So I made a swatch and then another, and now I have felted this on gauge swatch but with the Galway I had to use size 13 to get gauge, so it’s more like a lace swatch that’s fuzzy than a piece of felt.
Time to go shopping, and get the yarn actually called for in the recipe. Perhaps on the way home from work today. I tried last night but, this being southern California, and, it being Thursday, I really didn’t have a chance.
Does Thursday suck everywhere, or just California? I didn’t have much of a commute in NH, and I didn’t have a car in Boston, so it didn’t bother me as much if it took a little longer to get somewhere, I had a book or The Globe to read while I waited.

I decided to do the FFFA after all, so I have to get crackin! No new episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so what’s a girl to do on a Tuesday night anyway? I have some blue bulky Lamb’s Pride (as shown in the swatch of a few days ago) and that top color of Galway worsted, I think I’ll use those! But, ARGH I am using my 10.5 circular needle for the bag I am making.
Ok, between the time I typed that and took the picture, I committed to making the FF.
Here you can see that I decided to slip it onto some of the other yarn that will be in it. It’s kinda looking like a toilet seat cover at the moment. I did 60 stitches by 60 rows, then picked up 30 stitches on each site and started going round. I figure, if it comes out huge or sucks, I can just cut it up with scissors and fire up the sewing machine and make it look like a bag!

Have you seen this? We Like The Moon
I made up my swatch last night for a bunch of stuff I want to full. I can’t decide if I am going to do the or not… I mean, it was at least 85F here today, and I usually go barefoot. My husband wants some slippers though, so I bought some black wool for that. I am planning to make a bag of some kind with the wool I bought for myself, but haven’t decided on proportions yet. It turns out that the Lamb’s Pride Victorian Pink doesn’t full as well as the other darker colors, but it did get a bit of the fuzz on.
Before: After:
I am going to try and figure out a pattern for a bag.

I feel like I am 17 again. There was an exchange student from Spain visiting our small NH town that year, and he was known for being a bit of a prankster. So when Bernardo came to our classroom door and said “The Space Shuttle exploded!” we all laughed him off, even the teacher, who knew Christa McAuliffe from those statewide conferences that were held once in a while. Mr. Roy said, “Wait a minute” and left the classroom, apparently to find a TV. When he returned, he had tears in his eyes and told us that it was true. It was the first time I had ever seen a man cry, and it really made the news more real to see such emotion from a teacher. They are usually pretty unemotional in the classroom, just to keep things in control, but he lost control there for a minute.
I was working on my blog this morning, changing the templates and things when my husband brought up cnn.com and told me what he read. My first reaction was to laugh, because he is also quite a joker. I wen’t to google news to see what happened, and the Washington Post story was 5 hours old and didn’t mention anything. The most current link was from a newspaper in Pakistan. I guess because of the Israeli on board.
You wouldn’t know if from my blog, but I am a big fan of NASA, I dream of going to Mars. Well, maybe not me, but perhaps my kids or grandkids could be part of the first colonies. I hope that the kids I hope to have will be as interested in space exploration so I can make lots of trips to the Aerospace Museum in Balboa Park, or the Museum of Science in Boston, and the Air and Space Museum in Washington DC.
I am so sad today. I hate explosions.