Saturday, October 13, 2007

Making Things

Tonight has been an excellent evening of craftiness...I did some knitting, some crochet, and some baking. It was a wonderful comeback to a day that started out kind of rocky.

I went to bed late late late last night after staying up to play Scrabble with Porkchop on Facebook (I recently agreed to join so that we can play Scrabble...even though I'm not so great at Scrabble...maybe there is a Facebook Trivial Pursuit?). This meant I was none too pleased when I woke up at 7:45 to Keetah's insistent meowing and Porkchop's call to tell me about her morning at the hot air balloon festival (the same festival we couldn't go to last weekend, murr).

I finally got out of bed around 9:00 and then proceeded to make a grocery list...because that is exactly what you should do right after getting out of bed on a Saturday morning. Actually, the point was for me to go to the farmers market and pick what I could there. Unfortunately, I spent so much time looking for recipes and whatnot, that I would have been super-rushed at the market and worrying that I wouldn't be able to make yoga at 11:00. So, I nixed the market. Sad, yet for the best.

Luckily, there are two more outdoor markets left this season. The market on the 27th will be the harvest festival. I've been waiting for this festival since last year! This year, I will be prepared to feast on Ozark mushroom soup and to drink up homemade hot chocolate served with homemade marshmallows. Homemade marshmallows! I love it!

Anyway, after yoga and showering and lunch and a bit of knitting, I went to Michael's for some craft supplies and then to Dierbergs for food.

After getting home and having dinner, I made this:


I'm thinking necklaces like these will make excellent presents for my mom and sister and some of my co-workers. A woman in my knitting class called my attention to this tutorial on youtube. The tutorial teacher is a bit scary with serious fake fingernails and loads of jewelry, but the necklaces are fun and easy to make. You just crochet 3 beaded strands, braid them together, and throw on a toggle clasp. Fun! And fast! This required maybe 45 minutes, and I was talking on the phone part of the time.

Now I want to buy more beads.

After the necklace, I knitted some more. I'm making a baby hat for the son of my roommate (and good friend) from college. We recently reconnected, and I'm quite excited to send her some knitted things.

I also worked on the hat while baking biscotti. This particular biscotti uses whole wheat flour and toffee. I would post a picture, but it would just be brown on brown. Not so colorful, yet tasty. I just had a biscotti and a hot chocolate.

I wish there were 3 more hours in this night. I know I should go to bed soon, but I want to knit more!

4 comments:

7-letter Deborah, never a Deb said...

Nice necklace. I like the colors you picked. I might be tempted to try one.

Gracie said...

So pretty! yay for craftiness! your repertoire just keeps growing!

Anonymous said...

i miss you

cj

Bianca said...

great job on the necklace. looks awesome. i think that store i told you about on brentwood closed because their website and phone number are no longer working. but there is another one on big bend that i'd like to go to called: http://www.ladybugbeads.net