Homework

Posted by Emily

The other day, I had the following conversation with my sister:
Sister: "Hey, are you doing anything tonight?"
Me (suspicious): "No... Why?"
Sister: "Can you do my homework for me?"
Me: "...."
Sister: "Please? It's just a craft project and I don't want to be up all night doing it."
Me: "...."
Sister: *puppy dog eyes* "I'll buy you something at Michaels!"
Me: "What do you have to do?"
Sister: "I have to make stained glass."
Me: "...."
Sister: "See, you take this construction paper..."

Well, I ended up spending about four hours making a stained glass window out of construction paper and tissue paper. It turned out pretty well actually. Unfortunately, I did not take a picture of it to show off here. I know, poor planning.

My sister did follow up on her promise though! We went to Michaels this afternoon and she got me some yarn and new knitting needles. I was a little disappointed in the overall selection at my local Michaels, but I did find some really lovely Lion's Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick yarn in raspberry. I think it will make a fantastic scarf.

Since my other scarf is awaiting the attention of my knitting instructor, I have nothing to do. This new yarn gives me the chance to continue knitting while my other project is stalled out.

I, uh, broke my other scarf. I have at least 3 mistakes in one row and I'm not sure how to fix them. I can see what I did wrong on one of the mistakes, but I'm at a loss on the other two. Luckily my knitting instructor and friend was kind enough to meet me for tea this weekend, so hopefully she can get me straightened out.

I also got some knitting books at Barnes and Nobles and have some on order from Amazon.com. And some needles from knitpicks.com! I'm excited to get all that stuff, hopefully next week.

Anyway, I'm off to go meet my parents for dinner and then spend the rest of the evening knitting with this lovely yarn.