I just saw "The Hunger Games" at the theater (a trip to the movies without my toddler which was so, very, thrilling) and now that I have I feel comfortable reading on to the next books in the series.
I also have started one of those girly-feel-good-books. I tried one a few month ago trying to make a story of strange women becoming fast friends all by being into yoga. It kinda sucked. This time I'm reading one about strangers becoming fast friends all by being into walking. "The Wildwater Walking Club" is not that bad. It's sorta cute and sorta annoying all at the same time. My mother keeps getting me these books, so I'll keep reading them. Even if they aren't the best.
In other news, after weeks of fighting with Interweave to send me something to me actual address instead of some random address they decided I must live at I finally got a copy of their Jane Austen 2011 special issue. A lot of it is obviously warm weather stuff and I don't care. I'm making every single thing in that magazine. All 36 patterns. (P.S. The articles are also really good if you're into the history of fashion and knitting.)
On the needles...what's not on the needles? I still have the baby dress going. Only 20 more rounds till it's finished. I expect to bind off sometime tomorrow. On Saturday my husband and I are hoping to go to a party themed around "white" so I made him a white superhero mask (just finished blocking it) and I'm making me a fascinator hat.
It's from an issue of "Knitting Today!" I saw on ravelry that lots of people tried this pattern but got annoyed at the amount of i-chord it required. I thought they were crazy. Then I re-read the pattern: 4 yards of i-chord. 144 inches. Ugh. I'm 2.5 yards in and I am quite frankly sick of making i-chord. And I used to think it was so much fun. In other news...my toddler just LOVES playing with the yard stick. So much so that when I use it to find out how far I've gotten she throws a huge fit. Even if she wasn't playing with it at the time. Mommy is not allowed to have the yard stick.
Other projects: Practicing my crocodile stitch in crochet and attempting to put it over a paddle. Working on two shawls, one in thread and one with said crocodile stitch. And I decided to re-start the Jan Sweater in earnest...which I didn't do at all because I was making i-chord. But I decided to be earnest about it.
I also discovered the "que" portion of ravelry, which means I have set up a bunch of new projects and designated my stash yarn to them. Which is probably better than me just casting on another project...I'm planning to cast on another project. However, it's not as satisfying.
So that's my crazy knitting mania week.
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