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March 12, 2006
Misery week whatever
No I haven't dropped off the face of the universe. I have been feeling rather funky. Cannot wait til my tulips blosom. Their leaves have popped out and I recall how, last year, the pink blooms really cheered me up. Weds rain was followed by even more Thurs dreariness. Not even my sockapaloooza yarn could cheer me up and I didn't even think of knitting. Friday was Nece's birthday.... my baby is 3! Saturday I went to knitting group and knit a bit on the socks. I was paid a grand compliment actually two the first was that I should teach knitting !!! and the second that they were always real pleased when I showed up cause no knitting problem would go unsolved. Isn't that the bestest compliment ever? Anyway today was a knitting bust again. For a problem solver I sure seem to run into several of my own making. I CO for some Red, Red, Red cause I couldn't bear it another millisecond and decided the yarn was too drop dead for my ingrate of a daughter and should be for me. Mind you my mittens would take more yarn than hers but I ripped hers out and started some for myself. Then I decided that EZ was just plain wrong. I have been greatly admiring the Mitered Mittens on My Knitting Life and pulled out my Almanac. I adore the little Icord tie and wrist shaping~ so girly girl. I decided right off the bat to go at 5spi instead of the called for 4.5spi cause I like snuggly nether garments. Even with the tighter gauge the mitts are humongous on my hands:
I guess I need to actually measure my hands and do math. Heaven forbid. Anyway after I ripped the mitten I decided to work on my MKAL and spent the required time sorting out my yarn. Somehow I have misplaced 2 balls of yarn for this project. If you recall I took all my yarn upstairs and dumped it allover the place and I think it got packed up with all the non WW& heavier stuff that I sent downstairs. After all manic behavior did lead to my gathering up all my heavier yarns into cubby land. So now that you have the bad news: lost yarn I will share the good news: I didn't go into a wicked yarn buying frenzy Whew!
yarny days and knitterly evenings
Posted by Elka at March 12, 2006 10:12 PM
Comments
I'm wild about Mary Beth's mittens, too. They're so Jaywalkery, aren't they? And your mitten will be just lovely once you sort out the size issues. I'm so glad you claimed the yarn for yourself! ;-)
Posted by: Beth S. at March 14, 2006 10:38 AM
Those mittens are going to look great once they get sized down! Hope they can pull you out of your funk...
Posted by: Sydney at March 15, 2006 12:35 PM