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Hung Up

Right now work is hard and they’ve put a moratorium on vacations… right when I figured out when I could take one, which really sucks. Luckily I already had Friday off to see the baby in LA but guys… I really need a break. I haven’t had multiple days off since I went to ATL last year, and considering I spent two days on a plane, more hours than necessary at the Georgia Dome, and more time than healthy with whale sharks, that SO doesn’t count (except for the part at Mary Mac’s Tea Room, IMO the only reason to ever go back to ATL). And, I guess I had four days off at New Years and Thanksgiving. WHOOPDY DOODLE DO.

I drew a mustache:

There Will Be Mustache

I’m not super interested in There Will Be Blood, but I like the title, and I like a good mustache, so there you go. The DVD cover cracked me up, so I drew this. Heh.

In conclusion, I like socks:

Waving Lace Socks

why yes that is a waving lace sock… for me.

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I am a Sock Machine

Well, I finally finished the purple Waving Lace Socks, like four months late.

Waving Lace Socks, Complete!

They turned out really nice. There is only one major mistake in them, that nobody but me will ever notice (and you can’t even really see in the picture), but I will tell you anyway: On the first sock for some reason on the heel I knit through the back of the loop when making the flap. It twisted the stitches and BUGS ME A LOT but is not actually all that noticeable.

Specs:
Pattern: Waving Lace Socks from Favorite Socks
Yarn: Knitpicks Essential in African Violet
Mods: I think they are half-a-repeat short in the leg and foot, if I recall correctly from LAST OCTOBER.

Anyway, I like them.

Waving Lace Socks, modeled.

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BEADY

Today I had to go to Brentwood so since I had to waste gas ($3.81/gal at the “cheap” Chevron station! WTF?) to drive twenty miles to get there, I stopped at the Michael’s in Antioch (at the Bypass and Lone Tree) and hit the motherlode. They’re having a pretty big sale – most things are 2/$5 or 2/$3, and the strand beads are 25% off.

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I don’t think the local Michael’s has the new stuff (the PH Michael’s is slow on the uptake and always has been; their buyer must not be on the ball – but the Antioch one is pretty good), so if you happen to be in Antioch, check it out. They had a ton of new Blue Moon charms and stuff, and new beads from the same brand that does their strand beads.

OH AND THAT REMINDS ME: At JoAnn’s in Park ‘N Shop, check out their strand beads – a lot of them are on clearance, including ALL of the resin. So pop over there and snag some beads, most strands are $1.97. (But some are not, so be careful what you grab.)

Um, now that I’ve promoted capitalism and blatant consumerism I’m done for the day.

(Oh and did you hear Magknits shut down? Sounds like a kerfuffle to me… Good thing I printed off the sock patterns I wanted from them.)