Done, done, done. Ends woven in and all. On the right, you can see one of my cats, Theo, or at least as little of him as I could avoid photographing, despite lots of shoving and chastising.
Fine, I told him. You want to be in the picture? You're going to work for it.
All that work to get a modelling gig and the cat wouldn't even look at the camera. Granted, my pretzels had just fallen on the floor, and nothing grabs my cats' attention like falling food.
So I started Laura's hat, and then ripped it out and started again with a larger hook, the result being a crown that was in no way visibly larger than its predecessor.
I hate this job.
Mom's fingerless gloves are on needles. Interestingly enough, the result of using too fine of a yarn and too large of needles is matching gauge exactly, and yet the darn things still look too small. I think I may need a break, but it's December the First, and there are only 24 days left until Christmas.
Needless to say, these are the only gifts I've made any progress on. I have no idea what I'm getting for anyone else.
Oh, I made the perhaps foolish decision to stop worrying about felting the slippers and give them to my mom unfelted, as a gag, and then felt them with her there to make sure they come out right size (theoretically). The only problem with this scenario is that she has a front-loading washing machine, which are notoriously unreliable for the felting process. I think I shall turn it into a multi-layered gift. As in, "With these crazy huge slippers comes the promise that you can visit me for a change (where there is a top-loader), without any hemming or hawing on my part (just lots of hectic cleaning)." It will be a kick in the pants for me to actually clean my house, which I should do anyway seeing as there is a baby coming in four months or so.
Brilliant.
(Crazy)
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