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yuuagoPractically finished my giftmas shopping. All that's left is packaging and wrapping. Yes! Excellent!
Haven't really decided what to do about cards this year. I think I'll just take a look at my address book and pull names from there. I really don't feel like sending out a shitload of them this year. Though I have already gone out and bought them! ... Man, it's so hard to find something that isn't too - well - I mean - overly Christmassy. I mean, yes, I know, it's Christmas, but I don't really celebrate it. I try to get blank ones so that I can just write my own message, but man, that's easier said than done. And I love the ones with generic winter scenes and bright colours and lots of glitter (Okay, I admit it. I have an awkward love for Thomas Kinkade cards) but they tend to have rather over-the-top messages inside and - yeah, no. That's not my style.
Anyway. I suppose I might be prodding a few people to check that the address I have for them is correct, but other than that... yeah, no. And I kind of wish I could do gifts this year, but I can't really afford it, and I don't really have any good ideas either, so there it is.
I have so many knitting projects that I want to do, but so many ones that have been started and remain as-yet unfinished. Argh. I suppose I should get that done first. Part of the issue is, I'm still very much a noob at these things I guess, and I knit more tightly than I should. I suppose it's the kind of thing that only comes with practice, but it's frustrating to work on something and not have it come out the way I want it. Well, I guess I'll finish my current projects first, and then start some things using cheap yarn - I certainly have enough cheap acrylic left over to last a while. Honestly, people go on about how awful it is, and yeah it's kind of stiff-feeling, but with wear and a bit of washing that stuff can turn out pretty soft. I found a neat-looking pattern for scrap mittens, so hopefully I'll be able to do it and use up some of that old stuff, anyway.
Haven't really decided what to do about cards this year. I think I'll just take a look at my address book and pull names from there. I really don't feel like sending out a shitload of them this year. Though I have already gone out and bought them! ... Man, it's so hard to find something that isn't too - well - I mean - overly Christmassy. I mean, yes, I know, it's Christmas, but I don't really celebrate it. I try to get blank ones so that I can just write my own message, but man, that's easier said than done. And I love the ones with generic winter scenes and bright colours and lots of glitter (Okay, I admit it. I have an awkward love for Thomas Kinkade cards) but they tend to have rather over-the-top messages inside and - yeah, no. That's not my style.
Anyway. I suppose I might be prodding a few people to check that the address I have for them is correct, but other than that... yeah, no. And I kind of wish I could do gifts this year, but I can't really afford it, and I don't really have any good ideas either, so there it is.
I have so many knitting projects that I want to do, but so many ones that have been started and remain as-yet unfinished. Argh. I suppose I should get that done first. Part of the issue is, I'm still very much a noob at these things I guess, and I knit more tightly than I should. I suppose it's the kind of thing that only comes with practice, but it's frustrating to work on something and not have it come out the way I want it. Well, I guess I'll finish my current projects first, and then start some things using cheap yarn - I certainly have enough cheap acrylic left over to last a while. Honestly, people go on about how awful it is, and yeah it's kind of stiff-feeling, but with wear and a bit of washing that stuff can turn out pretty soft. I found a neat-looking pattern for scrap mittens, so hopefully I'll be able to do it and use up some of that old stuff, anyway.
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Date: 2011-11-23 07:41 pm (UTC)Best of luck Miss. Ontopofthings ^^
~Katie (Ms. Notsomuchontopofthings)
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Date: 2011-11-23 07:58 pm (UTC)Ah - "I do it too tightly too" - so you knit, too? Wonderful! I always love finding more people who do it :D
<small(Though for the record I'm a guy, didn't mention it before, I guess!)
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Date: 2011-11-24 06:15 am (UTC)I'm sorry. I forgot to mention I'm retarded before >>; Guess I'm just too used to only knowing girls in the Hetalia community. I should shut up before I shove my foot any farther down my throat.
I KINDA knit. As in, I try, do decently with simple things on a good day, see my friends making epic things without any effort, and then move on to studying. THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME! D<
Okay rant done. I'm gonna work on that whole study thing now.
~Katie
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Date: 2011-11-24 01:48 pm (UTC)Anyway. Sounds like you and I are a bit alike in that xD
I hope you eventually got your studying done! <3