trashy romance, fuzzy socks & more

Week 3 is flagging. Ah well. I’ll try again next week, and I still have a couple days left this week I can attempt. I’m considering it bonus points that I’m doing anything at all – it’s November, I’m noveling like a mad woman, working my dayjob, losing weight, and my apartment is not a wreck, nor have I resorted to drive-thru restaurants for meals. Go me.

My 3-day weekend has officially begun, though. I have lots of things on my to-do list and little time for slacking. Even if I do want to stock up on Karen Marie Moning and Gaelan Foley books, and live on the sofa til Sunday at noon.

Just to keep myself honest -

THURSDAY

• Guinea pig food
• Post office. Must. Do. This. Haven needs her wristwarmers and my mom needs her coat.
• Write 3k words.
• Take a long walk Workout to a long dvd. Rain all day tomorrow.
• Knit a wristwarmer for a contest prize.
• Tidy.

FRIDAY

• Weight Watchers weigh-in
• Hosting NaNoWriMo write-in 10-2 pm (Write 2k during write-in)
• Grocery shopping.
• Attend a play.

SATURDAY

• Yoga
• Write 2k
• Dinner in DC??
  
• Knit wristwarmer

Ok? Ready-Set-Go weekend!

I thought I’d have to save #2 for next weekend but as it turns out, if I knit without (much) interruption it only takes about two hours to whip one of these guys together. So I completed my project last night.

I didn’t write my daily words for NaNoWriMo, however, so today I’ll need to write like a demon when I get home from my dayjob.

I also need to work out. I slacked bad last week.

I didn’t go to the play. I did clean my apartment and knit a wrist warmer. But first:

Squiddle the Bad, Bad Piggle

Breakfast on the dirty kitchen floor!

Also discovered while uploading knitting pix – me at RenFaire 2008, a day after I had my hair dyed purple.

Do I look stoned to you, too?

And the main event: a wristwarmer!

This one's for Haven but she doesn't know it yet.

Materials:

1 skein bulky weight yarn (this is 75% acrylic, 25% wool)

four #8 dpns

Pattern:

Cast on 31 stitches. Divide onto three needles. Work in the round k3, p2 all the way around. k2together last stitch of third needle and first stitch of first needle, then continue k3/p2 until desired length from thumb hole (how long you want it to go up your arm).

Thumb hole: k3,p2 until last five stitches on needle #3. Working in pattern, bind off those 5 stitches. Continue working in round until you reach the last stitch on needle #3. Cast on 5 stitches using a crochet hook. Continue working in round another 2 inches. Bind off in pattern. Weave in ends.

I'll turn the rest of the skein into wristwarmer #2 next weekend.