Jiggywinks!

I am our Family Court Commissioner's secretary's Secret Santa. What a title! I think I've done a decent job so far. My proudest achievement was today's gift: I had a skein of chunky 100% merino wool, hand-dyed a nice green (her favorite color). I made her an infinity scarf! 1 skein extra-chunky wool Size 17 straight needles Cast on 13 stitches Row 1: *Purl 2 together, yarn over. Repeat from * until last stitch; purl 1. Repeat Row 1 until you have reached the end of your yarn, bind off loosely. Stitch ends together flat! My skein was perfect to make a two-loop infinity scarf, without being too tight or too loose. It took me about 3-4 episodes of Star Trek: Next Generation from start to finish. I didn't take a picture last night (I was so tired and I just wanted to package it up) but I have two more skeins of the same yarn...I bet I know what a couple of my co-workers are getting for their birthdays! Pictures will be posted at that time. Cost: free! Ya

And it's my own silly fault. Time is money, and I need to stop giving mine away. That said, White Christmas sold out! I have ONE picture of my work, since we were so busy, I kept forgetting to ask people to pose.  The acetate dress I was working on basically fulfilled my doubts and started shredding. If I hadn't put those patches in the back the whole back waist would have been in tatters. The black and white one looked cute on Mary, here: I had three-inch heel dancing shoes, so I left the hem on my red dress be. For my nightclub dress, I just put in safety pins. Hey, if it works....This is hardly quality apparel here. So long as it looks good from the audience, we're good :) Aaaand we're done with the production! It was fun while it lasted, but I definitely think I won't be doing another musical so close to the holidays again. Not when I have my own projects to take care of! I foolishly agreed to replace a zipper on a hunting suit. That's going a

Note to self: Never sign up for another musical during the Holiday Season! Musicals are a huge amount of work. Not only that, but it's unfulfilling. Yeah, it's fun, but honestly. I ended up forgoing a paying gig to be there. I paid someone else to cover another gig for me (that I wasn't getting paid for to begin with, so nobody else would have volunteered). I had to buy a pair of character shoes last minute because our choreographer (who is a GREAT choreographer by the way) was going to order us some at cost. But then she didn't when she couldn't find any to loan to us? I ended up paying three times the cost of the shoes to have them shipped to my house in time for what I thought was a dress rehearsal (per what the director told me) but what actually wasn't. Not even a run through. Also, I'm super tired of constantly being out of the loop. I miss two days when I'm sick, and that means I not only miss both dress rehearsals, but headshot day (which n

So I committed the most mortal sin a project blogger can. I finished a project and gave it away without photographic evidence. Suffice it to say I made a nice-size baby blanket using this pattern . I expanded the width a bit because I believe in making blankets that toddlers can snuggle in. It was out of acrylic Red Heart "Made With Love" in Cornflower, left over from another project. I'm pretty happy I got those extra skeins out of my stash :)