreaded.
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hahaha I agree, but I get bored, and loose track of where I am because I’m falling asleep mid-row. 🙂
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Beautiful works!!! Amazing color!!!
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Well thanks, but it turned out badly! I have made some things I like, but that wasn’t one of them! I do like the color, though. 🙂
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I go through phases of knitting, the last big one I had I ended up with very very sore hands.
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I know that feeling!!! What did you make? 🙂
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A jumper for my daughter, which she never wore, 😦
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Disgusting! All that work!!! I made a scarf for someone once, and when he put it on, it was just barely long enough to fit around his neck! So funny! But I was tired of it, and the book did say one skein! 🙂
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that is too funny, haha. 🙂 I usually make my scarf’s so long you can’t really wear them.
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I get bored with them before they are long enough, although I do ok if the people are short!
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Hey, I’m short!!
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But you already knit!!! hahaha!!! Have I got a scarf for you! You need it this time of year, too! Maybe a knitted bathing suit instead???, or rain bonnet? hahaha 🙂 ML
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haha
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🙂
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