I haven't started the Clapotis yet. I know, I suck. But I have fun news. Scott thinks I should use our tax rebate check to do my knitty room. Yay! So right away I started making lists, looking for furniture, and planning a budget. I already decided to nix the idea of the sewing table. I don't sew enough to justify the expense, and seeing as how I detest laminate, it would be quite an expense. Maybe if I happen to come by one, I will rethink it, but for now it's out. So that leaves a bookcase and yarn storage. The bookcase will also be part yarn storage- I'd like to put yarn in baskets or bowls on the shelves. I have no real ideas yet for other yarn storage. Maybe something like a pie safe? Preferably something with glass doors, or an open front so the yarn isn't hidden.
I'm going to look for a spinning wheel at Sheep and Wool, hopefully I can find one there. I'm so excited about going, I could pee a little. I plan on leaving around 7:30 so I can be waiting when they open. I hope the weather isn't crappy!
That's all for now. Guess I should go cast on for the Clapotis...
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Woot!
I am now able to attend the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival on Saturday (and maybe Sunday too!). Scott had a Dr. appointment that Saturday, but it had to get rescheduled! Yay! And he even wants to go with me- which shocked me a bit, but makes me very happy. I suspect he wants to go because there will be cheese there...
I have temporarily stopped any progress on Spencer's sweater. It's just not nice to wrap a hot little puggy in wool when the weather is this warm. It will either wait for a cold spell or until fall. This has nothing to do with how completely frustrated I became with my inability to accurately measure my dog, by the way.
Instead, I might knit a Clapotis. Yeah. I caught the Clap. I never really thought about making one until I saw a couple at the knitting meet-up, and they really look nice. And apparently, it looks good in just about any yarn. I happen to have two hanks of Schaefer Susan (a mercerized cotton) that I might just use. I'll start it this weekend, and if it looks okay in the cotton I'll post pictures. If not, I'll just frog it and we'll never speak of this again.
I have temporarily stopped any progress on Spencer's sweater. It's just not nice to wrap a hot little puggy in wool when the weather is this warm. It will either wait for a cold spell or until fall. This has nothing to do with how completely frustrated I became with my inability to accurately measure my dog, by the way.
Instead, I might knit a Clapotis. Yeah. I caught the Clap. I never really thought about making one until I saw a couple at the knitting meet-up, and they really look nice. And apparently, it looks good in just about any yarn. I happen to have two hanks of Schaefer Susan (a mercerized cotton) that I might just use. I'll start it this weekend, and if it looks okay in the cotton I'll post pictures. If not, I'll just frog it and we'll never speak of this again.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Been a While... Again...
Yeah, I haven't updated in forever, I know. Honestly, I haven't been knitting much. The Mystical Creations Yarn thread over in Ravelry has me totally sucked in. If you're not on Ravelry, I suggest you go RIGHT NOW- if only to read about the insanity that is this story. Allow me to sum up:
Mean Woman sells yarn on eBay.
Yarn is bad.
People have lots of problems with their yarn, and with Mean Woman.
People on Ravelry get super pissed at Mean Woman- her yarn sucks, and she is a douche.
Mean Woman attempts to fake death to avoid angry customers.
People on Ravelry start contacting authorities.
There is so much more to that, but really there is no way to post it here. The original thread contains nearly eight thousand posts. If you plan on reading them all, you might want to take a vacation day or two. It's a very juicy read.
Admittedly, there is still a part of me that is grasping onto the ass-end of adolescence. And that part simply cannot get enough of this weird, train-wreck type of drama. As long as it's other people's drama, that is. I'm not proud.
As for knitting, I'm still working on Spencer's sweater, and have gotten to the raglan shaping on the back, but that's not saying much. I hope to have the back done and seamed to the front by Friday. That way, my mindless knitting for the meet-up can be the legs and collar.
Oh, the meet-up! I haven't mentioned that here yet! Two Fridays ago was my first time at a knitting group (the Western Maryland Ravelers Group from Ravelry), and it was a lot of fun. I met a bunch of great people (hi Linda!), and got to be social for a few hours. The group meets every other Friday night at the local Barnes and Noble, and everyone has some nice, relaxing, time to knit among friends. It's awesome.
While I was there, I swatched the Classic Elite Cotton Bamboo, and while I like it, it's totally wrong for what I had hoped to make with it (a cropped cardigan with lots of mini cables). So the search is on for something else to with it! That shouldn't be too hard, what with all the Spring/Summer patterns coming out lately. We'll see.
Mean Woman sells yarn on eBay.
Yarn is bad.
People have lots of problems with their yarn, and with Mean Woman.
People on Ravelry get super pissed at Mean Woman- her yarn sucks, and she is a douche.
Mean Woman attempts to fake death to avoid angry customers.
People on Ravelry start contacting authorities.
There is so much more to that, but really there is no way to post it here. The original thread contains nearly eight thousand posts. If you plan on reading them all, you might want to take a vacation day or two. It's a very juicy read.
Admittedly, there is still a part of me that is grasping onto the ass-end of adolescence. And that part simply cannot get enough of this weird, train-wreck type of drama. As long as it's other people's drama, that is. I'm not proud.
As for knitting, I'm still working on Spencer's sweater, and have gotten to the raglan shaping on the back, but that's not saying much. I hope to have the back done and seamed to the front by Friday. That way, my mindless knitting for the meet-up can be the legs and collar.
Oh, the meet-up! I haven't mentioned that here yet! Two Fridays ago was my first time at a knitting group (the Western Maryland Ravelers Group from Ravelry), and it was a lot of fun. I met a bunch of great people (hi Linda!), and got to be social for a few hours. The group meets every other Friday night at the local Barnes and Noble, and everyone has some nice, relaxing, time to knit among friends. It's awesome.
While I was there, I swatched the Classic Elite Cotton Bamboo, and while I like it, it's totally wrong for what I had hoped to make with it (a cropped cardigan with lots of mini cables). So the search is on for something else to with it! That shouldn't be too hard, what with all the Spring/Summer patterns coming out lately. We'll see.
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