So the moving process is going well and I’m being very productive but I have no extra time for blogging. But it’s going well. And I finished the 9 to 5 socks. Pictures to come.

It’s true, I’ve been thwarted. I did not have enough yarn to finish the second Clessidra sock. So here I am, having to mix dye lots (the horror!) and wait for the last skein to arrive via post. This also means leftover yarn. Bah! Oh well, I guess I’ll just collect all the extra balls of fingerweight/sock yarn and make a hodge-podge creation.

So I’ll just have to switch to the second 9 to 5 socks while I wait for the Sisu yarn to arrive.

I’ve also spent another 40 minutes on my charity knitting hat. The SNBWB girls decided to spend the last 30 minutes of each meeting working on charity knitting projects. I’m trying to keep track of how long the hat takes me so I can figure out (a) how long it takes me to make a hat and (b) how much charity knitting I can churn out. This picture represents 1:10 (one hour and 10 minutes).

I’m also inspired to finally make the hat to match my Speckled Moss Scarf—my favorite scarf ever.

Moving has kept me busy otherwise. I’m still packing and getting ready but I’m at a stand still so I can’t do much else. I get my keys this Thursday!! I’m getting pretty excited/nervous. Thus I continue to knit.

I haven’t watched many movies although I watched Adventures In Babysitting last night. Great movie. I also just found out that there’s an extended version of Dances With Wolves. It answers so many questions I’ve always had! Unfortunately the copy I had attained doesn’t have subtitles so I can’t understand any of the Native American characters. Blast!

I got this adorable little sheep the other day to REPRESENT my love of wool. He currently resides atop my desk to motivate me to work so I will always be able to fund my knitting efforts.

Not much crafting has happened this weekend. Too busy reading Harry Potter to pick up the needles. Could I have done both, I’m not sure I even would have. The book was too much. I did, however, take an update picture the second Clessidra sock.

I am becoming increasingly concerned that I will need another skein of yarn to finish it, even though I am ever hopeful that I have enough. This hope, of course, indicates the absolute reality that I will run out. Knitting karma will make it so.

I have pretty much come to halt in the packing efforts. Everything not packed will have to wait until the very last few days: clothes, toiletries, computer, etc. I will be able to start moving some time this week. I just have to contact my landlord to set up a time to get the keys. How exciting! It’ll be great to start moving stuff over there. I hope to get all the odds and ends in there and unpacked before the furniture moving day. It’ll ease the confusion and all me plenty of time to unpack certain things. I’m too much of a control freak to have people unpack for me. I just can’t wait!

Hear this: iPod/computer speakers made by Semk, via glittyknittykitty

Recycled aluminum: Water-carrying Sigg bottles, via ljcfyi

Lil’ feet: Vases from Stephanie at agnes & hoss home, via Design*Sponge

Lego my earrings: Lego piece accessories for everyone, via Crafty Crafty

Not your mama’s candles: Candellas safe “burning” candles, via Apartment Therapy Chicago

Cool graffiti: Art never looked so good, via Neatorama

Wrapped up: Bento box breakfast, via Bluelines

All-in-one: The ultimate spork, via ljcfyi

Camp right: Swiss GLAMOUR Camping Kit, via NotCot.org

Fishy love: Fantastic makeup and photography combined, via Say No To Crack

Truthful e-card: Send a somecard to express your true feelings, via Neatorama

Inside means out: Artist Kent Rogowski redefines Teddy, via Craft Magazine

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Tonight was the first night in weeks that I was able to just sit down, relax and knit. Wow, it felt great. I continued to work on the Clessidra which is coming along nicely. I’ll try to get progress pictures up here soon. I also cast on the second 9 To 5 socks (really because the needles were poking me in my bag) so now I can switch between the two. The US #1s are really hurting my hands after long periods of knitting so switching up to the US #2s will be a helpful break.

This break also gave me a chance to finally watch Raging Bull (No. 4 on the AFI list) and the last I hadn’t seen in the top 10. No surprise here, but I didn’t really like the movie. Actually I can confidently say that I disliked it a lot. I’m not even sure there was anything technically wrong with the movie, I just didn’t like the plot. I will say that Robert DeNiro is one of the most amazing actors ever. He was able to portray this character with such passionate perfection it was unreal. I think that was my favorite part. However, I’m glad I’ve seen it and I can cross it off the list.