Surrender

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I officially give up on crochet.*  I have tried and tried and failed and failed.  I bought one of those Woobles kits.  (Lion, of course.)  I started and ripped out so many times that it all went in the trash.  With quite a bit of force.  No matter the amount of tries, no matter the number of times I watched the videos, the correct number of stitches never, ever appeared.

All I wanted was a lion friend.

And to know how to make a blanket that's one giant granny square:

Once again, I'm that old dog who can't seem to learn something new.

*Except for long chains.

Absolutely Nothing

    (This would be me.)

Saturday Doings

No bracelets for me this weekend until the Texas / Ohio State game kicked off.

Thinking I'll stick with rubber bands tonight.

I've gone from craft to craft today, quilt pieces

first.  Not sewing them right away, but cutting them.  All of the hexagons I've worked with so far came to me pre-cut.  I found some little pieces of fabric the other day, and decided to cut some new ones.  Out came the sandpaper for the template, and I managed 4 or 5 pieces from each fabric design.

During the Vanderbilt game (2-0 on the season!), I mostly knit.

The turquoise on top is part of a horizontal scarf.  You can see the coordinating variegated there to the right.  I can't tell you the yarn brand (sorry), only that the yarns are part cashmere and are called One Hit Wonders.

The other knit project is the ribbing for a pair of socks.  I'm sick of the ribbing already.  Thankfully, there's only about another inch to go until the heel can start.

Odd-ish

Up watching the NFL game last night, things got to the point where it was too close to the game's end to continue with any involved projects.  I looked over at a few sheets of "wood paper" that was out for me to do something with, and saw some things in the grains:

Hey, it was something to do.

Por Ejemplo

 I remember smatterings of my high school Spanish.  Phrases, mostly.  Words.  My favorite was always "Escuchame" --- "Listen to me."  In part it was because of what it means, but mostly because it's fun to say.

ANYway...  Here's the latest addition to one of the Pinterest boards I mentioned, an example of my love of the old:

 

I honestly have no clue why this kind of thing appeals to me so.  It just does.

I did finish the panic room sampler last night.  Today I've been working mainly on the hexagon quilt pieces.  A few knit rows have been thrown in, too.  Last night, I woke up and went back to bed three times.  During the second one, I cast on some bootie socks.  The twist?  The yarn is glow in the dark!  There aren't enough stitches yet to test the glowability --- I'll keep you posted.

TNT. Really.

Yes, I have put my fingers to work on some cross-stitch.  Though it isn't finished, the message is most likely clear.  (Hint: it's from Subversive Cross-Stitch, so you know it's a little saucy.)

The issue with my fingers being the fingers they are is that, on most things, I lead with my middle finger. (That is NOT meant to be saucy.)  Gripping a pencil/pen/marker/crayon, the pressure is with that finger, with the index finger "only" second.   (Writing tools lay on my ring finger, with my middle finger on top.) Same with a crochet hook, or any kind of stitching needle.  Knitting, I wrap with my index, so the middle bears all the weight of a needle.  My middle finger, therefore, gets quite tired and painful, and my index finger doesn't have as much strength with which to back it up.

At any rate, that's the cross-stitch, I finished my garter stitch snood, and cast on for a pair of socks.  I spent quite a bit of time Saturday making bracelets;  some beaded,

 some rubber band, 

and some crocheted floss

For the life of me, I cannot get the hang of braiding floss into bracelets.  What's the saying about old dogs and new tricks?

Okaaaay...

Ooh, strong reaction to Moose in Equine Alley.  (Sounds like a series of children's books.)  Perhaps these moose (meese?) can serve as a palate cleanser.

(I liked "Fractured Fairy Tales.")

(We had a stuffed Thidwick around here at one time.)

(Mr. Moose is OVER IT.)

So the species list in the alley is

equine

feline 

bovine

leporine

cervine