Wow, drop out of sight for a while, and look what's going on
I have a strange glitch in OE that isn't letting me into this group only, and I fear that the way to "fix" it is to uninstall OE and reinstall it, but that's a royal pain in the posterior region. So I'm suffering with Google for this group only. Eventually I'll completely trash OE for Thunderbird or something else, but until then I'll struggle.
I did get both versions of the witch hat pattern; thanks to Michaela and Anastasia for the translations. It looks so cool!! I was gonna go buy myself a pointy hat for this Halloween, but now I can make myself one. I found a t-shirt that says "Wicked Witch" with a silhouette of a witch on a broomstick, and I figure that can be my Halloween costume this year. Folks have been calling me that for a while now, so I may as well play it up
I've been surrounded by fires, and we're getting a minor Santa Ana condition today that should cool off over the weekend (and it's about time autumn got here, dammitall!!) Just got through a round of
*something* that was going around here; not quite a cold and not bacterial, just annoying.
I have a few finished objects to report - woohoo!! I made myself a Martha Stewart poncho, and also made one for my sister for a birthday gift. They turned out great. I whipped up 3 fun scarves to donate to my daughter's school. Her school's only fundraiser for the year is an auction, and these will be auctioned off with all the other goodies they have. On the non-yarn front, I finally finished Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum's "Celtic Spring", which I started 5 years ago. In all fairness, it sat idle for about 4.5 years before I picked it up again this past July as something to do while listening to my daughter practice with our temple's choir every Monday night. Next up are some afghans to give as holiday gifts, and a Halloween-themed cross-stitch sampler; it's actually for Samhain, but it's got all the "traditional" Halloween things on it, like pumpkins, ghosts, witches, and brooms.
Hope all is well, and for Mirjam and anyone else who celebrates, a very sweet New Year.
The Other Kim kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom (the return addy is valid, but I suspect I'll be spammed to death now that it's out in the open)