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July 28, 2006
On Socks
As I prepare to move into my cutie patootie apartment I am looking over my stash. Now I will be the first to admit my stash is large. Because of this I have been contemplating parting with some of the stashiola. And reading several books on decluttering and feng shui or whatever its called which also deal with clearing spaces. If you do not know this already cutie patootie often translates into small. Personally I am offended by the if you haven't worn this article of clothing in a year or two at most ditch it. This isn't a non-knitting post BTW. Take shawls. I love knitting them. I love the way they look. I like taking them out and just admiring them. I don't actually wear shawls. I am not giving up my shawls, my shawl patterns, my lace yarns. No freaking way.
Socks, well socks, are a different matter. I don't particularly enjoy knitting them. I do greatly appreciate warm tootsies. I grudgingly knit socks because I wear them from early fall to late spring. All those clutter type books would have me keeping my socks and sock yarn stash. But really how many socks does one person need? 8? I vote 8 if you are the sort to wash them once a week. By hand of course.
Being a knitter is not very feng shui. Sure there are the tools of the trade aka needles and a tape measure for the bare bones kit. And one could be Claudia and have zip stash. Still any wardrobe planner esp those into core wardrobes would have one with a turtleneck, an aran, a pullover and cardigan. Wheres the fun in that? So back to the 8 socks. I have finally figured out the real reason people who knit socks constantly continue knitting socks despite churning out well over the necessary 8 per year. Its not:
They love knitting socks~ I refuse to believe the second sock syndrom and going round and round and round in rib or st st is lovable.
They love washing stuff by hand. A sweater can usually get by with a end of season washing[per dame Alice and I agree in general] but socks need to be washed after each wearing or at least within a week of wearing.
Its not even that they, and this may be a sexist women perception, appreciate having to wear a full shoe size larger than if wearing flimsy machine knit socks easily purchasable for half the price at any upscale shop.
Nope the real reason we knit socks is cause of pills. Witness last nights freshly laundered socks they got dusty on my closet shelf:
OK toodles ~ happy knitting
Posted by Elka at 08:54 AM | Comments (4)
July 27, 2006
Woot!
I got the cutie apartment I was looking at~ no small feat since I have no real history with renting or utilities for the last 12 yrs. We start moving this Friday with the movers for big stuff aka furniture coming on Saturday morning. I am waaaaaaaaay excited about the move. Alas I won't have internet for a wee bit. Aug 4th through 6th is a tax free day in MO for school related stuff such as ahem computers. Shhhhhhh if you don't tell them its not for school I won't ;^> Yes its true~ the darned irks which had me wishing I was rico are slowly but surely gonna be ditched. OK kiddos~ cyas later
Posted by Elka at 01:17 AM | Comments (4)
July 23, 2006
You Know Your a Knitter When....
I feel totally silly with this title because I haven't been knitting. Not a single bit. There is still the design from Olympic Challenge sitting with one sleeve cap undone. There is the mittens for Terri~ the ones I begged and pleaded to knit with sugar, whipped cream and a big honking cherry on top. There are even some sweaters that have come in from a company. No interest whatsoever for knitting. I credit my lousy soon to be ex for ruining my life. What else would you call a disinterest in Knitting other than utter ruination?
Guess what I got? My birthday present. Ordered from J&S way back on April 7th. Yesterday. And I got so excited that I thought about knitting even if it was 104 degrees heat index of 120. Since we were without electricity and the storms had caused the humidity to create a sauna in my little brick house knitting with wool should have been even less tempting. But....
You Know Your a Knitter When you consider lighting a roaring fire to provide enough light for casting on while sitting in a sauna.
Instead I went out and purchased a rug for my soon to be former living room because I wanted to know the living room looked as good as I thought it could before I moved out of my house. And....
You Know Your a Knitter When you think X sweater's worth of yarn as you write out a check for anything other than said yarn.
There is hope for me yet ;^> What, other than the fact that you actually do knit, tells you you are a Knitter?
Posted by Elka at 12:22 AM | Comments (7)