| Monday, October 08, 2007 |
| $%*& |
I'm so mad. I'm SO mad. I have no one to be mad at but myself, but I am really, really so f*ing mad.
On Friday I ran a load of laundry before leaving the house for the day. I wanted to wash all the blankets and such that all the babies had touched/used during the playgroup, plus Jakob had spit up a few times and I didn't want to leave his clothes in the hamper with milk on them. I also had the finished Montego Bay Scarf that I wanted to wash then let air dry before I gave it away. I ran the load, left for music class, then went to my parents' house, and completely forgot about the laundry until I got home around 10pm.
Luckily (?) my mom had bought us some long-sleeved onesies in Plattsburg and Jakob had spit up again, so on Saturday morning I threw the new stuff into the washer with the old, damp load, refilled the machine and ran it again. I never looked at the clothes until I pulled them out of the washer on Saturday afternoon, ready to toss them into the dryer. I was eagerly waiting to pull out the Montego Bay Scarf to see how the Online sock yarn had held up to the washing... when I saw this:
 And this:
 &%**. I had accidentally left a velcro-closing bib in the laundry. I NEVER wash the bibs mixed in any more, I only do loads of ALL bibs, because I've had enough of the velcro getting caught and making a mess of our stuff. And now, the one time I forget to double-check it ruins not only a hand-knit, but something that isn't even for me! It's for charity! I'm SO mad. I will do my best to pull out the slack and weave in the end that got caught in the first photo, but there is nothing I can do for the run in the second photo. The yarn is actually torn. I will have to cut it just below, pick it out slowly and bind off, losing the extra foot or so in length. As a small miracle, the scarf grew in length after being washed, so losing the extra foot won't really matter. What does matter to me is how fuzzy the scarf looks now after having velcro run along it. It doesn't look "new" any more and I'm afraid they will think I'm donating a used scarf. I'm so mad.
In other knitting news, here is a project that is going well:
 Yup, this is Jakob's Hallowe'en costume progress.
 C'mon, by now you should know what it is!
 I couldn't resist this shot of him modeling the work so far...you can see all the best parts- baby feet and that adorable grin. :)
Labels: Montego Bay Scarf, Superman Costume, WIP |
posted by Jennifer Lori @ 10:24 pm   |
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OUCH about the scarf! No time to start knitting a new one?? When's the deadline?
I know what Jakob's halloween costume is, so I wont say anything!
See you tomorrow!
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OMG! That just bites the big one. I'd be totally pissed. At least you won't lose too much length, but still!
OK, another guess for the Halloween costume: Spiderman?
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Oh no! That really does suck! I'm so sorry about your scarf.
Jakob's costume looks great so far. Obviously some sort of super hero. I'm going to agree with Tara and say Spiderman.
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I'm going to say Superman because there was yellow yarn in the bag.
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OUCH about the scarf! No time to start knitting a new one?? When's the deadline?
I know what Jakob's halloween costume is, so I wont say anything!
See you tomorrow!