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messy tuesday

Posted on | April 15, 2008 | 10 Comments

I first read about Messy Tuesdays on Mel’s blog.  Felix has dubbed it anti-”pinnyporn” and as soon as I read her thoughts on the matter, I knew this was something I had to participate in.  We all try to present our home in the best light possible, making sure the clutter is off to the side, out of the viewfinder’s range.  But if your house is like mine (and I suspect, like Jane‘s and Alicia‘s and every other blogger out there), there are piles of crap – to use the technical term – here and there, perhaps everywhere, that deserve their day in the sun.  Or on the net.  Here’s mine for today:

This is the top of the armoire in my bedroom.  From left to right we have:

The pile of books I’ve read so far this year.  The Secret Life of Bees made me cry the most, but The Robber Bride stayed with me longer.

My lion that I’ve had since childhood.  He plays Frere Jacques and his head moves ever so slightly.  He’s up there for protection.

Behind my lion and book stack is a hat box holding mostly straw hats that only come out during the summer.  The leather hat on top was bought in the French Quarter when I had too much available credit and not enough common sense.

Look at my poor empty yarn bowl.  I obviously don’t have enough yarn.

Handy-dandy swift.  Behind the handy-dandy swift, in the straw basket, is a cone of yarn I got from Webs a long time ago and that I’d actually like to use to make a sweater of my own design.  The problem is – the yarn still has machine oil on it and isn’t the most pleasant thing to knit with.  It washes up beautifully and I could wind it off into skeins and give it a good washing but I haven’t resolved which is worse – knitting with scratchy yarn or weaving in ends.

On the far left corner is the Hexacomb Cardi, still waiting to be seamed and en-buttonerated.  I know I should finish it but it’s hard to get excited about finishing something you’re not going to wear.

Behind Hexacomb is a gift box that now holds buttons, special stitch markers and other fibery tools. 

You can barely see a skein (or two?) of handspun there on the right edge.

Wow, I can fit a lot on top of my armoire.  All these things hide the dust rather well, so I’m inclined to leave them there! 

If you want to see more mess, or play along, check out the  Flickr Group.

And have a messy Tuesday!

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