| Friday, March 31, 2006 |
| I Spanked My Yarn |
It deserved it, trust me.
I was going to post pics last night. In my head, the plan was to go home from work, sit down and knit on the Comfort Shawl. Then I remembered that I'll be in TO this weekend and besides the CS I wanted something brainless and smaller to work on, so I figured "I'll cast-on a quick pair of socks". Painless, right? Yeah. Well. I grabbed the orange/red sunrise-looking hank of sock yarn I bought in Vermont with the girls last October. 75% wool, 25% nylon, irresistable colors...I thought it would be easy. I took my ball winder and the hank and went down to the kitchen so I could weigh the hank on the digital scale and wind 2 equal-sized cakes (1 for each sock). I started winding at 9pm.
I was done at MIDNIGHT. Arghhhh!!!! It was smooth sailing straight into Tangle City, with a right turn at Lottsa-Knottsa Avenue. 3 FREAKING hours to wind 2 cakes that ended up being NOT the same weight. I have one that's 48g and the other is 64g so I'll make the first toe-up sock with the smaller one and try to use it all...knowing I'll have a bit left over on the other ball.
I was so mad I actually spanked the yarn. (Well, I smacked it with an open palm- does that count?) There are no pics of the before, during or after because a) I thought it would take about 20 minutes and then I'd be up in bed, knitting, and b) I was too aggrivated once I was done to look at the orange blobs a moment longer. At least these socks will be for me.
So my TO knitting checklist:
-Comfort Shawl and 1 spare skein (just in case)
-Sunrise Socks
-knit-kit with scissors, measuring tape, etc...
-socks book that reminds me how to do the weird wrappy cast-on for the toe-up socks
I'm thisclose to bringing Clapotis too but I think that's pushing it. My main priority is the shawl, I'm only bringing the sock because the shawl is too big to risk pulling out in the restaurant. I think I can get away with the sock if I knit under the table. |
posted by Jennifer Lori @ 1:23 pm   |
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| 5 Comments: |
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Thanks for the really good laugh. I needed it. What table you plan on knitting under? At the Bar Mitzvah?
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Is it me or is there something about vermont yarn and ball winders that just...doesn't click...lol! Have fun in TO
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Great work!
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Thanks for the really good laugh. I needed it. What table you plan on knitting under? At the Bar Mitzvah?