With only 6 days...

...until the house closing, I am a nervous wreck! So I've downloaded Madonna's "Hung Up" from itunes and am blasting my ipod as loud as I can stand while working on holiday projects.

It was a breezy 28 degrees this evening. 28 degrees, people. That's almost that cold that makes your nose stick together when you breathe in. I've been working on BIL's scarf during my lunchbreaks at work, but to be honest, I wish I was making myself a scarf. I've got a great pattern swirling around in my head using cables and some wicked cool handspun/ handpainted wool/ mohair blend. I've had this pattern working around my brain so long it will be a relief to get it out and around my neck!

As mentioned before, I started a crochet version of a moebius for my grandmother. Because she is starting to get a little forgetful, I wanted to make it large enough so she can wear it virtually all the time, like a shawl, but also have the half twist so she can comfortably pull it over her head when she leaves home without having to remember to find it and put it on before leaving the house. Here is the end result. And please excuse how crappy I look in these pictures, or the fact that my brother says I look like I am trying to play virgin Mary in the over-the-head moebius picture.









The whole time my husband is taking the pictures, Sebastian is jumping up trying to get his mug into the shot. So for amusement, here is Sebastian's best "surprise" face:



I'm currently trying to pop out a crochet skull cap. I made them for most of my friends last Christmas, and one of the women at work loved it so much she has been asking all year if I would make one. She offered to pay, but I figure it is a quick project and gives me a break from the never ending scarf for BIL.

This means I only have 3 remaining projects on my holiday list left:
*Spiralen for my brother's Buddhist shrine
*Scarf for Phoebe... I've got two different patterns in mind, so it will depend on what I get for yarn, I suppose
*A simple cabled scarf for my family's Yankee swap

After that, it is all about me for a couple of months! Now to figure how I am going to get Tempting, a top down raglan, my scarf, and a pair of socks done before I need to start working on my Grandmother's birthday gift in February.