Taking Things Too Far

I didn't mean to take it this far. This weekend started out innocently enough. My knitting assignment Friday night was to finish the decreases of the first Anemoi Mitten and then finish the thumb. Friday night I decreased, Saturday morning was the thumb.



The above picture is actually the reverse of the mitten. I like looking at the floats :p

But Saturday night I took things just a little too far. I cast on for the second mitten and knit, knit, knit. Sunday: more of the same. I didn't knit all day, by any means, but I did do a little more knitting. That knitting added up to this:



Yes, people, that's a nearly complete second mitten there. All that is left is the thumb. I don't know how it happened (or even why), but I knit my happy little heart out on that thing yesterday. And it's almost finished! I almost finished my second holiday gift! woohoo!

Misadventure tale: I didn't just knit this weekend. On Saturday, I went to the fabric store to pick up a few things. I've decided that I'm going to sew my coworkers stockings for their holiday gifts (and stuff them full of little fun things). So I decided that I should go ahead and pick up the pattern and some practice material. The pattern was originally priced $12.95 - but I was surprised by the fact that my total purchase was $12.99. Yes, the pattern was reduced to $1.99... can't beat that, right? Saturday night I cut out the material (very carefully of course. Yes, I put all the pattern pieces on the correct pieces of the material and they all turned out reasonably the same size) and sat down Sunday afternoon to piece it all together.

Or not.

I cannot read pattern instructions. In fact, I think those instructions are wrong.* Dead wrong. I think I'll try again tonight or later this week. Brace yourselves, because I am! Of course, I didn't take a picture because there was nothing to take a picture of... except some cut out fabric. Whoa is me.

In the knitting front: my Loopy Ewe package came in on Saturday, but due to bad timing, I wasn't able to get it. The mailperson came so late in the day that I guess he just dropped off the packages to the apartment office straight away, because they promptly closed. By the time he left a slip in my box, the office was already closed and I was unable to pick it up. And I don't know if The Boy will be able to pick it up this morning before work because of his classes... and I know I probably won't be home until after 6 - which is when they close. Life is hard - especially when you're waiting on yarn :(

*Yes, I realize that the pattern probably isn't wrong. It's me that's dead wrong. Just throw me a bone here.