I got a spinning wheel! Yay!

Yay #1:

Christmas shawl #2 is finished! I’m so glad it’s blocked and wrapped up now. Knitting three of these in one year is enough to burn anyone out, but as I was blocking it, I was taken once again by how totally awesome the pattern is. It’s great. I can’t knit [...]

The bodice is done, hurrah! It’s unblocked, so it’s just basted together for trying-on purposes. It fits, thankfully! I did end up doing bust darts - in the end I decided they were necessary. They are about 2 inches, which seems ample enough…even though the actual differential is about 6 inches. [...]

The Universe: Hey, Christina…whaaaat’s happening? We need to talk about your socks.
Me: The washing instructions, yeah, I know.
TU: Yeah - did you get that memo?
Me: Yeah:

Me: And I understand the instructions- I just forgot the one time. I won’t forget again, so it’s really no big deal:

*sighs* [...]