Today and yesterday have been knitting days. My hat for my mother is about 6 inches long, so I'm halfway there! I'm using it as a bit of a break from The Scarf (from hell), which is about 2 feet long and makes me want to cry when I think about it. It is in seed stitch and I fear I will never be rid of it. Of course, I need to be rid of it within the next two month. My due dates are Christmas for the hat and January 25th (my mother's birthday) for the scarf. Meanwhile, I have several other ongoing projects that I have to make progress on. Needless to say, I am not optimistic about the scarf, but afterwards I am looking forward to a rather long break from knitting.
As it is a 5 day break for me from most school and work and volunteering nonsense, I really want to get work done on these projects. I really want to get to the craft store and the hardware store and get supplies for my other projects (right now an ambitious make over for my dresser inspired by this and some simple string pendant lamps) but unfortunately it is Black Friday and you would have to pay me to enter any building having to do with retail.
So tomorrow (which I feel like I'm always saying), I will hopefully get to Michael's and to Home Depot and get some very necessary supplies- namely paint, wood trim, light fixtures and ROUND balloons. I am on pack number 3 of balloons, each a different brand, and so far they have all been various versions of oblong. At this point I'm not sure if its the balloons that are failing me or if I'm somehow blowing them up wrong? Is that possible? For now I am blaming the balloons. Anyways, I am hoping that Michaels or some sort of party supply store will carry proper balloons, or at least someone there can tell me what on earth I am doing wrong. I will not have misshapen pendant lamps, dammit!
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