I love my sister. And I am stubborn.

For solstice I am crocheting many presents. I am really excited about it, and have been dying to blog about it, but I have to do it in code in case certain people are reading. ahem. I am making something lovely and tedious for my mom. Because it is so tedious, I thought I would take a quick break and make my sister's ... something (not telling!). I thought it would go pretty fast.

BUT.

I have ripped the #@*&%@#*$ thing out 4, count them, F-O-U-R times. When I am more than a skein into the pattern. The gauge keeps getting wonky. I can't figure out quite why. All I know is, making things without a pattern seems to me to be WAY easier than making things with one. If I were designing this... thing, I would just hold it up and say, "Yep, looks good" or, "I need it longer here" or whatever. Following a pattern locks me in. I am bound by the rules. I am not a big fan of rules. What? You noticed that about me? You are very observant. Now hush, I am blogging here.

So I am on my LAST try before I give up and make this... something (my code is impenetrable! ha! double ha!) without a stinkin' pattern and with nothing but some yarn, a hook, and my imagination. Ha. That will show 'em.



In other news, I need an opinion, people. Pablo wants to be Stuart Little for Halloween. Yes, I know, AWESOME, right? But we need a suit, a cane, and a fedora in addition to tail whiskers and ears. The suit and cane aren't a problem. However, the fedoras I can find for kids say Indiana Jones all over them. I am sure I could find a super fancy one for a TON of money. For some reason I am not so much into that. So should I crochet him one? It would only take a couple of hours. I think it would look really cute. It would (of course) have mouse ears sticking out the brim. I am leaning towards the crochet idea. Please comment your opinion!! Do I get an Indiana Jones hat and try to rip off the advertising, or do I make him one?