Still zero progress on the sweaters I want to knit. But I've been productive! I'm zooming along on the crocheted baby afghan- first ball of yarn is just about finis, I'll be starting the second ball on the metro this evening. I've also made some progress on the super-secret gift, which is encouraging.
Tonight, my GesherCity Crafts Cluster is getting together with Moishe House Silver Spring to make little beaded "buddies" to give away. Should be a fun time, and I'm excited to check out Moishe House. Hopefully some other Clusterites will show up, but apparently there will be plenty of Jews around even if they don't.
I'm going to help (or at least offer my assistance) at a fair isle mini-class on Sunday. And also I will get further info for teaching my first for-real, paid class starting the weekend after.
Woo!
This weekend I mainly will be working on writing for work- and I'm ushering Saturday night. I'm hoping I can also take a few hours to go through my fabrics and patterns and select something to work on next week, on the sewing side. I already rearranged the clothing closet to be ready for winter, so it would be nice to take a more thorough investigation of my second closet. There's a lot of crafting supplies in there, and of course it serves as my holiday gift storage facility.
People laugh at me for getting serious about gifts in October. Usually I wait until November, but Chanuka starts December 4... I don't like to be caught unprepared! An unprepared Mikaiya leads to really crappy gifts. This year I may have outdone myself on a few counts, due to my careful planning ahead. I feel like I have to put forth effort, to make up for those years when I really didn't plan ahead (still sorry about that book, Mom... I'll never listen to the recommendations at Barnes and Noble again!!)
In related news, I'm trying to destash on Ravelry. Both yarn and books. I'm on a serious kick of getting rid of crap- Roommie and I have a spacious apartment, but I really wish my room looked more like a pleasant abode and less like craft hell. "Oh look, I can see the floor!" should not be monthly refrain. I've been freecycling a lot of clothes and random goodies, and generally preparing for the eventuality of having to move again. I even got rid of another two full boxes of books the other week- I can nearly fit all my books on two bookcases. How I have changed from grad school (I think I had four bookcases? Plus the built-in...) I keep conveniently forgetting that I shouldn't be buying yarn, but in my defense all my recent purchases have been for commissioned items.
I have been instructed not to do ANY commissioned items. A bit late for that. On the plus side, two of the projects will take about two days of knitting each, and they are for people I really want to knit for. The third is going to be a lot more time consuming, however.
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