The knit fever is upon me. October 26, 2007 ~ 4:00 pm
Posted by Julie in : Craftiness Is Next To Godliness , trackbackAfter a summer of sluggish (if any) knitting, the cool weather and dreary days have got me on a knitting kick again. I’m working on Glorianna (oh, how I wish I could link to Ravelry so you non-knitters could see the pattern…) for Rick’s sister in Sea Silk. It supposedly has anti-inflammatory properties and I think it will feel good against the spot where her trach tube incision was. Plus, I loves me the Sea Silk. After this gets done, there is a Clementine to be knit for my sister-in-law (again, the absence of a Ravelry link is driving me up a fucking wall). And then hats and scarves and socks that are Christmas gifts. And then I can attack the stash! I’m wearing my stupid wrist splints at work now as well as to sleep in because I find they keep me from aggravating the carpal tunnel…which means I can squeeze in knitting time!
I’m finding myself crazily drawn to socks and lace. They are my “things,” maybe because they are the biggest holy shit! types of knitting. Lace, for instance, looks like utter dreck while you’re knitting it, but then you block it and holy shit! It’s lace! Socks are similar - you’re knitting along, knitting a tube on four sticks, basically, and then you do a little fancywork with the yarn and suddenly holy shit, I made the yarn turn a corner! It’s a heel! This is the kind of entertainment that never gets old. Plus, it’s perfect weather for wool socks right now.
And here is where we have a problem. I have this little 10% off coupon from the Rockin’ Sock Club that I’ve been sitting on aaaall year. We’re a little over 10 days from the launch of the Raven Series, and since those of us in the RSC have gotten a little taste of it, I know this means I am 10 days from getting the most out of that 10% off coupon. And then there’s the stuff I’m going to buy off of Knitpicks to finish out the Christmas presents. After much deliberation, I’ve decided that the Wii is not meant to be for right now. I was holding off until November so that Mercury would be out of retrograde and I could once again buy something with moving parts that wouldn’t go wonky on me, but it’s just as well. Because now I have more money to spend on the fiber addiction.
I have chosen fiber over tech. Help me, I think I may be headed back to the colonial era. Also, this might be a sign of the apocalypse. But when it comes, and we all have to live in caves, you will want to be in my cave. Because I will have yarn to knit us all nice warm socks and hats and fiber to spin more yarn should we run out. Perfect to get us through a nuclear winter.
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You are the knittingest people! I feel so left out, but not enough to start the habit. I tried crocheting, but to no avail.
And I have a new home now! I’m feeling a bit like I want COMMENTS at it, so I guess I have to tell people about my new blog.
I can’t think of many things I’d rather do that spend time in a cave with you. Especially if you make me warm socks.
I said it before, what the heck are you doing in the big city? I swear you’re turning into a country girl.
OMG that is the best description of knitting lace and socks that I’ve read in a long time!