Sorry, I had too many errands yesterday so I didn't get around to blogging.  This weird lump is the head of the totoro I'm making.  It's huge.  This picture is from a few days ago, I have more progress now.  The arms are made and attached.  I'm almost to the decreases at the bottom of the creature.  It's already kind of heavy so this is kind of going to be a bit like a bean bag.  I ran out of yarn.  It ate up all the yarn from the sweater.  I'm trying not to buy more yarn so I'm going to put it aside for a little wile.  I did order one skein of yarn, for the little fox, for the art exchange.  I'm going to add in a couple of hair ribbon/scarf  kind of things.  I made them from some yarn from the dollar store and they were really quick.  I even made one for myself and my daughter.  I'm going to make the leaf for the totoro's head then make a scarf for my nephew until the yarn for the little fox comes.

I caught up on my podcasts.  James (Wolfe Farms) is making some really different cable needles and Heather (Highland Handmades) is making some cool colored yarn that is a fundraiser.  Sadly I am too broke to buy either of those things.  There were a couple of short podcasts and some people didn't post new ones so it was easier to catch up this week,  Maybe next week there will be a ton.  Tomorrow I'll try and see if I can get Running Man to work.  

My son had his open house for school yesterday,  Sadly it is becoming increasingly obvious that he is really struggling in a lot of areas.  We will be having a meeting about it on Monday.  It's not that he has to get straight A's but he is so uncomfortable everywhere except in front of the TV and that makes me sad.  Life and especially parenting is balance and hopefully we can find some for him.

I wasn't trying to end on a sad note but it's been on my mind with this meeting coming up.  I have a few more projects coming up and knitting helps me to stay calm so that's a good thing.  I'll see you next time.