Thursday, April 9, 2015

College #73

I'm getting so excited about possibly finishing College this year that it has been hard to stitch on anything else. Each stitch I put in has a sort of finality to it. I get extra excited to stitch on it and extra motivated and I feel like my needle has just been flying. I find myself putting two or three hundred stitches in each night, which is not my usual stitching speed (usually I get about 150).

Before:

After:

I might have a page finish the next time I post!

Not a single person was interested in the sock yarn, so I added a "free yarn" tab to the top of the page and I'll just post it there, and any future yarn there may be.

Besides working on College I have been knitting a baby blanket for a friend (due in July) and crocheting a blanket for H³. Some of you may know that H³ is really, really tall.

Photo for reference:

I'm 5'6" and wearing flat shoes in that photo. So there you go. He is tall. (6'3"-6'4"). This is inconvenient only in the sense that people who were previously tall to me are no longer tall. I've had men try to impress me with their height, verbally bringing my attention to it, and they are just not tall to me. I guess it's a matter of perspective.

Anyway, the throw blanket we have for him basically doesn't cover him. If his feet are covered, the rest of him isn't. If the rest of him is covered, his feet stick out. Sadness happens. So I'm making him a gigantic blanket so he can snuggle up like a giant burrito and stay warm. Yes, summer is coming, but we've had some cool weather lately, especially in the evenings, so it's fine. I crochet really fast so I anticipate having it finished in a week or two, at my current pace.

On top of all that I have started reading the Outlander books. I finished the first one a few days ago and got my hands on the second one yesterday. I'm surprised I can get anything done!

That's all I've got for now. I've been pretty down lately, but hopefully my spirits will lift soon. We'll see.

Happy stitching, everyone!

6 comments:

Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...

Great to see an update on College, your needles really have been smoking!

I love your phrase "sadness happens", poor H3 with his little cold toes. I bet he's good at concerts though. I've always thought they should have a special "short persons" area for those of us under 5ft 2 so we can see without having to jump up and down round the Giants!

Kaelyn Angelfoot said...

I know how you feel about not being able to put College down. I am about 3/4 of the way through Butterfly Profusion and it keeps ending up back on my frame. I'm pretty excited about finishing it. College is coming along wonderfully!

Lana said...

College is looking great!! Wow!! You have been a very busy girl!!

Linda said...

Awesome progress on College Ewa. Don't be down Ewa. Life's to short for that. Looking forward to seeing your blankets.

Linda

Caitlin @ Naughts Cross Stitches said...

Great progress :-D you are flying through. I'm looking forward to seeing your awesome blanket as well. I know what you mean about height my dad is 6'4" and nothing compares.

Caitlin @ Naughts Cross Stitches said...

Great progress :-D you are flying through. I'm looking forward to seeing your awesome blanket as well. I know what you mean about height my dad is 6'4" and nothing compares.