I have not been feeling myself this week.  Between getting a crick in my neck, sinus headaches, and running around like crazy I haven't been really crafting at all.  It still aches a little just to type.  It may be time for more decongestant.  Hopefully this week I'll feel better and can get back on my regular schedule.  This may not be a long post since it's making me tired.

This picture at the top is the finished fingerless mitts modeled by my daughter.  They look loose and bulky on her but they fit me well and do the job I wanted.  I really haven't done much of anything else but I did contact someone about more yarn for the sari silk blanket.  I caught up on The Fat Squirrel Speaks and Joeli's Kitchen.  I'm so behind on everything.  My daughter and I have still been doing some nail art but not everything comes out well.  The picture at the end is my attempt to copy a design by Sarabeautycorner on YouTube.  The white cat turned out well but the black cat did not.

I think that's it.  I don't feel the best so I think that is messing with my brain.  I'll try to writ again soon.

Here is the first fingerless mitt.  I finished the pair but I haven't taken a picture yet.  I wove in the ends and have them waiting for  a soak with a bunch of other hand knits.  Since I got my U.S. size 2 back I put that in the red and black striped socks and got the size 1 out.  I don't really like the colors of this yarn so even though there is a lot left I added it to the blanket square.  Since I have two size 1 needles I started on some socks for my daughter, with the pink yarn from her fingerless mitts) from the inside and the outside of the yarn cake.  Not like I need another project.  The other thing I may cast on soon are some knit boobs.  One of the girls in my K-drama group recently had a double mastectomy and said that knit ones would be good so I think a few of us are planning to knit her some.  I want to wait and find out what yarn she wants to use first since that is a very sensative area.  I'll let you know how it goes if I make them.

I caught up on Knit One Heart Too and Knitting in Circles, I'm working on The Fat Squirrel Speaks,  I'm not doing to much else in the way of watching or listening.  I have been watching some nail art videos and have some good ideas but that's about it.  I tried something on my daughter's nails and it turned out o.k. Drawing with nail polish was harder than I thought it would be but attaching the jewels was way easier.  If any designs turn out well I'll show them to you.

I think that's it, not much going on in my life right now.  I don't think that a bad thing.  Oh I remember now I was (am) upset that I misplaced a crochet magazine.  I don't use them much anymore but I was saving it for the article and I can't find it.  I was going to show it to a teacher but now I'll have to just explain it.  Oh well that is a first world problem so I guess my life isn't that bad.  See you next time.

It's kind of hard to see the hearts but this is my favorite thing I have made recently.  I used the cart from the Hearts for You sock pattern.  I made five hearts then went back and forth for about ten rows to make the thumb hole so they are reversible. My daughter likes them and has been wearing them constantly.  If I ever make these again I think I would try to make an additional heart on the back of the hand.  Right now I've been working on my husband's hat and it's over seven inches.  When I get to twelve I decrease for the long point. I'm still not sure what I will do after that but I have a lot of ideas.  

I'm trying to think if anything interesting is going on here.  I did rescue some yarn out of other people's destash so I'll show that when it gets here.  The weather isn't too bad so I can't complain.  I still need to get things mailed but I'm having a hard time finding the right size box for my niece's present.  Just everyday problems I guess.  I'll see you next time.

This is the progress on my daughter's fingerless mitt.  I haven't really gotten any farther because I've been distracted by other projects.  Yesterday I did charity knitting and packaged up all the mitts and hats that I have made.  Now they are ready to mail but I may not be able to do that till after Christmas.  I'm playing WOW today so I won't get much crafting done but when I do I'll put the eyes on the little fox then work on the tea cozy.  I ripped out the last one and am going to try a different pattern.  I have to get the tea cozy, the scarf, and the cupcake pillow done before Christmas. I only have about a week.  On the plus side next week the kids will be off school so I will have a lot less running around.

I only have one episode of I Hear Your Voice left but I've already watched half accidentally. It is really interesting to watch it at the same time as Pinocchio, I think I said that before.  In I Hear Your Voice the theme is telling the truth and if you don't who it hurts.  Pinocchio takes that a step further and talks about the ethics of telling the truth.  Just because you tell the truth doesn't mean it can't be worse than a lie depending on how you say it. Or just because someone says they are telling the truth do you believe them? Or even if someone believes they have the truth it doesn't mean it's THE TRUTH.  I can see some of the set up of Pinocchio in I Hear Your Voice.  I should be able to write more about I Hear Your Voice tomorrow because I think I'll finish it tonight.  

It's still warm for December but it's really overcast which makes me sleepy and grumpy. Mooky is home today because he was sick yesterday but he seems fine now.  There isn't anything else interesting going on here.  That could be a good thing.  Have a good day.

This is the fingerless mitt I made for my daughter.  I still need to make another one.  The heart patter shows up much better now the I how how to do yarn overs properly.  The stripy section at the top is where I went back and forth to make the thumb hole.  If I was better at knitting I probably could have made a heart in there but I really didn't want to deal with it. If I ever do it again I'll see what I can do.  I worked on some charity knitting and my brother in-law's hat.  The hat is made really long then you fold up the bottom to make a lining.  It feels weird because it seems bigger than normal but that could be my imagination.  You were supposed to get 4.5 stitches to the inch but I got 5 so I went up a needle size.  I'm still getting 5 but I don't want to go up another needle size.  I'm trying to just trust the pattern but I feel a little like I'm going to have to rip it out and start again smaller. We'll see.

What I was doing yesterday instead of blogging was finishing up My Lovely Girl.  It wasn't my favorite drama.  I've seen worse and I wouldn't say it was bad just not as good as I was hoping.  A famous song writer is in a car accident with his girlfriend and she dies and he survives.  This turns him into a recluse and no one knows where he is for three years.  One strange night his dead girlfriend's phone, which is supposed to be deactivated, rings. (Why he has his dead girlfriend's phone is not something I am going to try and figure out) He listens to a voice message from her sister saying how hard it is and how much she has to struggle trying to make it in Soul.  He decides to find the sister and try and help her.  Of course there is confusion, misunderstandings, and hurt feeling for a lot of situations and different people.  The idea behind the drama is not bad and Rain is in it but it wasn't as fun as it could have been.  I kind of didn't like that they started with a mystical situation but then mostly dropped it till the end.  If they wanted to go that rout there should have been more and if they didn't want it they should have found another way for the couple to get together.  My biggest problem was Krystal Jung (from FX) who played the leading lady Yoon Se Na.  I haven't watched another drama that she has been in so I don't know if she is a bad actress or if that is just the way the character was written and directed. I know she is supposed to struggle but she seems like she almost always has a blank sad expression on her face.  I think some of it is I prefer my female characters with a little more spunk. There was a lot of crying in the drama but it still felt cold and stiff to me and I'm not sure why.  It should say something that I cried more over the dog than I did the people.  I wouldn't say not to watch it but keep you expectations low and there are a ton better ones out there.

I caught up on Running Man and I am on track with Modern Farmer, Tomorrow's Cantabile, and Pinocchio.  Right now I'm working on Pride and Prejudice.  After that I might watch Blade Man.  I passed it over at first because the premise seemed silly but I have been told it's good.  The other one that I might try and watch is The King's Face.  I have a long list like always.

It snowed a lot yesterday. Some of it has melted but it wasn't fun, I had to put a coat on just to do the laundry.  I pulled the turkey out of freezer so it can thaw.  The kids have off tomorrow so I'll try to blog but I might miss it.  Have a great day

This mess is the fingerless mitts I'm working on for my niece.  One is finished and the ends need to be woven in and the other is up to the gusset.  Yes it's missing a needle.  I broke one of my U.S. 7s so the other one travels between projects.  When knitting in the round the right needle determines size so if the left needle is smaller it doesn't matter.  This is what I've been doing between this project and my charity knitting.  The other thing I have been working on is the fingerless mitts for my daughter that I will show next time.  Nothing else interesting going on with my crafting right now.

I haven't really done any watching or listening to much at all. I did get caught up on Running Man.  They did have a name tag ripping game so that was fun.  I am so far behind on my kdramas and I haven't played WOW in a wile.  I don't know how my free time will shape up now the NaNoWriMo has started.  I did type for an hour today but my word processor doesn't count words so I had to count by hand.  I got about 1300 but I could have counted wrong. I'm going to figure out a different word processor that counts and copy/paste to that.  We'll see how it goes.  This will be an interesting experiment.

The only other thing that is a tiny bit interesting is that I'm figuring out Korean writing (Hangul) a little bit.  I learned a few letters to try to spell my family's names but now that I know a few I can kind of sound things out like song titles. Doing that made me figure out more letters.  It's kind of like a puzzle. I don't know what the words mean and there are still a bunch of letters I don't know but it's still kind of fun.  I'm not going to go out of my way to try but I may learn more kind of accidentally.  That's it for today.  See you next time.