Adventuresome
I’m a little concerned about this Knitting Olympics quest for the gold. Not only did I think it started on the 16th, not the 10th, I’ve now scheduled a trip to Finland in the middle of it. Did I mention that I’m doing a baby blanket? That’s not exactly the easiest thing to pack in a carry-on. There go four or five days of knitting right there! Rockin’! But this Olympics thing is supposed to be a challenge and a quest for excellence, not a guarantee that I’ll get something finished on time, right? Right. Onward and upward and all that. Team Texas, I’m not letting you down! (Do we have a website yet?) ETA: Okay, I can’t believe this wasn’t there already, but there’s now a Texas Knits Livejournal community. We rule!
This weekend I was visiting Dell up in Albany/Saratoga, and what do the two of us do any time we get together? Well, other than make fun of people? That’s right — we knit! We went to a yarn store in Saratoga and I got this fabulous deal on Artyarns Supermerino. Mmmm. I also got some 40-inch size 4 Inox needles so I could try this tricky two-socks-one-circular thing with the Supermerino. Let me tell you, that thing is a pain in the butt. I think it will be a wonderful technique once I get the hang of it, but I’m going to practice some more with yarn that I don’t care about before I mess with my beloved Supermerino. Dell was laughing at me because I kept caressing the strand of yarn I was working with and cooing, “Ohh … I love this yarn!” She also laughed at me because I sat there on her couch with about 80 pages from the internet printed out, trying to get what people are talking about with this cast-on and joining crap. She did say she admired me for not swearing yet, though!
In other news, I have dropped one of my classes so that I have more time for knitting. Okay, I’m not that addicted. It’s just a side benefit of moving one of my classes to the summer term and taking a different class at mid-term. So I have graphic design running now, a information age/ethics class starting after spring break, and a historical research class this summer. I like that pacing much better! Suits the Olympic knitting schedule better, too!
Eris, my beautiful Eris, is lounging in a basket right now so that I can knit it when I can concentrate on cables. I’ve rounded the first bend on the left half of the collar, and it’s just as pretty as the right half. Yay, Erin Eris!
