I do not have it.

But I do have a mascot for my soon be complete craft room.

I named him Barack Ollama. He fills me with hope.

My sewing table is half assembled on my craft room floor, so soon I will have a place to sprawl out my projects.

I finally bought the fabric for the next baby to enter my world.

I'm smitten.

The goods.

Since my niece, Chloe, was not impressed by my gift of a rubber ducky (the dog loved it though...), I'm making her a sweater. One she can spit up on three times before calling it a day!

She's yawning with delight.

Christmas is quickly approaching, and all the good crafters are picking out fabric and yarn. What do I do? Make diversions.

Afghan in progress

I've been thinking a lot about the purpose of this site lately. What motivates me to go through the work of writing up a pattern, paying hosting fees, tinkering with the CMS and CSS and so forth. I check the traffic a little obsessively, but I never really had any idea of what I really wanted from those 100 visitors a day.

I don't really want money. Frankly, being paid for my crafts usually makes me feel cheap. When I think about all the time and love that goes into it, getting $50 in return is not really emotionally sustainable. I work for a paycheck, I make things for a different reason.

I've been trying to come up with the perfect post to kick off my blog, and, well, a rant about socks is you get.

I've recently decided that it's high time I knit my first pair of socks. Those that do seem to knit them passionately, and there are so many beautiful patterns (unnecessary proof).

So, I give in. I buy some sock yarn on sale. I wip out the size 1 dpns that I must have bought while smoking crack. And I cast on these puppies. It's a very simple pattern - truth be told, too simple - so I figured they'd be quick.

Yep. This is where I am-

This is after staying home from work sick and knitting most of the day and watching movies (being sick is oddly wonderful).

They are very lovely socks, and I'm sure I'll enjoy wearing them. They will keep my feet warm and prevent my shoes from becoming smelly. But... come on. For all the time that goes into these bad boys I could have made a cool lace shawl, an complicated cable scarf, a hat or two, the laptop sleeve I've been thinking about. Some thing that once I'm done will be cooler than... socks.

Sock knitters, you realize you can get a pack for like $5, right?