Busy, busy, busy

I've been really busy this month with my grad classes. I managed to get my 2 papers submitted on time and now just have the final exams to take before Thursday night. Not much needlework has been done this session and my stress level is really high.

I did finish crocheting a hat for myself and a cover for a coffee container I've been using to store my crochet hooks in. Both were done in Jaded Ombre by Dawn Sayelle (100% Sayelle Acrylic worsted weight). I think I picked this skein up on clearance at Michael's a number of years ago. There was a clearance tag listing the original price at $1.49 and the clearance price of $0.75. Anyway, so much for my efforts to clear out some of my stash.

Knitted Texas Dishcloth

What can I say? Once I saw this pattern on the internet, I knew I HAD to make it. The only problem is that I kept making mistakes in counting my knits and purls. I frogged the darn thing 4 times before I finally managed to get it finished. I tried to knit on it during the Ravelry Bayour City Knitters meeting on Thursday night a couple of weeks ago but failed miserably. It took another week before I could get my nerve up to try it again. Maybe it was sitting there and watching the Olympics while I knitted. Maybe it was Pippin lazing there next to me. Who knows? Who cares? It's done! Huzzah!

What to do next?

That's the question, isn't it? Do I finish inventorying my stash of yarn and thread or start another project? Do I rush out to buy more bamboo knitting needles to complete my set or just work with the aluminum ones I already have?

I'm already frustrated with Ravelry's library option. I've been trying to put my magazines in but you can only put a book, magazine, booklet, etc. in the library if someone has already posted a project from that book, magazine, booklet, etc. ARRGGGHHH! And I haven't been able to find out if there is any way of listing the projects available in any particular book, magazine, booklet, etc. (That's a lot of etcs!) OK, so it's still in beta but it's something they really need to consider. (Grouse, grouse, grouse!)

I think my heavy load of grad classes this summer is making me irritable. It's certainly NOT helping my needlework output any.