As The Yarn Turns

Some Stash Enhancement

It's still 40 billion degrees here and I'm starting to accept the fact that we'll be stuck with it for at least another week. It should be less humid though, and "they" swear I'll notice the difference. We'll see. This is what Katie thinks about the weather. Ignore that wad of cat fur on the couch.

"If it wasn't so hot, I would smack you for waking me up with that picture."

Lately it seems all of our clients are out of town, not far but far enough that we're not familiar with the territory. So last week after Rick got lost coming back from seeing one of our clients (Go ahead and insert your favorite joke about men and asking for directions here.), he decided to get a GPS. It seemed like a good idea to me. So this week both of us went to see a client in Decatur, about 45 minutes away and Rick decided it would be fun to take the GPS along. Well Rick decides to ignore the GPS and go the way he likes to go. (I'm sure there's another joke here too.) The GPS doesn't like it when you do that. You end up listening to a lot of this.

"Turn right in 200 yards. Turn right now. (You don't turn.) Turn right in 200 yards. Turn right now. (You still don't turn.) Make a U-Turn. Make a U-Turn. Make a U-Turn. Make a U-Turn or you're going to die!" Meanwhile Rick kept saying "Hold on. She'll find the new route." Have I mentioned how cranky I am in hot weather? The GPS isn't allowed in the car with me for a few days.

On to more a pleasant subject - stash enhancement.

When KnitPicks had there book sale a while back, I had to get The Opinionated Knitter. I've been wanting it for a long time and the sale was the perfect opportunity to buy it. It's interesting seeing Elizabeth Zimmermann's original newsletters as well as Meg's comments. Of course, I couldn't just buy a book. I also bought some Shadow laceweight yarn. That's the reddish brown yarn on the right. I also bought some KnitPicks double point and circular needles. There's not in this picture because I couldn't find them when I went to take the picture. I haven't had a chance to use them yet but I like the look and feel of them. Then on a recent trip to the yarn store I bought some Jaeger Trinity yarn, shown in the middle. It's a silk, cotton, and polyamide blend. I also bought the fiber on the left to spin. I'm not sure how it will spin up though. Even though it is apparently more for felting than spinning, I'm curious to see how it spins up.

I've been to busy to get much knitting done, so I'm hoping to have more time this weekend and maybe work on my Ravelry account. I hope everyone has a good weekend.

by Sydney  |

Hot

That's all I have to say about August so far. This week, and next, calls for highs in upper 90s and low 100s with a heat index of around 108. I miss July. On Saturday, I helped a friend with her yard sale for a few hours. I think it fried my brain and I haven't recovered since then. We've also been very busy lately. Busy is good. It allows me to buy yarn and ferret food but doesn't leave me much time for anything else. So I'm in hibernation mode, waiting for the cooler September temperatures. It has been a struggle for me to blog lately so I even took a break from the computer this weekend.

I have been knitting on the Mystery Stole 3 but I'm still way behind, on Clue 3. Here's my progress after Clue 2, Chart 3. I'll try to get a better, stretched out picture later. Like I said, I've been lazy.

I still like it but I haven't decided if I'm going to make the symmetrical version or the asymmetrical version. Right now I'm leaning toward the symmetrical version, mostly because it will probably end up as a gift. I've also been making some knitting-related purchases lately, but I'll go through those another day.

Oh, I almost forgot. I finally got my invitation to Ravelry. They must be adding people at a pretty good clip. There were quite a few people in front of me the last time I checked. I haven't added anything to my account yet but I'm SydneyH on Ravelry.

I'll leave you with a picture of Clyde trying to help me decide on my next project.

by Sydney  |