MBM Smackdown 2008

5 Exciting Things!!!

1. My mom came to visit me yesterday.  YAY!

2. I fixed the knots / losing stitches / horrible problem on the inseam of the second macho sock!!!  YES!  I can now begin to turn the heel.  Second sock is almost done!!!!

3. I’m starting a new exercise program = Turbo Jam!  It’s true – I’m going to dance my way into rock hard beautiful abs so I can knit myself a little lelah tank top and wear it in public.  [Maybe next summer, hehe]

4. I’m going to buy a baby tomato plant and grow it on my fire escape.  My grandpa used to buy ‘twin’ tomato plants and give me one to grow and keep one for himself so we could see who grew the first tomato, the biggest tomatos, the most tomatos!  I loved it.  If the tomato is not growing well my grandpa always said = you need to talk to it more!!!

5. I love the fingerless gloves my spring swap partner knit for me.  It’s been rainy and coldish here and I wore them outside = I swear they kept my whole body twice as warm as usual and still they were so soft = perfect!  I love them.  They are the Whitewater pattern in Alpaca.  My mom loved them too!!

Thank you Odettelh from Ravelry!!

5 Knitting Problems

1.   All the Mitten’s I’ve been making come out too small.  Irish Hiking, Fetching, Regular Mitten… AHHH.  It’s driving me crazy.  Mathematically they should fit me, but in real life = Nope.  I think it’s because I’ve been knitting with cotton and it doesn’t stretch.  I have my fingers crossed for the Bronte mitts I’m going to start for the May KAL and the Fetching I’m thinking of making for my little bro’s girlfriend.  She’s super skinny anyhow, so they’ll probably fit even if they’re tiny. 

2. 3. 4. 5. = That’s all – Having more then one knitting problem at a time is no fun.