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February 01, 2006
For a Good Time....
I haven't knit all day~ super tired and busy, busy, busy moving yarn. A few weeks ago I was kinda upset over the gauge issues and decided to knit with some special yarn. Oh sure all yarn is special but this stuff was handspun purchased via Ebay argh 7 years ago or so. Every time I fondled it I thought 'too nice' But I was down so figured what the heck~ knit a big ol square and rip it. I deserve too nice yarn yes? Well I couldn't find it. Anywhere. I have spent the past 2 weeks looking for this yarn which I saw just a few months ago so I know its in the house along with Siberian Winter grrrrrrrr. Anyway I picked up some other inferior ebay handspun which I totally do not like. I am not gonna trash the seller but it was marketed as super soft sock yarn and is at least worsted weight. And not soft. And full of VM. Very icky. I figured dulaan it at least but I couldn't subject some poor child to the knitted fabric. Really it was horrible. I spent a week looking and gauging and getting more and more frustrated til last Sunday evening I CO a kitlet for some mittens. All I got to say is:
For a good time call 888-487-9665
yarny days and knitterly evenings
Posted by Elka at February 1, 2006 09:04 PM
Comments
i see lots of my lurvely swedish twined braids.... is this the secret knit?
great workmanship - you are soooo talented!
i'm still worried after finding the envelope with spare issues of stranded addressed to you. did you get them?
and confused... am i doing the white/black hat for wolf and new photos myself??
Posted by: :L, laura at February 2, 2006 05:02 AM
Gorgeous mittens! Addicting aren't they;-)
Posted by: elizabeth at February 2, 2006 05:05 AM
Elka- Every house has a black hole where things disappear, never to be seen again. Odd socks, needles, stitch markers, and lots and lots of cable needles, gone, all gone.
In the meantime, your mitten looks like fun.
Posted by: Lorraine The Knitting Hammy at February 2, 2006 07:52 AM
OMG. That's a Maimu's Mitten... (I think that was the name?) Anyway, oh WOW is it pretty. Heck, everything in the Estonia book is. You can't go wrong.
You got a kit from Nancy, right, with just enough yarn for the mittens? Or did you have to buy whole skeins of each color?
Posted by: Beth S. at February 2, 2006 10:20 AM