Aw, crap.

I did it again. I put down another project. The sweater vest? Yeah. It just wasn't working the way I wanted it to. Plus, I knew I didn't have enough yarn to finish it.

There is good news, though! A few days ago, while I was trying to sleep, I remembered what kind of yarn I was using for the vest. The unknown yarn (which I figured was cotton), turned out to be Bernat Cottontots. It's really cute stuff. Nice and smooth, but still soft. I bought this stuff YEARS ago (and probably trashed its band the moment I did) so it was quite a happy accident that I remembered.

So even though I don't CURRENTLY have enough yarn to finish my vest, I will hopefully be making a trip to a well-stocked yarn store soon. All I have to do is find one in my area.

Anywho, in the meantime I am busying myself with yet ANOTHER woolease project. A wee baggie waggie. Maybe a tote bag, maybe a little clutch. I haven't decided. The colors are Mink Brown (warm brown with tiny specks of red and green, and little blackish fuzzy things) and Natural Heather. There'll be a cabled natural edging. I want to incorperate the knitting with some machine sewing. We'll just have to wait and see how this turns out.



I HAVE TO GET RID OF ALL THIS YARN. I HAVE TO. STASH REDUCTION OR DEATH.

Irina: I assure you I was not drunk when I wrote my last entry. I was merely crazy with lack of sleep.

I've been workin on a swea-ter

ALL THE LIVE LONG DAYYYYYY.


That's right. I'm in the process of swatching for a sweater. A sweater VEST. It will have double helix-esque cables on it. The details are top-secret, but I can say that it will be hella cute and hella pink. I taught myself how to work traveling stitches and I'm putting that knowledge to use in a garment of my own design. This project will be pretty challenging, considering that I've never made anything this big.

Words look really funny right now.


Do Do-do Do-do Do Dooo-do
Dooo Do-do Do Dooo

If I were a ball of yarn, I would knit up at about 200st/in

Sockie, sockie, socks.

They're so nice to knit. Unless I'm knitting for my grandfather, apparently. I messed up again on the first round of toe decreases, and had to rip back (that was some of the bitchiest frogging I've ever done). Those damned socks are so close to completion that I can almost taste them. Not that I will taste them. That would be rude, considering that they are a gift.

I started on the second sock of my pair a few days ago, and they're coming along quite smoothly.


Wish List Update!! I was pokin around the interwebz and decided on some items that I want. These include, but are not limited to:

• Knit Picks: Simple stripes, Parade, and Dancing sock yarns
• Den-M-Nit Pure Indigo Cotton yarn
• Regia 4 Strato Color yarn
• Shorter Size 1 (2.25mm) Straight Needles (the ones I have are long and IMPOSSIBLE to handle dainty lace edgings with)
• Size 1 (2.25mm), Size 2 (2.75mm), and Size 3 (3.25mm) Lantern Moon Double Pointed Needles
  
• Sensational Knitted Socks, by Charlene Schurch
• Knitting Vintage Socks, by Nancy Bush
• Knitting on the Road, by Nancy Bush
• Kaffe Fassett's Pattern Library, by Kaffe Fassett

YAY THINGS I HAVE NO MONEY FOR!!!

On another note, I referred to Josh as a ball of expensive Merino/Silk blend today.