colin firth is a knitter and is in love with me...

At least, according to my dream last night, which followed an evening of watching (in awe, I might add) The King's Speech. I'll admit I've been a fan since both Bridget Jones and Love Actually, but his performance was most certainly Oscar worthy and just incredible in Speech.

In my dream, which was better than any of the above movies put together, I was at a party in London (of course) in which Colin and other actors were performing a scene from Speech in person, right there in the middle of the cocktail party. After the scene, Colin came and sat next to me and we began to chat. The next thing I know, he starts presenting all of these adorable knits to me, showing me his craftiness. There was a child's cardigan, a hat and socks, and of course I was blown away.

After several cocktails and conversation, Colin leans in to kiss me. I back away, explaining that I am, in fact, a married woman. He smiles a tiny, Chesire cat-type smile and leans in closer still. I remind him at that point I was under the impression he was also married, to which his face soured. It was obvious his ego was bruised, but more importantly, it was apparent I had led him on and he viewed me now as this single blob of female that had just wasted a great amount of his time. After all, he had shared his knitting!

So anyway, Colin Firth is a knitter and is in love with me. I just thought the world should know. Years ago, Brad Pitt fell in love with me in the same way, although in that dream we were designing furniture together and as I was later chopping carrots, he made a pass. I turned him away in that dream as well. What is wrong with me?

Besides the fact that even with a pattern, I'm unable to knit felted ballet slippers that actually fit me. The first two photos are from before the felt, the last two are after two attempts in the washer, with three towels and a tennis ball. The only wavering of the pattern was that I knitted a double strand of yarn instead of a single. Do you think that would make this big of a difference? And no, I'm not exactly sure why there's a place for a dew claw in them, either.

Meanwhile, this is sooooo close to opening I can barely stand it!!! Maybe Colin will stop by for supplies...