Approximately 350 yarns of soft angora/merino goodness. This picture makes it look brown. It's not. It's more purple and pink but the merino is black and that saddens the other colors quite a bit. That and my camera's wonky. What am I going to do with this lovely softness? Not a clue. It's between a fingering and sport weight. What can you make with 350 yards of fingering/sport weight yarn? It would have to be something that won't take a lot of abuse. Oh, and I'm not a scarf person. (So many people just put their hands down.) Think I should buy another 4 ounces? 700 yards will be more useful. Any suggestions? I'm open.
Is it possible that I'm the world's slowest knitter? It seems to take me forever to finish something. Still, I did turn the heel and I like knitting k2p2 rib so in theory, I should be moving right along on this sucker. In theory. Sorry the picture's lousy. Without a sock blocker, the ribbing wouldn't lay down and behave so I could get a decent shot. Of course, with the ribbing misbehaving, you can't see the pathetic excuse for a short-row heel. I blame lack of practice. Would someone please take pity on me and show me how to knit a heel flap and gusset on a toe-up sock? For some reason, when I read directions for said heel, it sounds like Charlie Brown listening to an adult talking, "Wahwah wah wah wah." Short rows were much easier to grasp.
I've finally come to the conclusion that I'm not going to do rubberstamping any more and I need to get rid of my stamping stuff to make room for my current obsession...um... hobby. Now that I've made that decision, I'm trying to decide between one big garage-type sale or listing everything separately on Craig's List. The sad reality is a) I just want to be rid of the space-hogging stuff and b) I'm not made of money. Two ideas that don't necessarily play well together. I want/need a chest freezer for all the summer goodness I plan on putting up but, well, money doesn't grow on trees. I could probably get more for things if I list them separately but it will take much longer and be much more work that way. If I list a big sale, I can (hopefully) get rid of a lot of stuff all at once, and believe me, I have a lot of stuff. Frankly, I'm leaning toward expedience. Hopefully the sales will be enough for the new freezer. Now I just need to find an open Saturday. And space in the basement.
The sock is wicked! Did you dye the yarn yourself? The flecky black bits in it look like seeds.
Good luck with the whole selling stuff/chest freezer adventure. Being able to put back that much food is amazing. We're going to try a smaller scale of that this year. (Frozen roasted tomatoes, nom nom)
Posted by: Jacki | June 25, 2008 at 08:16 AM
How about a smallish lace shawl? If you find any extra Saturdays, send a few my way! ;o)
Posted by: elizabeth | June 30, 2008 at 01:04 PM