Last week was cray cray. I got a notice on my apartment door on Tuesday evening that my apartment was going to be sprayed for bed bugs as a preventative (because I DON'T have bed bugs but my neighbors do) and I needed to get all this stuff done by Wednesday :/
I freaked out and called the property management place that I rent from. She gave me the exterminator's number and I got the low down from him. He said the spray date for my unit was pushed back to Thursday to give me time to prepare and also all I had to do was push all the furniture away from the walls and wash my bedding. That was a huge relief! I also felt the need to mildly clean my apartment because I didn't want to gross out the bug spraying guys with cat litter on the floor and dirty dishes in the sink. I took off half of Wednesday to get ready and all of Thursday because I needed to keep my cat with me out of the apartment and also because I knew I wouldn't want to go back to work after driving around with a cat for 3 hours LOL. Why didn't I just board her you ask? Well, I checked two vets and it would cost about $10 to board her and about $100 to examine her and get her up to date on her shots and they refused to board her without the shots. So we drove to visit my mom and get my oil changed. Well, then my mom's employee noticed that I had a staple in one of my tires! So me and cat spent about 30 minutes in Wal-Mart.
She was so good and only meowed a little bit. Mostly I think she was just annoyed and on the trip back home relaxed enough to take a nap.
After we got home, I moved all the furniture back into place and put everything in order and then got to work crafting!
I finished the black polka dot Simplicity 1620.
I really like this pattern! It fits me well and it's so easy to make. I don't like how the arm holes gape so I need to find some jacket/cardigan type things before I can wear it to work but other then that I'm really keen on it. I wish I had done a few things different like put the arm hole hem on the outside and the bottom hem on the outside kinda playing with the darker print of the right side of the fabric that was turned to the inside but for work that may be a bit avant garde so to speak and to everyone would probably just look like I had it on wrong side out LOL. Oh well next time I reverse the fabric I might play around a bit with that :)
Saturday was my mom's bday so I finished up her present on Friday night. I made her some cool Ballband pattern dishcloths in colors to match the ceramic stuff that she collects. The white is a little too bright for me but that's ok I guess.
On Saturday, I got a wild hair to make some coasters with this new cool yarn that I bought from Hobby Lobby.
I just kept going and by the end of the weekend I had 7 coasters! (One went to Gran.) I used the Granny's Favorite dishcloth pattern and instead of decreasing at 44 stitches, I decreased at 30. I used up the entire ball so I bought some more and hope to make coasters for all of my coworkers before I leave for my new job next week.
I just noticed that something went wrong with the bottom right coaster. There is a slight jog in the pattern LOL
So coming up this week I will be making more coasters for my work crew and also working on a new dress made from this pattern.
I made one about a year ago and I really love it even tho I never wore it. I'm trying to be more bold about wearing my makes. I have two fabrics that will be perfect, a really bold lemon print and some dessert print. I want to have enough dresses so I can wear one each work day if I so choose.
I've been stalking the Driftless Cardigan by Grainline Studio. I loved Christine Haynes' version. So cool and I've never really worked with knits before so that will be a challenge.
I am also super into Christine Haynes' new pattern the Lottie. I especially love her pattern hack version with the buttons down the front like a house dress.
Here's some animal pics. Ripley snug in her cat tree once we returned home on Thursday and Pokey coveting my seat on the couch at Gran's.
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