I am weak.

Not buying more yarn failed.. again! I had to get 2 skeins of this lovely yarn, and 2 more balls of green/purple sock yarn. I'm planning to use 2 of them in my blanket, so needed 2 more for actual socks.



I also had to get a basket for my yarn, the old one was just too small so it now serves as a project basket for my shawl. And I got a really pretty jug to keep my knitting needles in. Bjørn might be able to help me make a shelf like one I saw today, so pretty. It will be the main storage for all my yarn, and I'm going to grade the colours so it flows from light on the top to dark on the left. I'll have a lot more yarn in a few days, ordered a lot of cheap wool so I can practise the dyeing, they will hopefully look stunning on the shelf thing.

I got some more work done on the Dr. Who scarf today, almost half way now. Can't wait to get it done, will be so cool when I've finished it. And then of course, I can start my socks. I need to stop buying yarn, and start using it instead, I think, or I will run out of space. I also got a huge handbag today, with plenty of room for a knitting project. My old one is bright red, and as I have so much purple yarn I want to knit stuff for myself with, I needed a black one to use every day. Very handy really, how the yarn lets me buy new fun stuff. Thankfully I get paid on Tuesday, my bank account is rather depressed at the moment.

My sister is going to France tomorrow morning, her boyfriend got her 4 days in Paris as a Christmas present. He is a lovely guy, I hope she enjoys it, she really deserves some time away atm, as she is having a hard time. Hopefully it will really cheer her up and she'll come home all ready to tackle all her problems. Might have to knit her something fun to cheer her up too. She's the only blonde in the family, and she has green eyes, so I get to use different colours than when I knit for my mother, my other sister or myself. We're all dark with blue eyes, which explains why most of my yarn stash is blue/purple.

I miss my Christmas tree. It got kicked out yesterday, and is now standing outside looking sad, abandoned and unloved. But I guess it was about time, needles everywhere.

Oh yeah I was watching "It's not easy being green" on BBC Lifestyle, and they were talking about this menstrual cup.. and the woman actually says "and it goes in the top part of the dishwasher". Can you imagine anything more disgusting than putting something in the dishwasher that has been up there? Clearly it's rather disturbing to be green too. I think I'll stick to being mainly purple.