NEW LYS

Wow, I got one of those i-cord doll/gadget thingers. I am going to make a million skinny bangles. It goes so fast and I love it (and I got the crappy cheap one.) I also didn't get the other one cus I thought the 5 or 6 prong was too big and loose, but I was wrong. I need to get one of those too. Right now I'm only making skinny bangles. I used it with super bulky weight and it made a sort of square strand. I used the sari silk in there. It's great. I keep making them a tad too long I think. It's hard to measure with the tool in the way. It's awesome though.

I've been lax with knitting lately. I've really come to that point where I need to make a sweater or something big and cozy to wear. I've been waiting forever to do it, waiting on finances. So I finally got the yarn to make my first sweater vest thingy yesterday. Not following pattern perfectly. Going to double strand, cus I found some cheaper stuff than the stuff recommended. it should make the stitch a little bigger since I'm freaked out about Twinkle's itsy sizes. It looked rather grey in the store, but when I got it home it was a little more powder blueish. I think it'll still work. Oh well. 

Now I just have to get the needles. I don't want crappy plastic ones, so I'm going to get some harmony ones. I'll have to wait a week or two, but they're worth the investment, I'd spend just about as much on an 1/8 of the product in stores.

Which brings me to Yorkshire Yarns. Cus she told me to go with the harmony on line, they're cheaper. What customer service. She could have tried to get me to buy her stuff,...but no. AND they have couches. I LOVE THIS PLACE. I want to go today. I'm nervous about going to the knitting meetup, I've never been to one. But we're going. Me and Margarita. That's all there is to it. We're going.

Alright, lots more to write about, like the needle case and the actual math i used from the swatch (YAY) but I have to get ready for work.

I want fiber

I have  craving.  A lust.  I want something raw that I can fold myself up in, to quote Eddie.  Something to spin myself into and make something to keep forever that has more story and more personality than anything you can get anywhere else.  

I'm on the phone with my mother in law and she's telling me about how Icelanders used to knit certain patterns into sweaters to identify who's it was, because fisherman who wore them and went overboard were certain to drown because the sweaters literally weighed 90 lbs when wet. It's kind of morbid to knit something in anticipation of the death of the wearer as you're wearing it, but ...it's so personalised.  It's a way of life, a reason for design, something more than just looking cool.  It's one of a kind.  I want to write my signature into something, immortalize myself in my stitches.  It's time.  Time to spread my seed and sell my wares and announce my creation perfection (err) to all who appreciate, time to be a SERIOUS knitter.

I can't wait.  Seriously.

Curse the Swatches

So this needle holder project might be the one to turn me into a swatcher.  Which is pretty funny seeing as how it's almost more simple than a scarf.  At first at least.  Just a big square.   Margarita and I spent HOURS in jo-anns getting fabric for it all though.  It's so simple that it's got to be just right, or I'm an idiot.

Alright, so I couldn't bring myself to buckle down on all the projects I wanted to finish this week.  It was too much to think about it made my head go bonkers, so I kept putting them all off.  I finished one of Jackie's presents to send out with mom.  I put a LONGER hold on the other one, that's been half done for years, cus now I look at it and see how bad I was at knitting in the round (cus it was my first in the round)  so part of me wants to start it again, and part of me wants her to have it imperfections and all.  ....eventually.  

I mentioned taking my mom to my one of my fav LYS's (Fibers Etc.) multiple times while in the shop last week, and no one ever mentioned they'd be closed all week.  THEN when we went back on Monday, as per the sign that said regular hours would resume that day, they were unpacking and kind of made it clear they didn't want us there.  We would have bought stuff....you make the sale, you move out of the way for the customer.  I really like that store (even though it's the cramped kind with awesome stuff everywhere, not the sit down cozy type) but it's not the first time I've been put out by them.  I blew it off other times, but this time I started to get irritated.  They have HORRIBLE hours, once I waited ready to check out for 20 min (and I was on a time crunch) cus they were catching up with old friends and making new connections.  But this time, when we went in ready to shop, and they acted like WE were imposing on them, I jsut don't think that's how you run a store.  I can't imagine that they're so successful they can afford to turn customers away.  I'm just frustrated with how inconvenient shopping there is getting to be.

I want a friendly and cozy LYS.  Something easy to enjoy.  That's all.  Maybe the one Margarita found the other day will be the one.  I can't wait to check it out, but I wish she could be there with me.  It's so much more fun to enjoy with someone else.

Started elaborating on some bags for the Ren Booth venture.  crocheted the FASTEST EASIEST and still pretty cool bag to throw in with Jackie's stuff.  That could be a big money maker right there just cus it's SO DAMN EASY.  She will see when she gets it and exclaim that it took me like 30 min start to finish and I just grabbed whatever was laying around to make it.  Got a few things to finish, then want to show it to Lamb's Ear and start on something for them, and then I'm going to go to TOWN on the bags.