Ah, post-holiday holiday knitting.

I have to apologize for the lack of posting. I promise it isn't from a lack of knitting, it's just that I think too many word-filled posts are boring, and since my digital camera takes really horrible pictures, I don't use it.

I hope everyone had an enjoyable thanksgiving experience. Mine was pretty nice, although a little more time visiting with my parents would have been nice. A full house makes one-on-one time kind of difficult when there are always people talking to you. But it was nice to have the time I did have.

Nathan and I ate two thanksgiving dinners - one at his family's house at 3, and one at my house at around 6. I didn't feel so good that night. Hehehehe.

But now that the feasting is finished, the knitting is looming before me. The list I have of the things I need to knit is taunting me, challenging me. This will be the biggest challenge for me yet as a knitter. I visited a local yarn shop a couple of days ago to stock up on a few things I needed:

• one ball of lamb's pride worsted weight wool/mohair in green, one ball a heathered brown
• one set of US 4 straight bamboo needles
• one set of US 2 DPNS

The lamb's pride is for gloves (round two!) for Nathan. He liked the ones I made him, and has been wearing them, but the fingers are too short. I made the fingers just a teeny tiny bit too short, so he's worried about them getting ripped up. But he has commented on how warm they keep his hands, which is what I was going for. So I've got a pair of green gloves in a thicker material with longer fingers going right now. Glove one needs 3 more fingers.

The bamboo needles are for the print 'o the wave stole. I was using some of my grandmother's metal needles, but the points were blunt, the needles were horrifically slippery, and I was almost to tears with frustration at how slow things were going by the time I finished the first pattern repeat. So I went out and bought some bamboo needles, and the first repeat went by in about a quarter of the time it took me to do on metal needles. Hooray, it suddenly seems like I might actually be able to finish the piece!

Lastly, the DPNS are for socks. I have some size twos (all of my needles were a gift from my grandmother. Her hands just don't have the capability to knit anymore, so when I picked up knitting, she walked into her office, rooted around for a while, and returned with a box marked "knitting needles" with old circular, plastic, and metal needles, along with a few vintage patterns. YAY.), but they're plastic and kind of bendy and I'm always afraid I'm going to break them, plus I just don't like the way they feel. I got metal DPN's...some for socks, and some for doing yet another set of Eunny Jang's endpaper mitts. This makes 3 pairs for me! Haha!

In other news, I finished my friend's hat. It was submitted to him for approval a few minutes ago, and he loves it! Pictures to follow tomorrow, provided I can find Nathan's camera. His room looks like a clothing bomb went off. Aaaah!

Hooray for updates, eh?