The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Well, I think I might actually be able to finish my Xmas knitting for my lil bro and sis. That is…. If everything runs smoothly and I somehow find time to knit every day :) I think that I should be able to finish both at the least. Now, because I was felling all am cocky ambitious… I decided that I would get some lovely sock yarn to make a traveling woman shawl for my mom. I of course ended up at the Purple Purl and came home with these:

The colorway is Pendragon. How cool of a name is that? For the life of me I can’t remember the name of the folks that make it and I sure as hell don’t feel like getting up right now. I will correct this post tomorrow :) actually, you can probably see it in the pic ;) I’m hoping I can get it done… But if not, I’m not gonna sweat it.

The good part two. Yes… There’s a part two to this goodness. I’m so beyond excited about this!!! I signed up for a drop spindle spinning class at the purple purl!!!! Squeeeee!!!! I hope hat I get somewhat of a hang of it. The class is 4 hours long so here’s hoping I learn something!!! ;) it’s gonna be a whole new world for me and I can’t wait.

Now… The bad.

Well… It’s not THAT bad… I will be fine… But due to my new overactive thyroid… I’m now on beta blockers to slow down my heart rate (which was insane). They’re doing a wonderful job… But holy crap am I ever tired. Apparently my body will adjust, but right now… I feel like crap. It’s a struggle to stay up past 9. It is le suck. But what’s more le suck?? They’re gonna have to do this test where they stick a needle in my throat and inject stuff into my thyroid!! Let’s just say that if I could… I would go in completely wasted to that. This is so not gonna be fun. But… I have to do it :( so that’s the bad.

The ugly.

I’ve been making my sisters gift with Bernats Softee Chunky. Now I love that yarn… I live how squishy it is… But man is it ever a mess for me right now. I think the folks at bernat decided to change the way their yarn was made because half my balls are a complete different thickness than the he others. It’s very apparent when you have the two knit together. One looks sooooo nice and thick while the other is so… Bleh. I’ve to frog work more times than I like to admit and see if i have a ball of the thick stuff left. BUT it is coming along nicely. I wish I could post a pic but I know my sis lurks my blog and I’m too far along and the surprise would be ruined.

So there you have it. I’m still going bananas trying to finish my Xmas knitting. I tell you what though… Seeing all the Xmas stuff in stores is sure giving me a good kick in the butt :)

And last but oh so not least… We got the little monkey some Adidas :) the hubs and I LOVE Adidas and couldn’t help it. I know I’m very biased…. But I think she looks cute as hell :)