Scurvy Dogs

You may have noticed from past posts that I like pirate stuff. I want to make this hat, I love books and tv shows about pirates (non-fictional more than otherwise, though I did enjoy the first PotC movie), and I'm thrilled that my no longer secret pal got me this dicitonary. My favorite jokes are pirate jokes, and my favorite holiday is National Talk Like a Pirate Day. But after reading this book, I got to thinking...in 200 years, will people be glorifying drug dealers? Because really, pirates were not nice people. Pirates were criminals -- thieves, murderers, rapists...not the kind of folks I want Becky to think of as mommy's heroes. So, no more pirate stuff (except for the jokes, because I do love me some pirate jokes). I'm still going to do the hat, only I'm going to use these awesome Stormtroopers from the lastest Craft: mag. (Yes, I know Stormtroopers are also not good people, but at least they were on the right side of the law. Plus, you know, fictional.) I had been considering decorating Becky's "big girl" room with a pirate theme, but I guess that's out now, huh? Or am I just being silly and overthinking it waaaaaay too much?

Knitting Update

I've just finished the heel flap on Colleen's second sock, and am hoping to get the heel turned tonight while we catch up on TV. I'm also halfway through the scarf I'm knitting for the Red Scarf Project. I'm off work tomorrow but daycare is open, so I'm looking forward to some good crafting time tomorrow. Probably most of it will not be knitting, though -- I need to get the stair treads finished; I want to do some spinning on my wheel; I want to try out the shoe pattern from Craft: (if successful with the modifications I want to make, I may very well put some up on Etsy); plus there's some other sewing stuff I want to do, too. Plus I do have some work stuff that needs to get done. I mean, it could wait until Tuesday, but then I'd be slammed on Tuesday, so I'd rather put in a couple of hours tomorrow and then be a little less crazy Tuesday.

On the other hand, I'm really tired of knitting these socks and want to start another pair -- on larger needles! It's going to be a cold day in hell before I knit adult socks on size ones again. Gah! But it is, really, the perfect yarn for Colleen, so I'm not sorry I chose it, and I'd do it again. Hopefully, the other 4 pair of socks I have to knit for last Christmas will go much, much faster. Plus, no more of this heel flap nonsense -- I'm going back to my beloved Turkish heel for those! I do plan on experimenting with other heel choices as I knit more socks for myself, but for the Christmas socks, I just want to get them done already. And not just so I can start knitting for me again, although, to be perfectly honest with you, that is part of it. I'm my favorite person to knit for, and most of the yarn I buy, I buy because I love it and want to wear something made out of it. That's actually one of the reasons I joined the STR club this year -- I figure if I'm getting yarns I'm not particularly attached to, I won't mind making things for other people out of it.

Funny story about the STR club -- apparently, their bank decided that there was no way that so many people could possibly be interested in sock yarn, so they up and refunded everyone's money to them and refused to accept any more payments. Can you freakin' believe it? Read more details here.

Okay, I'm off to finish up my entry for this month's Storytellers contest. I have most of the story written and none of the artwork done. It's due tomorrow. Wish me luck.

posted by Laura Y. @ 2:09 PM