Cherchez la Should

This is what I've been doing when I should have been doing other things. It's a skill I've been honing to perfection since I was 3 years old, the first time I remember doing something else than what I should have been doing. (I remember because I got in a lot of trouble. Something else I've honed to perfection.) I SHOULD have been working on other things, finishing other things, creating new other things, cleaning my house. Christmas shopping (something I dislike so much I've PAID other people to go out and do for me). But, no. I saw this online and had to try it. Daughter #1 is into all things Manga and Anime, so I figured she'd like it.

But, it's been a few years since I've seriously knitted anything, which means all my beaucoup types and sizes of needles and paraphernalia are still in storage in a box or drawer. When we moved to this place 3 years ago, all that stuff got left "for later," which means, of course, that I can't find it anymore. So I had to go out and get new needles. And found out THERE ARE NO YARN STORES IN THIS TOWN ANYMORE! Craft stores, yes, but I can't find US #7, 16" circular needles anywhere. 5's, 6's, 8's and up, but not 7's. 29", absolutely, but not 16". Which meant using a set of double-pointed ones. Which is why you see the pieces of cork on the ends of the needles. I forgot about point protectors, so had to improvise. And they worked, so no complaining allowed. Also, don't you love the stitch markers? So pretty! Got the idea from Glampyre Knits. Those markers were something else I did when I SHOULD have been doing something else. I made a whole slew of 'em. Too many colors caused brain overload, I guess. Had to try them all out.

And here's the Daughter, who didn't want to pose for a pic, but who I guilted into doing it, anyway. Looks very Manga, doesn't she? She didn't want the earflaps on the hat, just a pull-on type, so I didn't have to put the flaps on. Note the nice roundness of her head, a head created to wear hats.

The background you see isn't of my house. It's my sons' apartment, and full of light, as opposed to my house, which, despite it's many windows, is not full of light. Their place is also cleaner than mine. (See? I told you I SHOULD have been doing other things. But we creative folk always have something else on the burner.)

And here's Moi. I wanted to see what I'd look like in a pic with this hat. Note the unnatural pointiness of the head. A head definitely NOT created to wear hats. My forehead slopes, too. Sigh.