I love my ALL the Movies box bag Stitched by JessaLu. It look a lot for me to get it but once now that I have it I’m delighted with it.

It’s made of real fabric! Not that thin plastic-y feeling stuff that’s so popular these days. I have at least two of those plastic-y bags and my needles tend to poke through easily. With these bags the needles would have to poke through two layers!

I will also say that Jessa was wonderful when I had my address mix-up. When I explained what my issue was she was polite and helpful. She didn’t call me an idiot for not checking the address before sending like any smart person would. As soon as she restocks I have a second box bag I’ve got my eye on, but I’m not sharing the fabric pattern I want because I don’t want it to sell out!

On to knitting!

I’m less delighted with the Evenstar Shawl. It has a series of twisted stitches and I’ve discovered that I hate twisted stitches. So after two weeks of punishing ignoring it I’ve come to a decision. I’m not going to do them.

The frog says, “Ribbit. Ribbit.”

I frogged back to the start of the twisted stitch chart (to my lifeline!) and put everything back on the needles to start again.

Now that I’m not hating every other twisted stitch it’s moving much quicker. Sadly though, we’re about to start exams here at school and my knitting time will be severely cut back during EOCs.

For those who don’t know EOC administrators are not allowed to do anything during exams. We can’t read, can’t knit, can’t talk, can’t sit. Our job for 3-4 hours is to walk around a silent classroom and make sure nobody is cheating. It’s mind-numbingly boring, but this year I’ve got a pedometer and have challenged another teacher to see who can get the most steps.

Wish me luck!