It’s not that I don’t love blogging, it’s just that it’s that time of year again. The time of year where I abandon all pretense of sanity and decide to sew Carrie’s Christmas dress, while simultaneously knitting a way overdue baby gift (the gift’s overdue, not the baby) and creating dozens of handmade Christmas gifts. I know what you’re thinking. I can’t be bothered to make a Halloween costume and settle for buying a fairy costume when I really wanted a butterfly costume (to be fair, she was incredibly cute in that costume), but I can pass up the dozens of perfectly lovely Christmas dresses in the store in order to spend more money and hours of my time sewing tiny little hems on sleeves and fussy little collars. I can’t explain it. I’m pretty sure something’s wrong with the way my brain is wired. At least this year I’ve started the madness much earlier, and there’s a good chance that I’ll be done before Christmas. Mostly.
I just finished sewing in a zipper – since obviously that’s way more important than, oh, I don’t know, um, sleep?!?
So, big bloggy post tomorrow later today with…something…maybe a picture of the dress-in-progress. I promise. And to my Knit Mitt Kit Swap pal, I’ll get to that questionnaire ASAP! I just have to set in some sleeves… (Hmmmm. Sleep or sleeves? Sleep or sleeves? Do you think it’s safe to set in sleeves at quarter to one in the morning, or is that just asking for trouble?)
Oh! And did I mention I have a new laptop? We were at the Apple store on Saturday, and there was a super-duper, once-in-a-lifetime, can’t-pass-it-up deal on a new MacBook Pro. So if anyone’s looking to buy an original titanium powerbook, not quite 4 years old, 1 GB memory, 60 GB hard drive, and a new battery, let me know.
I suffer from the same illness – mine normally starts about 2 weeks before Christmas when I suddenly think.”I know, I’ll knit my mum this lovely lacey shawl with all the beading” or “my god-daughter would love a Cinderella ball-gown dressing up outfit” then I find myself madly hemming or knitting on Christmas Eve!
OOOOOO and I’m so jealous about the MacBook
I remember many years ago helping my girlfriend sew her bridesmaid dress the night and morning before the wedding. We stayed up all night sewing on the thing. It actually came out very nicely. I don’t know how we did it. The fabric was Netting, very pretty, had to sew it with tissue paper. That was fun picking out of the stitches. But think twice about staying up and sewing. sometimes it’s much better to get you sleep and attack the project the next day.