About 2008

Good Things Which Took Place During The Year 2008:

1. I got a spinning wheel.

2. I knitted a bunch of crap, including this scarf, which is finally finished, and which I adore:

Yes, yes I am wearing it indoors, with my jammies, while I am using the computer. I can do what I want.

I was about to make a list of Not So Good Things That Happened In 2008 and wallow in the misery of mortality and...bah. Can't do it. I'm ending this year with a smile on my face.

My not-so-good thing of 2008 has been my mom having cancer. How downtrodden can I justifiably be, though? After all, she's living to see the new year. Despite being in hospice care, she's vibrantly alive, staying in my home, hasn't been sick or in a lot of pain, has already beaten the odds she was given and she's cheerfully suggesting, "Update your blog, you miserable little bitch!" Sure thing, mom!

I guess I should be adding "mom kicking cancer's ass" to the top of the list of good things that happened in 2008.

Nevertheless, Angus is still getting drunk tonight:

And Stuff

I haven't been blogging because I've been busy and stuff, but I haven't altogether stopped knitting. I found the perfect pattern for my red goatstuff yarn - "Delphinium" by Julie Sprague - and special-ordered beads for it and everything. I had never knitted anything with beads before, and at first I thought it would be a pain in the ass, but I LOVE putting the beads on. In this pattern, instead of stringing the beads onto the yarn ahead of time, you just slip them on over the designated knitted stitch as you go.

Here is a crappy picture of the unblocked/unfinished scarf and my thingie of beads:
Here is a crappy close-up picture of the unfinished scarf: I even had to make a little tool out of a straight pin in order to hook the beads onto the loops of yarn. I'm like MacGyver!