Yay! You are all officially nerds, some are even literary nerds. I have to admit that I’ve read a shit load of books. However, few of them appeared in that so called, “How bookish are you” quiz.

Here’s my quiz:

How much time to you spend knitting a PROTOtype for the tetrahymena (which you all spelled correctly in your comments…go team?)

A - zero hours
B - When is Christmas again? Cause I spent 4 hours
C - four days

Canya guess which one I would pick?

The Prototype which is now a dog toy:

As you can see we have a start here. I have never knit spherical object before. So, I knit it with any ridges or fur just to get the feel of the mechanics. What I learned:

1. Decreasing and increasing looks wonky.
2. Ribbing will be incredible difficult to keep consistent for the above reason.
3. Something meaning to look like an eggplant/pear will really look like a circle. Must exaggerate the shape.
4. Felting would make this a lot easier.

The last item, I think, is the kiss of mercy. Today I purchased Green Lamb’s Pride and some eyelash yarn/string. These two items will get to know one another on a brief visit to my knitting basket. The visit will last as long as it takes me to finish the three baby sweaters I have going, the shawl for my mom I haven’t started AND all of the wrapping paper.

** While I think that the situation behind the need for this sentence (as described here on the Harlot’s blog) is deplorable, I have to admit that this phrase has kept me giggling for the past 24 hours.