Friday doings

the rain is over and the sky is clear and it's sunny

but quite chilly.

here endeth the weather forecast!!!

I am not going to mention the hurricane or the fate of the people in its path

 we will not dwell the subject

nothing we can do about it anyway.....

real life doesn't seem to fit in a blog about
"nothing much"!
I have actually read a few blogs lately where the subject of
"real life"
has been mentioned and discussed
and
it seems the "land of blog" is mainly a place to get away from
"real life"
and spend time on the things that make us
"happy"
????

we went to the craft store the other day

the husband is off on a project adventure of his own

this one has nothing to do with
plumbing or caulking or the hunting down of ants

he is making some sort of box

and he wants to inlay it

with

...

not sure what because he keeps changing his mind or hasn't made it up yet.

his tools are different from mine

his always involve lots of measuring and futzing about with bits and pieces

I will keep track of it and post when progress is made

:)

while in said craft store

which the husband finds ill equipped  for his needs

so he may not be invited back to stroll its aisles of treasures

I found the box above

and

decided I needed one more thing to start and  probably not finish

I got what I needed,

 namely a couple of bottles of "whitish" paint

I was asked if I was sure it shouldn't be

beige

because I am a beige person after all

OK

that's it

 he is

uninvited

for sure!!!!

to put some shells in to remind me of the beach

like I don't have shells in plain sight already!!!!

will keep you posted!!!

in the meanwhile I am still slogging away

 on the scarf I showed you a few days ago

I have decided a great decision

I am not a knitter

it is not that I can't knit

for surely that is what I am doing

and

it isn't that I don't like

all things knitted

I have a fantasy of making one of those

gossamer shawls that I see all over the place these days

but

.......

it takes too long and if you screw up

as I do

often and regularly

it's too hard to undo and go back to fix the

unbelievable mess ups you can make

while trying to watch TV

 and

knit in the semidarkness of an evening

look at this

the pattern is very easy and simple

2 rows of knit

one of purl

and the one row that makes the pattern with the holes

and what do I do

I take it in the car

get into a discussion with the husband

and

----

it up

I undid the part on the way home

only to turn around and do it again

TWICE

so I don't know if this will be finished or if I will frog it

or add it on to this

which is

crocheted

in

Tunisian

stitch

or maybe make another one like this 

this is sock yarn

as they call it

I love the colour change

I've never used sock yarn before

and I can tell you one thing

it's a little too scratchy for me to ever

consider making socks with it

itchy itchy itchy

for those of you who care about these things it's called

Paton's Kroy Sock FX

I really like how this one is going.....I think it's a keeper.....

oh and the husband dropped rather a large hint last evening while he walked by

....

was that (red) one for him by any chance

what.....

 I asked

with the fru fru on the edges, man of mine

you would wear a scarf with little bobbles along the sides

well if you made it for me

he answered

not sure what the hell

fru fru is

but he would wear it anyway!!!!?

:}

so

I guess a trip back to the ill equipped craft store is in the cards

for some appropriately coloured yarn

that can be made into a scarf

(with a stripe up the middle?????)

for a man who needs a non-fru frued neck warmer

but he's not invited in to choose it

and it won't be beige

either

!!!!!

so dear readers

that is what is going on this Friday

in

theroomontheleft

we won't discuss the laundry or cleaning of the house or the cooking

either

that really is too

real

and very very

boring

!!!!!!

what are you doing?

:)