1. So I'm watching old episodes of "Changing Rooms" [you all know about "Changing Rooms"? The original British show which inspired "Trading Spaces". OK, they copied it. Anyway...] and the crazy designer woman wants to KNIT huge blankets for the sofas [yes, it's exactly the same show: one designer, a thousand dollars/five hundred pounds, and TWO days!]. She's got a knitting machine alright, but the first thing she does is pull out the instruction manual. Yikes! Forty-eight hours, honey. In one, you can run down to the store and buy blankets, even nice ones, even cheap.

2. Got a new holdeverything catalog in the mail yesterday. In addition to selling all kinds of outrageously expensive furniture-y basket-y things, they're selling a Cable Knit Christmas Tree Skirt for $129! [No, it's not on the website.] Omigod, that is ridiculous. Big selling points from the blurb: "keeps the tree stand hidden" [well, that's worth big bucks] and "provides a vibrant background for wrapped gifts" [what gifts? I blew all my Christmas money on the damn tree skirt!].

3. And then there's me. Had one of those, 'well if I just keep knitting this problem will go away' moments. My pattern for the crazy continental is really only pieced together from patterns here and there (plus I'm using yarn with a different gauge), so I should have known that the sizing was likely to be a little unreliable. Well, I did know, but I was in denial. Since I'm trying to nip those sizing problems in the bud now (after my Elizabeth fiasco), I decided better late than later. So, back I go to lower the armhole shaping a few centimeters.