Harrumph

To say that I'm disappointed in the election results would be a huge understatement!

Is it too early to start campaigning for Hillary in '08?

So, anyone for a mini "picturepalooza"?

First up is my bathroom rug. No, it's still not finished. I find that I keep getting distracted.


Next in line is the filet crochet piece that I've been working on. I had a superstitious "need" to work on it while the Red Sox were going through the playoffs and World Series. (Didn't work last night, though. Maybe things would have gone differently. Harrumph.)
I wasn't too sure how much I was going to like it, but once I saw it on a dark background I was much happier with it. It's about one fourth of the way through the pattern I'm using.


And last is a Christmas stocking that will be one of a pair that a friend commissioned for her grandchildren. I'm loving it! It's reminding me just how much I enjoy doing color work. And it's going up really quickly too!

The only thing is, there are two problems with the stocking.

One-The reindeer's body (yes, it'll be a reindeer) is two stitches too narrow. Not a big deal, I can just frog back a couple of rows and fix it.

The second problem is a little bigger. I bought two shades of red for the two different stockings, and grabbed the wrong red when I started this stocking; but that's OK because I've decided I really liked the color. However, I only have one skein of it, it's almost gone...

And the yarn store is out of the dye lot!

So it's decision time: Do I just pick up another skein and hope the color isn't too far off? (A thought that makes my skin crawl. No, no one else would notice it, but I would!)
My other option is to just pick up two more skeins in the same dye lot, frog back to the white band, and continue on from there. It would mean yanking out two nights work, but I'd probably be happier with it.