Junkie

So, the Shetland Triangle is really lovely, but sadly, I was short a mere few yards required to bind off. It was close, I unraveled my swatch and everything. It is bigger than I thought it would be, it hits the small of my back right now, which is really nice. However, if it were just the tiniest smidge bigger still, it would be a true thing of beauty....

So, instead of just ripping back to my handy lifeline and ending it slightly shorter (still bigger than I had hoped) I have begged and pleaded with my sister to get me just one more skein (include a desperate and whining "come on man" here and you get the picture of how dirty I feel even asking). I sent the wrap off to her to match as best as possible, complete with return postage because I am certainly not waiting until I see her in a few short weeks to get cracking (crack, get it? oh, I see... of course you did....) again.

In the meantime, I am keeping busy with my Vogue Stitchionary concocting a scarf for the WBBF. How did I get so lucky to find a man who likes to pick out yarn? It's a mystery....

Knitting Therapy

Things being what they are these days, I have not been the most fun as of late. I was getting kind of down and feeling a bit sorry for myself, so I decided to go for some knitting therapy. I figured if I committed to a really big, totally beautiful project just for me, I would feel great satisfaction, a sense of pride in accomplishment, and be using too much of my brain (which is not a large capacity unit) to think about the stuff that is bothering me and largely out of my control. Seemed like a really good idea.

So I picked the Midsummer Night's Dream Shawl by Judy Anderson. Multiple charts at the same time, beads, the works. It is completely beautiful and I absolutely love it. Normally it would sit on my "to do" list for "someday" as I would probably not devote that kind of time to knitting something just for me for fun. It was, therefore, perfect for my purposes. I even have yarn for it.

But, this kind of backfired as my swatch (which I cast on when I was very tired, bad idea) just frustrated me further. I think that is what I get for casting on late at night without a good plan and a needle that is so long I was wrestling with it instead of knitting with it. All the sudden my great plan to boost myself up was looking a little more like "what the f*%# was I thinking?"

New plan: Evelyn A. Clark's Shetland Triangle from Wrap Style knit out of the really lovely Manos Silk Blend I bought at the Ravelry party at Unwind in Burbank. Easy, beautiful, and still all for me. Should be done in a matter of days.

I've said it; now let's see what kind of fallout that brings!

Uh oh, I think I feel the wind picking up. I hope it isn't the s*#% storm starting already....