Sew Dance

and a change of plans. Going to crochet and try and reduce the number of kits I have in my closet interspersed with more ornaments. Also had an impromptu photo shoot with Clyde. All photos taken in under a minute.

Halloween night. Milo. Appropriately creepy. I agree with the scores. John. Music did not fit the dance. I could see the steps but had issues feeling the paso. Felt too regal in posture. Little high but i'll agree with the scores. Demarcus. Uh, no hips. Best part was the lifts. Not sure what the judges were looking at. Too high.  Evanna. Not bad. I think she could've embraced the character more. Seemed to be cat lite. My mind wandered back to my cha cha routine to that song. A little high. Bobby. Not really Argentine tango. And he seemed to not do much. Cute shoes on Sharna. I prefer the original version of the song. Too high. Mary Lou. Felt a bit one note. Everything was on one beat and little was syncopated. Too high. Ooh, hot shirtless guys dancing. Kinda needed that tonight. Alexis. Seemed a bit like a jive which she did before. Music seemed a bit off time near the end... too high. Joe. Lots of lifts, not much tango. She danced around him...

The ghost took way too long to finish. Spent a good portion of two days working on just that. I finished the ornament in far less time. The shawl is on hold for the moment. Just ripped out 4 rows and don't want to be frustrated on my vacation. So off to make more ornaments.

Disney night! Happiest night of the year. Cute opening. Over the top, but cute.  Alexis. Nice classic foxtrot. I saw connecting through the hips at points. Don't think her upper body was leaving far enough back. Don't know if it was 10s but I'll give her the scores. Juan Pablo. Cute. He definitely got into it. Few footwork issues. Not 10s, but i'll give him the scores. Demarcus. Lifts were great. Actual Charleston, not so much. Too high. Evanna. Seemed a bit messy. Saw some missed connections. Too high. Joe. Off time, looked lost, too much jumping up and down. I don't know what Carrie Ann was looking at. Too high. Mary Lou. I felt it was a lot of moving through poses. Too high. John. Not bad. I agree with the scores. Bobby. Seemed more viennese than slow waltz. Didn't see much rise and fall or waltz. Too high. Milo. His head was too far forward and he kept looking down at her. I think Whitney was standing too upright. No b...

1.1 pages left for the row. But onto something else for a bit. I started knitting this shawl. Why did I choose such a thin yarn for my 2nd knitting project? Frogged a lot. Finally put in that brown size 10 thread as a "lifeline". Oddly, I haven't royally messed up since I did so... Got a case for my double pointed needles. Not really built for some of the larger ones but I'm making it work.

It's trio night. Should be fun. Juan Pablo w/ Melissa Rycroft. Hot, but not much cha cha to that dance. His knees were bent during the cha cha. Too high. Tinashe w/ Amy Purdy. Too open but full frame would've looked odd with the three person tango. But that song wasn't a good choice for tango. Too high. John w/ Joey Fatone. Interesting, but not really feeling the Argentine tango from John. Joey's eyebrows helped. Too high. Evanna w/ Scarlett Byrne. That wasn't very good from either of them. No hips. I liked the song but didn't feel salsa. Too high. Demarcus w/ Rashad Jennings. Neither has their hips forward properly, but Rashad carried the rest of his body better. Demarcus looked too bowed over. Too high. Mary Lou w/ Nastia Liukin. Cute. Best part was probably that balance lift with both ladies. Too high. Milo w/ Riker Lynch. They matched. Could've used more hips in places and I think the shoes made them look very flat footed. A bit...

Progress on the Arab Tent. Should be able to finish this page by next week. And I thought it got to be cold enough to start working on afghans, but this week it went back into the 70s. So may do a knit shawl project with "it's a wrap". Need to refresh my knitting skills before tackling one of the blankets I bought. Also ordered yarn for the crochet crowd summer CAL and a potential knit hoodie. And a case for my double pointed needles so they're not sliding around on a shelf. Vacation is coming up at the end of the month, hopefully I can get some cleaning/organizing done.