I have been spending a LOT of time online lately trying to promote my art/craft stuff and make some contacts. One thing that is always interesting to me is that when people see my felted animals and dolls they always say how happy and cute and sweet they are. I myself am not always the happiest person all the time. Strangely though, even though I have set out to make some kind of creepy things most of them are pretty much just cute if a bit strange. So the past week I've been through the wringer. Today I decided I would treat myself and went to the yarn store (the fancy pants one) and got myself some Manos del Uruguay that I have been coveting for a few months. I have been thinking that I needed a new hat and found this cute pattern that for some reason reminded me of a beehive. I also went and bought myself flowers. You can probably guess by now that part of my discontent has to do with a boy, right? So I settled in this evening and got out my luscious Manos rolled up into those little cake shapes that come off the ball winder and got down to business. The hat starts at the crown and increases out and down. It starts with 12 stitches. 12 is a lot for a little circle at the top. There's a hole about the size of a silver dollar in the top of my hat. I checked the corrections on the website and there aren't any mentioned. So for now not being able to handle the math involved in recalculating the number I need to add in with all the increases etc. in my current battered state I have cast aside my much anticipated project. And I went back to work. On my newest doll. It was time for me to do her hair and face which is one of the best parts. Even in my crappy mood I didn't give her a scowl or any tears. She's a happy bug eyed little gal with a wry grin. So I guess a part of me is always happy and cute and sweet. I just sometimes lose sight of that.
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