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Hello friends!  I hope all is well in your worlds!  Thanks to all for the well wishes.  i’m feeling much much much better.  Still a little congested, but nothing terrible.  People quit asking me “what’s wrong w/ you?” a few days ago.  :)   I love my acupuncturist.  She helped me feel so much better!

Here is this week’s bag!

Keeping on w/ my cleaning promise, i was going thru some boxes in my garage and I found this bag. :)  It’s a tad bit dirty (my apologies) but it’s just so cute!  Isn’t it happy and makes you want to smile?? :)   Kitty having a spot of tea.  hahaha.   I looked inside and i found something funny inside:  an UNFINISHED Clapotis!  This was the first one i was working on!  I was making it out of sock yarn…and i just never finished it.  I should finish it huh?  Or I can rip it out and make a different shawl with it?  hmm….what should i do?

I’m still working on my Danish tie shawl.  I’m about halfway finished.  It’s getting TERRRRIBLY boring to work on.  But i’m almost to the part where I work on the wavy edging.  I can’t wait.  I get alot of compliments on my yarn choice.  Malabrigo lace weight is da bomb diggity.  It feels so buttery and SOFT!!!

I did get my butt in gear and finished some UFO’s this week.   I worked on some crochet mermaids almost a year ago.  I promised them to my friend’s daughters.  I “finished” the little one in Feb of 2009 (almost a year ago).   I shouldn’t have claimed it as an FO…but at the time I thought i was done.  Then my friend said she didn’t want a topless mermaid for her daughter. hahaah. so i kept swearing I would make it a seashell bra.   I didn’t want to make one for some reason.  I fought it.  for a long time.

I was to see these friends in July and I had to miss the trip for various reasons.  So there the mermaids sat.

Christmas of this year I had a box ready to ship to them with some Christmas presents and other things that I had promised my friend.  Then her daughter asked her mother “Mommy…did Auntie Jen forget my mermaid?”  OH CRAP.  talk about GUILT!!!  So I made her arms and made her bikini top.  I’m ready to mail them both off tomorrow w/ their very delayed Christmas presents.  It’s all good.  Me sending them late Christmas presents just make Christmas extend for them right? hAHAHAH.

So the purple mermaid (Jeijei - big sister in Cantonese) didn’t come out AS cute as the little blue mermaid (Moymoy - little sister in Cantonese).  I think it’s b/c i didn’t stuff the head as well.  bah.  oh well.  too late now!  and I didn’t do the embroidery scales on Jeijei b/c i’m being horribly lazy and can’t find my purple thread.  I also chose to use starfish buttons for her hair for a little sparkle.

I’m a bit relieved that these are done.  They have been hanging over my head for almost a year now.  doh.

Project: Mere the mermaid amigurumi pattern (rav link)

Yarn:  Jeijei : skin - Berroco comfort DK, Body - Lion Brand Baby Soft Solid, Hair - Lion Brand Wool-Ease Solids and Heathers
MoyMoy : skin and body- Berroco Comfort Baby, Hair - Lion Brand Wool-Ease Solids and Heathers
Amount Used: bits and pieces
Color:  Jeijei skin - peach; body - purple; hair - brown heather  — MoyMoy skin- peach, body - baby blue, hair - heather brown
Hook Size:  Jeijei - F (3.75mm) ; MoyMoy - D (3.25mm)
Date Started: Feb 15, 2009
Date Finished: Jan 20, 2010

and i’m going to take another crochet break and work on another toy that I promised someone a long time ago (thanks, Janice!:))   it’ll be a nice break from all the boring garter stitch knitting from the Danish Tie Shawl.

have a great weekend everyone!