I Got In The Play!

...and I also have a FO that isn't super secret!

Look, I even have pictures!

This was just a simple garter stitch scarf using the leftover yarn from Mom's scarf. I still have plenty left over, maybe I'll save it as memory yarn.

Now, you're probably wondering about the play. I am a Follies Girl, who won't wear as.....interesting as an outfit as the ones the Follies Girls wear in the movie Crazy For You (that's the name of the musical, by the way).

As for NaNoWriMo, it's doomed, at least for this year. I have 10k words, and I will work on it from time to time, but (obviously) not in time for the end of the month. Hey, I had fun!

Nervous Energy

I didn't have any school this week for Thanksgiving break, but the Wednesday before that, we had the tryouts for the play my school is doing. During and after the tryouts, I suddenly had to knit. That's the knitting I did in just two days. I'm picking up on it again today, as we find out who gets in and who gets out-wish me luck!

Progress...

Spinning progress, that is.

I am more than halfway done with the first third of the roving for my blanket. (So how many ounces have I done? You don't have to answer that....)

This is what I have left to spin of the first third. There is no more room on the bobbin, so I am now working on the yarn for my brother's fingerless gloves, which is taking up a bobbin.

However, I have only 10,000 words in NaNoWriMo--must go write now!

Pictures and A Meme

Well, here's the socks:

As you can see, one heel was knit differently than the other-I misread the instructions for the first sock--oops! Then when I got to the heel on the second sock, I didn't remember how I made the first heel, so I couldn't even copy the first to look like the second!
Of course, it's not a big deal. Now I know when I knit socks, I should completely ignore SSS at all costs and make the second sock right after the first-at least I'll remember how I made a mistake in the first sock, so I can have socks that look more or less alike.
As for knitting progress..Zip. Zilch. Nada.
Now, for the meme
7 Random Things About Me:
1) My first pet was a newt. We didn't know its gender. At first, we called it Curious George, but then I read something about how the size of a newt tells the gender, we decided it was a girl. The name was changed to Curious Georgina, or GG.

2) My first knitting project was neckwarmers for some friends I had in a retirement home. I got six done in four-five months!

3) I knitted with mainly acrylic yarn for at least five or six years before I realized there was nicer yarn for just a little more

4) I learned to knit on circular knitting needles (they were the only ones Grandma had on hand)

5) Before I knitted, I did a lot of hand sewing-didn't get very good at it, though.

6) When I was born, the two names that were tossed back and forth was Sarah and Heather.

7) My initials spell HAH (on purpose) My dad thought that was hilarious-my mom didn't notice till I was a couple years old.

Now, for the NaNoWriMo update...
I have written 6,843 words-I should be on 10,000 by now. What with life, school, cello, eating and sleeping, I haven't found much time to write. I've changed my goals so that my personal goal is 30,000-40,000 words. I may not win NaNoWriMo, but I will get a lot of writing done. Perhaps next year, I'll try for the gold!

UFOctober Wrap-Up

In light of Tinky McFrog's final contest, here is what I have accomplished in the month of October:

Before UFOcober:
-Get Mom's scarf done
-Knit 3 "Super Secret" presents for friends for Christmas
-Finish my "Cut Your Teeth" socks
-Exception: work on dyeing and spinning my blanket

After UFOctober:
-Finished Mom's scarf
-Knit 2 of the 3 "Super Secret" presents for friends for Christmas
-I did not finish the socks, but I did get far enough that I finished them last night! Yay! (pictures to come when I'm not 1,000 words behind in NaNoWriMo
-Exception: I dyed 2/3 of the roving, and began to spin the first third

So, there you go. In my (humble) opinion, I really enjoyed UFOctober and I hope I can do it next year as well!

My NaNoWriMo word count so far is 3,594 words. Seeing as it's the third day, I'm not too worried about being 1,000 words behind, but I probably should be working on it anyway! See ya!