Friday, May 4, 2012

The Jig Is Up

Last night we were talking about the weekend plans.  Our son has a band competition that is about an hour to an hour and half away.  We were talking about some places we wanted to visit after the competition and I mentioned that I needed to get some more thread.

"What?" he cried.  "We just got you a handful of thread.  Did you already use that up?"  (Which is a whole different lesson to share with him, I guess.)

So I explained to him that my pattern had 90 different colors (some would require more than one skein in the same color).  I told him that I had pulled the colors I already had and that yes, I had bought 6 or 8 skeins twice.  I told him I was trying to buy it as I reached the section where I needed the additional colors.  (So I don't give you a heart attack when I purchase around 70 skeins of thread I thought to myself.)

So I got my project and showed him two sections that had small holes where I had skipped that area because I didn't have the color I needed.

"Let me see the project," he says.

You know I have been avoiding this for two months now.  But I got the project and showed it to him.

"Holy Crap!  So who are you going to will this thing to so they can finish it after you die?"

I know Heather told me she wasn't going to look at the completed project because she wanted it to be a surprise.  But if you want you can view Flight of the Kites here.

4 comments:

  1. I have a project like that - my daughter has already commented that she'll be the one to finish it. That pattern is beautiful. And your husband does need a bit more training - his answer should have been, "Oh okay, do you need me to come in and hold them while you pick?"

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  2. LOL!!!! Yeah, my husband has pretty much accepted the fact that any finished project is a HUGE deal. He happy dances with me and yells, "WOO HOO!" if I actually finish anything. =)

    OK...I know I said I wasn't going to look...but you put the link RIGHT THERE and it was too much for me!! That's going to be bee-yoo-tee-full!!

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  3. Aren't those like 6/$1.00 or something lol. I have a couple of boxes of floss still from when I was cross stitching. I've had to rescue them from my daughter's rooms a few times!

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