On the bright side, I...um...went back to the Yarn Riot and bought some more of that nice rose-colored Wool-ease (in case I had the urge to double the yarn, that would only bring the ENTIRE cost of the sweater up to a whopping $32), and another bag of the turquoise-multi Bernat Sox (Hippi Hot, $10 for 10 sk) for my mom, as she has been eyeing my Cervinia Calzetteria from last year's Riot, and I know I will not be wanting to give up MY bag of Sox.
Believe it or not, I did actually manage to finish a project in the midst of this orgy of yarn buying. What my sweetie jokingly calls a lid -- finished in the nick of time, considering the beginning of true winter weather is about to make itself felt -- is made from a ball of Lion Brand Wool-ease Thick & Quick which I unwisely bought years ago. You can't really see the seed stitch around the brim, even if you click to enlarge the pic, and you will mercifully probably never see the pompom I was contemplating adding from the scrap yarn. 
I had also made about a foot of progress on my niece's Xmas present, using the Berroco Air, Caribbean Scarf pattern, when I decided I didn't like the pattern...(You can swatch for gauge, but not for design, and if unless someone else can think of a way to do THAT, I'd love to hear it.) 
So I ripped out the entire thing (ribbit...) and instead replaced it with a design of my own combining seed stitch and and "relief" pattern of a diamond. (Click on the photo to see an enormous enlargement...) You do not want to KNOW how many times I ripped this scarf out before I gave up and stuck with this pattern on the right.
Oh, and "liwu" means gift in Mandarin Chinese.
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