I'm a nerd.
Speaking of Thanksgiving, Michael has a huge rollout that's coming due December 3rd, so he has to work lots of extra time getting data converted before Thanksgiving. What that means is he won't be able to go to CT until Thursday morning at the earliest. Which sucks. I'm seriously considering driving down on Tuesday night with the kidlet as we had originally planned, or Wednesday morning at the latest. Why, you ask? This is so nerdy - I've been talking to TK and she's invited me to go to her knitting group on Wednesday night! Eeee! I've never been to an actual knitting group before and I am so chomping at the bit. So much, in fact, that I'm considering making the four-hour drive to and from CT in my own car just to do it. Michael and his sister would drive down in his car on Thursday morning, then when we went home we'd be in separate vehicles. I really don't like that part. Then again, I don't feel at all comfortable taking the bus with kidlet and borrowing my MIL's car. Sigh. Oh, hell, I don't know. I'll just keep my fingers crossed that maybe by some grace of all that is warm and fuzzy that Michael is able to wrap up everything he has to do and we can leave on Wednesday after all.
I'm such a nerd!
Speaking of knitting, I went to the yarn store today to pick up some Brittanys that I need for the mobius scarf (still waiting on the yarn from Joann, grumble). I got a pair of 13s, a set of dp 13s, and a pair of 5s for another project. I love those damned needles, they are so awesome. Can I say it again? SO AWESOME. I was going on and on about them and Michael said, "Couldn't we just get you a complete set of every size?" I nearly wet myself, then calmed down and explained to him just how many sets of needles that would be: single points in ten sizes in two lengths, then double points in ten sizes in two lengths, and that's not even taking into account duplicates I'd need for popular needle sizes, and crochet hooks, and I don't even know if they make circulars...anyway, he realized just how insidious knitting needles can be, and decided that maybe it wasn't such a bad thing that I go out and get what I need when I actually need it. Ah well, maybe someday I'll hit the lottery and then it's full sets of Brittanys for everyone!
(I so mean it, too)
While I was at the store the malabrigo once again called to me in its soft wooly hand-dyed voice..."touch me, feel me..." and it was something like a song by The Who except at the end of it a skein of Purple Mystery (though frankly it looks a lot more like Velvet Grapes) came home with me.
So OMG, does anyone out there want to take a trip to Maine just to go on a field trip to Halcyon Yarn with me? I seriously keep their catalogs just so I can look at the yarn porn when no one else is around.
I brought the malabrigo home and immediately wanted to get to work with it, as I am making a little something for a special someone who doesn't even know it yet. My favorite kind of project. The malabrigo is a dream to work with, it feels SO nice and I think it's going to be just wonderful worked up. It's extremely soft and not at all scratchy, and the colors are amazing!
Do you want to see it? Huh? Huh? I know you do!
There's not much to see, yet...this is the start of a scarf, something I'm adapting from the free mobius scarf pattern that I plan to make for Katie, only it calls for bulky yarn and the malabrigo is worsted.
And, just for giggles, here's a really awesome site I just found out about from a friend of an internet friend called You Knit What?? My favorite, by far, can be found under the August 2005 archive...scroll way down and look for something blinding and yellow.
I'm such a nerd!
Speaking of knitting, I went to the yarn store today to pick up some Brittanys that I need for the mobius scarf (still waiting on the yarn from Joann, grumble). I got a pair of 13s, a set of dp 13s, and a pair of 5s for another project. I love those damned needles, they are so awesome. Can I say it again? SO AWESOME. I was going on and on about them and Michael said, "Couldn't we just get you a complete set of every size?" I nearly wet myself, then calmed down and explained to him just how many sets of needles that would be: single points in ten sizes in two lengths, then double points in ten sizes in two lengths, and that's not even taking into account duplicates I'd need for popular needle sizes, and crochet hooks, and I don't even know if they make circulars...anyway, he realized just how insidious knitting needles can be, and decided that maybe it wasn't such a bad thing that I go out and get what I need when I actually need it. Ah well, maybe someday I'll hit the lottery and then it's full sets of Brittanys for everyone!
(I so mean it, too)
While I was at the store the malabrigo once again called to me in its soft wooly hand-dyed voice..."touch me, feel me..." and it was something like a song by The Who except at the end of it a skein of Purple Mystery (though frankly it looks a lot more like Velvet Grapes) came home with me.
So OMG, does anyone out there want to take a trip to Maine just to go on a field trip to Halcyon Yarn with me? I seriously keep their catalogs just so I can look at the yarn porn when no one else is around.
I brought the malabrigo home and immediately wanted to get to work with it, as I am making a little something for a special someone who doesn't even know it yet. My favorite kind of project. The malabrigo is a dream to work with, it feels SO nice and I think it's going to be just wonderful worked up. It's extremely soft and not at all scratchy, and the colors are amazing!
Do you want to see it? Huh? Huh? I know you do!
There's not much to see, yet...this is the start of a scarf, something I'm adapting from the free mobius scarf pattern that I plan to make for Katie, only it calls for bulky yarn and the malabrigo is worsted.
And, just for giggles, here's a really awesome site I just found out about from a friend of an internet friend called You Knit What?? My favorite, by far, can be found under the August 2005 archive...scroll way down and look for something blinding and yellow.
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