Word of the Month: “Damp”

No really, it’s damp here. just about every day for the past week, it’s rained. I’m damp and feel like I’m about to start growing moss. NOT HAPPY! Even better, all the rain lines swooping in suddenly have wreaked havok on my sinuses, so it’s been one slow steady headache for a while. Ick. /sighs at more rainclouds incoming

This past two weeks have been chaos, as per usual these days. In WoWness, Brewfest came and went, but I got a Brewfest Kodo, and the Brewmaster title (now why can’t it say “Brewmistress?! Srsly! /pout), so that was good. Wrenn’s now rockin’ the 2 piece T8 bonus, which is also excellent. The guild finally got raid-happy again, and we’re now back to where we were progression-wise a few months ago when a bunch of the regulars went off in new directions/left game/vanished. We downed Ony in 10-man, and I would have loved to have been there for a 25-man kill with another guild, but the game decided to lock up whenever I rezzed outside when we wiped. Bleh.

Tonight, we step back into Uldar for raids again, and I’m hoping that at some point in the next few weeks, I can work on that whole 700 quests in Kal and EK for Loremaster crap. Sitting at over 600 for EK, but just over 400 for Kal. Gah. >< Then there’s the tracking down the few extras in Outlands (okay and almost two whole zones, since I totally skipped out on some of that while leveling Wrenn). So yeah, I have some plans for her in place, just need to get to them.

In knitting news, I managed to clear out just about every project that I had on the sticks. o.O Finished the stole, blocked it, and it’s wonderful. I just haven’t taken pictures of it. I finished all the baby stuff, packed it, and sent it on it’s way. In fact, it should be there today, according to FedEx. But, I forgot to take pictures of them before I shipped them off. And because I was working myself up for another project, I needed a fast distraction, so I knitted up a kitty ear hat, and, you guessed it, haven’t taken pictures of it yet. I’m sucking on this whole taking pictures thing as of late. /sigh At least the baby stuff was promised to have photos taken of them once they got to their destination. The kitty hat and the stole are all on me. Dammit.

So the thing I was working myself up for, knitting-wise? Socks. Again. Except this time, I decided two at a time was the way to go. Okay, one really long-ass circular needle it is! Two balls of yarn? No sweat! Oh wait, it’s black yarn, and I have a dark apartment. No matter! We’ll get through this! Um, “Magic Loop” method of circular knitting? Hmm never done it before but bring it on! Oh and while we’re learning a new needle method for something I’ve not really ever completed successfully, using yarn that’s causing eyestrain, with twice the number of steps since we’re doing two at a time on one needle, let’s start these from the toe-up instead of the way I learned before which was cuff-down! Whee!

For non-knitters, translate all of that to “standing on the roof in the middle of a bad storm, on one foot, replacing shingles while discussing quantum physics and playing a grandmaster in chess.” That’s where my brain is.

Fortunately, so far, I seem to be okay. I got past the cast-on for the toes, got the increases done, and am working on the body of the socks now. Nothing fancy, just simple stockingette. Using some KnitPicks Kettle Dyed (in, yes, black), and they’re looking good so far. Once I get past these, and they come out okay, then I’m breaking out the good stuff. There’s some Fleece Artist that I have that’s just begging to become some lovely socks to wear. Mwhaha!

At the same time, I’d like to knit another stole/shawl, this time in something a bit larger in size. I could have added another skein to the feather-and-fan that I did, but I wasn’t sure how far it would block out. I’ve got a better idea now, and have a few ideas in mind, so we’ll see what shakes loose in the next few weeks. I also need to work on a gift or two, plus Anne’s requested some more fingerless mitts, just in something that’s a little more “tough” to handle being used while someone’s in a wheelchair. She knows another lady in her apartment complex that would love some as well, so we’ll see how that goes.

In non-knitting and non-WoW news, …well a bunch of shit happened, some good and some bad. I’ll happily share the good, which is Mom has started work on the addition to my great-grandparents’ house that she’s currently living in. It was built in the early to mid-1930s, and they’re going to make the addition blend in with the current house: Arts & Crafts/Mississippi Delta Farmhouse. It’s gonna look good and we’ll be taking pics of the whole process.

And that’s about it for right now. Store’s decorated for Halloween, I still need to find my vampire teeth (made from dental materials and yes, I can bite someone with those and have it hurt like hell) (can also eat with them in too, which causes quite a few double-takes), and figure out what other than the kitty ears from DragonCon and the teeth I’m going to be wearing here at the store since I’m working that day.

Bottom line, insanity continues as it’s normal pace, with occasional bouts of sprinting chaos, and flash floods of water. Pictures to come at some point when the sun is shining again.