Wow the light is really bad.  Look at the progress on the sock.  They yarn is from a yarn club based on studio Ghibli movies.  This one is based on Princess Mononoke. The sock is ready for the heel but my size 2's are busy.  It went pretty quickly but I think it had more to do with being in too many waiting rooms than anything else.  Since I'm trying to free up the size 2's I've been working on the fingerless mitts.  I'm almost to the thumb on the first one.  I've been working on the little fox as well.  It's not a hard pattern but I'm not a fan of the writing style. The other problem I've had is that all the other stuffies I've made have the decreases on the back or bottom an this one they are in the front.  I'm hoping the stuffing won't show through too much.  I've made all the pieces except the tail.  I'm not looking forward to sewing it together.  That's the part I always hate about stuffed animals. I am out of waiting room knitting.  Everything I have has too much thinking till I can free up the size 2 needles.  I don't want to start another project (well I do want to but I shouldn't) I'll spin till I can work on something else.

I finished my story for NaNoWriMo.  I knew I was going to run out of plot and I did at the 27,926 mark. After I spell check it and have a couple of people read it and see what they think.  It was somehow easier and harder at the same time.  The actual writing wasn't hard at all and at times was really fun.  Finding ways to explain and describe things was interesting.  It took up a lot more time than I though.  Someone experienced with writing could probably make the story 50,000 but that's not me (not now anyway).  I'll probably leave it for a wile then look at it and see if I can do something with it. Now that I have my time back I'll try and post more often.

I'm still watching the k-dramas with the kids but what I'm doing most of is catching up on podcasts.  Some of them have three episodes out.  I'm getting through them slowly.  Amy Beth (The Fat Squirrel Speaks) made me actually laugh out loud but other than that I don't think there was anything extra special.  If I run into anything I'll let you know.

It's really cold and my husband is still on vacation but that's about it around here.  I'm not complaining though.  We are mostly ready for Thanksgiving.  I have a few more things to buy but as long as I buy them early in the week we should be o.k.  I don't want to shop anywhere near Thanksgiving or Black Friday.  I think that's it so I'll talk to you next time.

These are the finished mitts for my niece.  The pattern is a free on on Ravelry called Maize by Tincanknits. I really didn't enjoy picking up the stitches for the thumb. The mitts aren't hard they just weren't as fun as I thought they would be.   The toddler mitts are almost done.  I did a lot of waiting room knitting so the sock is up to the point where I need my size 2 needles.  The problem with that is my size 2 needles are in the fingerless mitts for my daughter. I need to find something else for waiting room knitting. The plan now is finish the toddler mitts, make the little fox (which I'm kind of not looking forward to because of sewing), and finish the cupcake pillow. If I can find a patch for the Iowa Hawkeyes I may make a hat for my brother in-law for Christmas.  

As far as NaNoWriMo goes I hit the 25,000 word mark.  I think I may make another day or two of the word count but the story is almost over.  I'm kind of getting the same feeling with this that I do during Tour de Fleece,  Doing so much all at once kind of gets tiring.  I don't know if I'll ever write  again since I may never have another plot.  If I ever get a plot I may try it again but I'm not holding my breath.  I'll let you know what the final word count is when I get there.

I haven't been watching any podcasts and I'm so far behind some people have two episodes out.  That's next on my schedule.  I did watch the first two episodes of Pinocchio.  I like it so far but the first episode of back story was really painful to watch.  The set up is a little weird but I think it will be a fun ride.  

It's been snowing on and off for the last few days but today is the first day there is any accumulation.  There is a light dusting on the roofs and sidewalks like someone is sprinkling sugar but it's not thick yet. My husband has taken a bunch of days off to play the new WOW expansion.  He has one toon that is level 100 but it was kind of hard for him to level because the site had a lot of issues.  I think that's all that's happening around here.  I'll see you next time.

Here is the start of the next sock.  It's the one my daughter wants.  I made these with a few less stitches than I usually do so I can see if it fits better.  I'm really enjoying the stripes.  I got the ends tucked in on my nieces fingerless mitts so I'll be able to take pictures of those soon.  I have some waiting room knitting to do today but other than that I will work on the toddler mitts. I think we are finally free of lice so I can start on the little fox for the craft exchange.  I always have too many plans.

NaNoWriMo is going fairly well.  At last count I was up to 18,429 but I'm getting to the end of the story.  I still don't have a title or a clear ending.  I'm sure I'll get to 25,000 but after that I'm not sure.  There are some things I'll need to fix like descriptions and explanations. I feel weird sometimes about why I'm writing so much when it won't ever be published.  I'll keep you updated.

The kids and I watched a few more episodes of Tomorrow's Cantabile and are caught up on Modern Farmer.  It's fun to have my daughter enjoying the same thing as I am.  My son likes it too but not as much.  Because I've been watching so much kdrama I'm behind on my podcasts, that will be what I work on today but I will be out for a while so I don't know how much time I'll have.

The weather has gotten colder but that is to be expected.  Today was the first day that it was below freezing when I got up, I even saw a few flakes in the air.  I'm not the biggest fan of winter.  At least I have lots of hats and scarves.  See you next time.

Progress on the "Don't Cage Me In" socks.  The colors aren't my first choice but it looks like it's turning out well.  I added five stitches so it will go over my heel.  I usually only add four but the pattern is in multiples of five.  It think it will be o.k., I'll keep you updated. I also started a pair of plain self striping socks so I would have waiting room knitting. My daughter likes it and wants them.  I told her no but it won't bee to long before her feet are as big as mine and then I think she'll steal my socks.  It seems like I always have quite a bit of yarn left over so maybe after I finish mine I can make her some short ones.  I'll have see when we get to that point. I did ask for self striping sock yarn for Christmas so this could be fun.

I've been listening to a lot of kpop lately.  I listen to it when I'm writing my story and yesterday I ended up watching lots with my daughter and critiquing the videos. She enjoyed the time we spent together but I'm afraid I'm overdosing on kpop. I'll have to listen to something else to even it out.  We have been enjoying Modern Farmer and are waiting for the next episode.  

I'm still working on NaNoWriMo.  I'm up to 13,396 words at last count.  It's 21 pages.  I don't think I've written over a 10 page paper.  Of course talking takes up room so that's part of it. It doesn't even have a title yet. It is taking up most of my time so posts will probably be sporadic.  This is an interesting experiment.

Parent teacher conferences went well.  The weather is getting colder but it is November. I think that's it.  I'll see you next time and hopefully there won't be so many days in between.

I'm sorry I don't have a picture.  I have been working on things I just don't have any pictures.  I finished the tops of the cupcake (remember that project?) but I haven't put the "wrapper" on yet.  I finished the fingerless mitts for my niece except for tucking the ends in and started on the mitts for the other niece.  The thing that has been taking up my time though is NaNoWriMo.  '

I'm having fun with that but it's taking over more of my day than I thought it would.  When I was originally planning on doing it I was just going to try for one hour a day and whatever happened that was it.  With me basically getting the word count the first day I kind of feel like I need to get the word count,  I stopped timing it now but I think it's around an hour and a half to two hours especially when you include spell checking (I'm a really bad speller).  I don't necessarily do it all in one chunk either.  Sometimes it's in little bits through out the day so it feels even longer. I'm not really doing any editing except to make sure everything makes sense.  The plot feels like it's moving to fast and that I'll run out of plot (what little plot I have) before the end of the month.  There are things I can definitely go back and expand if I need to.  I'm in this weird space where writing is fun while I'm doing it but when I'm not I feel bad about how bad the plot is and that I don't actually know anything about what I'm writing about.  Right now I have 8,478 words and today's goal is 10,000. This might be hard to achieve because I have errands to run today.  We'll see how it goes.

I did catch up on my kdramas. Right now I'm watching My Lovely Girl (or She's So Lovable), Tomorrow's Cantabile, Modern Farmer and Pride and Prejudice.  My Lovely Girl rends this week.  Tomorrow's Cantabile and Modern Farmer I'm watching with my daughter and Modern Framer is crazy enough that my son can even follow it when he can't read so fast.  It has some crazy and disgusting scenes in it so it's not for everyone but it's not worse than U.S. television.  In the show they buy a puppy and spotting the puppy in different scenes is kind of a game for us now.  Pride and Prejudice has nothing to do with the book, it's a police procedural.  The plots aren't the greatest but the over arching mystery is interesting and there are so many good looking guys.   One of them, Lee Tae Hwan, is only 19.  It blows my mind, he looks so much older.  Some of it of course is styling but I was surprised.  The other actor that is in it is Choi Jin Hyuk who was in Fated to Love You. If I have time today I'll probably listen to my podcasts but I'm not sure I will be able to.

I guess that's it.  We have parent teacher conferences so that will be interesting.  I think my kids are both doing pretty well.  I'll try to make sure I have a picture for next time.  See you then.

It's very pink isn't it?  Now that I know how to do yarn overs correctly the heat shows up a lot better.  I used a free fingerless glove pattern. with no design, to get the stitch count and am using the "Hearts for You" chart to make the shapes.  I did some charity knitting and that's it.  I'll work on the mitts for my niece later today so maybe I'll have those done for next time.  I'm just not enjoying the pattern even though it's easy.  Most of the pattern it o.k. it's just the thumb.  I just need to get over it and do it.

Yesterday I caught up on the few U.S. shows I watch.  Today I'll work on my kdramas, I'm really far behind.  The only other thing that's going on is NaNoWriMo.  The first day was kind of easy.  I had the scene clear in my head and when I put it in Google Docs I had 1650 words.  To hit the 50,000 mark you need to do 1,667 words a day.  I added a few words and ended up with over 1800.  The second day was harder.  Part of it was there was more talking but it also felt more like I had to hit that goal.  I did hit it and it only took me about an hour and a half.  I think that's not too bad.  When I'm writing it's fun but at other times I feel embarrassed because the plot and the writing are not good, As of right now I have 3,468 words.  It sounds like a lot but according to the count it's only six pages.

I think that's it for today. Halloween is over with so now I have to plan for Thanksgiving and decide if I want to knit for anyone for Christmas.  I'm kind of thinking that I won't.  I'll see you next time.

These are kind of hard to see but they are the hair bands/scarves I made.  I actually got two out of each color.  I am planning on sending these along with the fox for the art exchange.  Because of the lice issue in the house I washed them in hot water and dried them as hot as it would go and now they are in a zip lock bag.  I think they will be fine but I'm trying to be careful. I haven't been doing much knitting lately.  I was feeling kind of down for a little wile and when I was feeling better I was binge watching drama and it's a little hard to craft and read subtitles at the same time.  This week should be a better crafting week.

The kdrama I've been watching is called Fated To Love You.  It's a remake of a Taiwanese drama of the same name.  It has twenty episodes and I'm on 17 I think.  I watched one episode of the original but I think I like the Korean version better.  As the formula goes they are about to like each other again so it should be a little more fun from here on out.  I have to catch up on my currently running dramas and a new one that looks interesting starts soon called Modern Farmer.  I'd been watching most of my kdrama on a site called kdrama.com and they just merged with another site that has recaps and news.  We'll see how it runs since up until they did that it was my favorite site for newer shows.

The other thing I'm thinking of doing is called National Novel Writing Month.  It's usually abbreviated as NaNoWriMo and it happens every November.  The goal is throughout the month you write a total of 50,000 words.  There are no prizes jut pride and a few famous novel have been at least started during the month.  I don't think I'll really make a whole novel but a few friends have done it and I figured I can try it. I'll set aside about an hour a day and write what I can and see what comes out.  I don't think I'll show it to anyone but it will be an interesting experiment.

I re-did everyone's hair because of the lice and pulled out a live critter from my daughter's hair.  I was not amused.  I think everyone else is o.k. but I'll re-do her her hair next week and keep a better eye on it this time.  I hope that's the most exciting this week gets.  I have big knitting plans so hopefully I'll have lots things to show you.  See you next time.