Adventures in Hot Glue and some other stuff.

I really have to share with the world all about my latest non-knitting "crafty" project, which I think is hilarious because even though I am totally obsessed with knitting, I don't tend to think of myself as all that crafty a girl, especially when it comes to that kind of crafts which involve hot glue, store-bought felt (even if it is the all-wool variety), cardboard and ribbons. And yet here we are.

Yesterday morning I set the girls up with little art projects of their own so they would give me a few minutes to heat up the old hot glue gun.



I chopped a couple hunks of cardboard off a box left over from my recent Internet-credit-card extravaganza.



I cut a couple pieces of felt just a little bigger than my cardboard chunks.



Then I used insane amounts of hot liquid plastic stuff to secure them all together, along with some pretty pretty ribbons.



And then I did the whole thing again, in between trips to the potty with the girls, fetching additional art supplies, and refilling sippy cups. In the end, we had a new organizational system for the crazy jumble of hair clippies and barrettes that were taking over the house.



Who me? Why yes, I am indeed a glue-gun wielding suburban minivan-driving housewife mother-of-two. Oops!

Oh, and speaking of Internet-credit-card extravaganzas, the last package from my recent excursion arrived today. A lovely skein of this stuff, all the way from Australia.



It's sock yarn, it's luscious, it's a little on the thin side, and I think it might end up making something lacy when it has aged in the stash long enough.



I really should not be allowed to keep my credit card anywhere near the computer. This really was an impulse purchase, made partly because it's really nice yarn, but mostly because I was already on a roll.

And further speaking of Internet-credit-card extravaganzas, I may have had an additional falling down this afternoon while the kids were napping. (Well, Sophie was napping - Julie was having enforced quiet time in the hopes that she would be fresh for ballet class.) This package will be on its way from Germany in the near future. At least I only bought the one thing I wanted today and refrained from buying the Bohus kit from Sweden, which I also strongly considered.

If you're still here, still reading...guess what I did right before typing up this post? You'll never guess. I'll have to just tell you. I knit the last freaking square on the damn blankie!!!!!1111!!!!one!!! That's right, baby! Tomorrow night - i-cord. I have nine more days to potentially finish this thing in February, and if I don't, there is always March. But it is going to be d-o-n-e soon. Let's all have a virtual happy dance, shall we? Photos on Friday - yes, you have to wait.