I finished knitting HRH’s eight-foot-long banner of Harry Potter geekitude, AKA his Gryffindor scarf, yesterday morning. I turned it inside out, wove in all the ends, and blocked it in the basement. The tassels were supposed to go on last night.

Except I do not have a crochet hook with which to do them, and everything else I suggested to myself also did not work. (Christmas tree ornament hook! Candy cane! Unbent paper clip!)

Argh.

I suspect I will be pleading with Ceri to allow me to stop by tonight in order to collect a crochet hook. Or possibly Mousme, as she may also have the smaller size circular needles I need for Bodhifox’s hat. Because after two inches of ribbing and stockinette, it is clear to me that I need to start over with a smaller needle size unless Captain Fox wants a hat that looks like lace. Stupid yarn. (It’s very pretty, really, but not his type of thing.) My gauge swatch lied AGAIN. You see why I cannot trust these things? [ETA: Oh, aha, I have a size 8 circular needle. It’s an Addi Turbo, and I don’t like it as much as my bamboo needles, but I’ve got one and that’s what’s important.]

We had some Family Dramah over the weekend (two separate incidents, actually) and as a result some of our weekend plans were skebarded. The one good thing about the Dramah is that everything is better than it was pre-Dramahtic Incidents. HRH said that this holiday would go on record as being One Day Too Long, although I suspect it was actually a good five days too long and we were all gritting our teeth for those final days until none of us could take it any more. We ended the holiday period by taking down the tree and decorations last night (in about thirty minutes, bang zap pow!) and watching The Empire Strikes Back (the original theatrical version, thank you very much).

And now, the first thing I get to do before I settle down to write is submit an invoice for my December work! What a lovely way to begin the work week.