Team CPT
Did you know that a crochet hook makes an excellent bloody mary stirrer? It totally does!!
Adelle and I were talking this morning about projects that are a little suspect for the Olympics and how we think some people didn’t quite get the concept of “challenging”. Whatever. I know we’re both competitive biatches, but it still doesn’t make sense to do a one-skein quick knit for the Olympics. Come ON. That’s like Italy showing up for the women’s hockey and getting their asses handed to them by the Canadians, 16 - 0. That’s like Michelle Kwan showing up and expecting to just get a medal for being there.
Please note: any KO knitter who dissolves into tears is going to be labeled a Kwan. Just sayin’.
So, Adelle and I decided there needed to be another team for those of us who maybe are a little too competitive for our own good … Team CPT!!! Love Snoop. Love his philosophy on life.
Hey — my glass is empty. Need more bloody mary. Maybe I should do some knitting, too.
Inspection by the Coach
A day into this and I do still love cables, but I’m realizing how much I hate working with acrylic yarn now. I never thought that would happen … huh. And this is even a soft, pliable yarn.
I miss the bamboo needles. I went to Hobby Lobby to get some and they didn’t have bamboo, so I bought a smooth plastic. Yeah, I hate those too. I also bought a set of real cable needles since I couldn’t find mine. This afternoon, I found mine after digging through my sewing bins in search of size 10 bamboo circulars. Oh well.
But! I made progress! There have been a few episodes of dropped stitches and creative use of a crochet hook — and creative use of swearing — but I’ve made progress.
There’s no way this thing will get finished in 16 days, especially because I just realized that these cabling needles won’t be carry-on friendly for California … oops! C’est la vie, eh?
