So for about a year, or maybe almost two, I have had this pair of socks that I've been working on. I Stupidly took the manufacturers advice and bought only one skein of yarn. In the process of making these socks I lost the labels (my dog ate them I think), and I probably threw away my receipt (can't find it assuming gone forever). So now I have one finished sock and one half done sock and I don't know what kind of yarn it is nor do I know who I got it from . NICE! So now I am considering undoing the other sock to knit the other sock to the same point and then attempting to find a similar yarn so that I can finish both socks so that they look alike. Only thing is this procedure worries me. Ok i'll admit this procedure down right terrifies me! I don't want to unravel the first sock. It just looks so pretty and not messed up, I can't help it. But the neurotic side of me keeps saying "yes, but if you don't do that then you are going to have two mismatched socks"(stupid neurotic side, SHUT-UP!). That bothers me a lot, a lot more than I thought it would too. Stupid me just had to take the manufacturers word for it. NEVER TRUST THEM!!!.....Otherwise you could be in the same position as me SCREWED! On a lighter note (and to make myself feel slightly better) I may have found a match on ebay. The picture doesn't look quite the same but oh well it's doomed to be jacked anyway.
Changing subject from doom and gloom. My baby jacket/ kimono is almost done, one sleeve left and the collar to go. That does make me feel better, that and the idea that I will have the best dresses baby EVER!! :D I'm one of those crazy mom's who went baby clothes shopping before I even got pregnant. Now that I am, I feel completely justified in scouring the baby clothes racks as well as the clearance. Thanks Mom, i'm a clearance'a'holic because of you (sigh...fond memories of hiding in clothes racks:D).
I think i'm done babbling now I just wanted to let everyone know that i am totally going to be at the Stitches West show in San Jose. That is going to be freakin' awesome, never mind the fact that I have to work at it. I will spend the majority of my paycheck and be in a fantastic mood for months to come (Visualizing soft things and petting them...sigh new fond memories). Husband has camera pictures are coming!
Friday, February 16, 2007
Thursday, February 15, 2007
I'm totally a dork...
Okay, for the past week I have been researching blogs. It's really sad I knew I wanted to make one for all of my knitting/spinning/whatever projects, but I wanted to see how everyone else did theirs to make sure that I did mine right.:D
In my research I found KAL and that put it over the top for me I had to have a blog and I had to have one now because I wanted to join the KAL groups. It can get lonesome out here in the Far East Bay Area my particular age group is obsessed with partying and college not many of them have any hobbies remotely resembling mine, there is no LYS and it can get a little desperate. I'm a weirdo out here. And I like it that way,.... kind of. It does suck when you are at point in a project where you don't really understand what the pattern is saying and there isn't really anyone you can talk to about help. Yes, I looked around at knitting groups but everyone is making scarfs and after that usually has no ambition towards anything more difficult. (And anyone who does have ambition I usually end up teaching) I did find a spinning group a couple cities over but I didn't have time every, Monday to drive half an hour to spend only 2 hours and then spend another hour in traffic (traffic is really bad here). Not to mention everyone in the group was two to three times my age (seriously two to three, I think the youngest one was 50). They were cool they definitely knew their stuff and I learned a lot from them the few times that I went.
Enough with my woe is me speech I'm here and I want to participate. This will be a new experience for me with as much commitment as I'm willing to put into it. (that is my favorite kind of commitment).
In my research I found KAL and that put it over the top for me I had to have a blog and I had to have one now because I wanted to join the KAL groups. It can get lonesome out here in the Far East Bay Area my particular age group is obsessed with partying and college not many of them have any hobbies remotely resembling mine, there is no LYS and it can get a little desperate. I'm a weirdo out here. And I like it that way,.... kind of. It does suck when you are at point in a project where you don't really understand what the pattern is saying and there isn't really anyone you can talk to about help. Yes, I looked around at knitting groups but everyone is making scarfs and after that usually has no ambition towards anything more difficult. (And anyone who does have ambition I usually end up teaching) I did find a spinning group a couple cities over but I didn't have time every, Monday to drive half an hour to spend only 2 hours and then spend another hour in traffic (traffic is really bad here). Not to mention everyone in the group was two to three times my age (seriously two to three, I think the youngest one was 50). They were cool they definitely knew their stuff and I learned a lot from them the few times that I went.
Enough with my woe is me speech I'm here and I want to participate. This will be a new experience for me with as much commitment as I'm willing to put into it. (that is my favorite kind of commitment).
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