Category: yarn

  • in which she uses swears

    My street is off a major street. In order to get to my street from the bus stop, you can either jaywalk (I almost wrote ‘jaywalker’, ha) or go slightly past my street to get to a crosswalk with a light – it’s not an intersection, but has a traffic light (it’s outside a public school). You have to hit the button to make the light change, or it’ll just stay green.

    So today I hit the button and waited, and the light turned yellow. A few cars went through the yellow. Then the light turned red, and some stupid fuck accelerated through it. Now I’m usually a pretty passive person, and I don’t like to provoke or make gestures to stupid drivers (even if I want to; I’m usually too slow anyway). This time, though, I gave him the finger and the “what the hell” arms-splayed thing. I crossed the street.

    Then what? He turns around, comes up beside me on my street, and yells various things at me through the window over his vapidly-smiling girlfriend (or whatever) in the passenger seat. Yeah, riding through a public school crosswalk in your slightly souped-up blue Honda in the suburbs is really gangsta. Motherfucker.

    At any rate, I’m glad it was nothing more than that – at least I didn’t really worry that he was going to actually come after me, or have a gun or something. Still. Some people are so stupid it astonishes me.

    Anyway. Bigger and brighter things? Okay, not that bright due to nighttime lighting, but I finished a pair of Trekking socks. They’ve got a pretty short cuff compared to what I usually do, which leaves them looking a bit funny when flat:

    But they’re good on the feet!

    How about some pretty yarn? I just finished plying up some plain white merino, hopefully for a sweater! Each skein is 4 oz – the two on the left have been washed and are 360 yards each; the two on the right haven’t been washed yet. Haven’t figured out the yardage, either. I hope it’s enough…although maybe I should do up one more skein just to be sure. This has been a long term spinning project, so I’m happy to free up my bobbins!

    Getting long here, so I’ll save some for tomorrow. I might be sleepy though – I’m getting up early (for me, at least) to go to St. Lawrence Market. Mmmm, yummies.

  • lost

    I took my wheel down to the store today, and left it there because I also picked up my new bike! Obviously I couldn’t handle getting both home on the subway, so the wheel stayed there.

    I took the wheel down for SnB, and had some lovely fun spinning down at the store. Got through another ply’s worth of merino (it’s pinky-red, and shall be a three ply) and a good amount of South African top. It’s pretty, but no photos – since obviously it’s still at the store!

    And then it started raining. A lot. Inside the store. Stay tuned to Steph, she’ll probably tell the story well. At any rate – we’re used to it leaking, quite a bit actually, but tonight was Bad. Whew. Luckily no yarn was harmed, although some of us came away gross with ceiling water. Ew.

    Anyway, since I don’t have my wheel at home and that’s what I usually do at night in front of the tv, I’m at a bit of a loss. I suppose I’ll have to knit? But what? Oh yeah, that supermerino sweater needs some attention…

    How about some new yarn?

    A bag of shetland to try out, and lonely orphaned skeins of Handmaiden 4ply cashmere and Sock Candy – they’d been sitting and staring at my so long, I just had to get them! You know how it is. I’m going to do some anklets with the Sock Candy (I’m thinking toe up from both ends of the ball the same time – wouldn’t want to run out of yarn) and some wristwarmers out of the cashmere. Mmmm, cashmere.

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  • want some cosmicpluto?

    I’ve put up some new yarns on my Etsy shop – check them out!

    A deal for blog readers – if you’re interested in any of the skeins (applies to the ones already listed as well), email me to order and I’ll take a couple bucks off. Etsy charges fees up the wazoo, ya know.

    Night!