the other day i was trying to remember why i started doing all this freaking crochet in the first place; why did i buy the book, again? i remembered initially it was because they started the dress code at work, in october, and i wanted to make my own sweaters...and whatever else i could to be "in the dress code" but still ridiculous. because i'm ridiculous.

so i finished this last night. i started before thanksgiving but got sidetracked with that whole "christmas" thing.

it fits just about perfectly (the sleeves are bit too bulky or my arms are too scrawny [unlikely] or something.) and i think it turned out really cute. i have a thing against grinning skulls so i did this one instead, and cranberry, because white yarn pisses me off like nothing else. :P
also, its really long and tube-ey which i don't mind but is odd because of my junk in the trunk butt. learning from these things!! i added a few extra rows to the sleeves so i can cover my freezing wrists too. and it's all in wool-ease, which is nice and warm, but i discovered after i bought the yarn that i like simply soft better. i'm not picky. acrylic yarn is like acrylic paint to me. who cares. stay away from flames ;)
i blame it on my mom having trunks full of handspun...stuff...i don't even know what kind...and spinning her own yarn. i never cared cause it became commonplace and unexciting, i guess. and i formed a very early aversion to wool and all other things wooly and smelly. anyway! i like my sweater.

trying to do a meatwad hat for my brother, possibly something out of garbage bags for the craftster crochet challenge. - just tried to cut the bag (didn't really work right) & tried to do a circle. no. not dealing with that. :P between....everything else...argh. i cleaned the whole apartment today and got & did a spiffy new rachel brice bellydance tape. that is one flexible girlie.