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January 19, 2006
Shhhhhhh Gauging
I am still madly preparing for the Olympics. After the numerous swatches I mentioned yesterday I went down in needles and finally ended up with a swatch I felt was too firm for the yarn. Oh sure it showed the stitch work better but it seemed a waste of yarn's potential drapiness. And it was still not firm enough for Dame Alice. Phooey. Then I thought about Celtic Dreams which I am not enjoying in the given yarn cause it seems not dense enough.... hmmm swatch Celtic in the Jaeger aran and St Brigid in BWA? Yes thats a good idea but since I am pulling out different yarns to swatch why not the DLT for Refined Aran? Already I have gone down a needle size for the DLT and am questioning my sanity. Then there is Rogue but Rogue has the hoodie and well I think the hoodie would make it a sweater and half with the half coming on last days when I am already blind. Refined Aran is getting big votes cause its a vest even if its knit in size 3 mm[or so it seems at the moment] needles on dark yarn. You didn't think I would knit something light colored did you?
Non Olympian news brings us to the sock which I started last night. And beads. Did you know I like to buy beads? There is a bead store not 5 mins from my home and everytime I am feeling a wee bit down I run out and buy a couple of packets of beads. Each packet contains 30gms and I tend to buy 60gms of each color that catches my fancy. Just in case I end up knitting something that needs more than 15gms. Elka the stasher. A little kidlet name Nece also known as the eco terrorist reminder picture:
decided to open all my packets of beads and play with them. I have been gathering up beads for days now and have a big ol container full of mixed size 8 seed beads. Maybe I will take a picture of them and do a 'exactly how cheap is Elka?' post. Cause I am seriously considering sorting them..... cause I am cheap. Way cheap.
Toodles~ yarny days and knitterly evenings everyone
Amost forgot: major major props to Lady Prudence for walking me through button land. Not that I could do it on my own cause she did all the work and just told me to copy and paste wherever I wanted them in such and such place reached by clicking this that and the other.
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