Last night I heard a friend of mine was in the hospital, and it wasn't until bedtime I thought, "I can make her a pair of slippers!" Pocketbook slippers, that is, out of a skein of dark blue Bernat Satin that I bought one day because I just had to buy some yarn.
The Bernat Satin is very soft, almost too soft to make me believe it will stand up to any hard wear, but I think Nonie's going to be laid up for a while so that may not be an issue. It's 100% genuine acrylic, so it won't have care issues. I made my first couple pairs of slippers with Lion Brand Wool-Ease, which I think would be less sweaty but not as soft, and I remember the six inches of knitting around the foot were a purgatorial endeavor, but I just started this pair this morning and I'm already halfway through.
My great-grandmother made pocketbook slippers for me, once with very long strings to imitate ballet toe shoes. I wore them until the heels wore out, which was fine, because when I broke my leg in 3rd grade the hole fit over the heel in my walking cast and the slippers kept my toe warm. It was a plaster cast, which tells you how old I am.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Stress Yarning
When I was buying my house I was so upset by the process I went to McAllister's and bought a baked potato and a sandwich, which if you know McAllister's you know how ridiculous that is, because the baked potatoes are as big as your head there and the sandwiches are not small. Before that I wouldn't have said I'm a stress eater but there you go.
Last week I was under some stress--good stress, but nothing to do with knitting--and my coping mechanism was to shop for yarn. I don't think this is a substitute for stress eating but just an additional tool for self-medication.
Prinicipally I was mooning over the Lion Brand Yarn catalog, over the recycled cotton and the Cotton Bamboo in their new studio line. I haven't seen the recycled cotton in real life, but I hope it will come out in the spring--Michaels has signs up saying spring yarns are coming, but I am fooled by the blooming daffodils into thinking spring is here now, so the yarns should be too. I did get the only two skeins of Red Heart Eco-Cotton (75% recycled) in town, in Midnight Marl, a delicious color, that I am using to make a shopping bag so I will fit in with the real knitters at Stitches South at the end of April. I made the bag 25% larger than the pattern called for and am about to run out of yarn...there's always the internets to get more (crossing fingers).
Last week I was under some stress--good stress, but nothing to do with knitting--and my coping mechanism was to shop for yarn. I don't think this is a substitute for stress eating but just an additional tool for self-medication.
Prinicipally I was mooning over the Lion Brand Yarn catalog, over the recycled cotton and the Cotton Bamboo in their new studio line. I haven't seen the recycled cotton in real life, but I hope it will come out in the spring--Michaels has signs up saying spring yarns are coming, but I am fooled by the blooming daffodils into thinking spring is here now, so the yarns should be too. I did get the only two skeins of Red Heart Eco-Cotton (75% recycled) in town, in Midnight Marl, a delicious color, that I am using to make a shopping bag so I will fit in with the real knitters at Stitches South at the end of April. I made the bag 25% larger than the pattern called for and am about to run out of yarn...there's always the internets to get more (crossing fingers).
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Why I Am A Bad Knitter
1) I don't know how to do cables yet (but it's this year's resolution).
2) I don't know how to do stranded colorwork (and so far I'm okay with that).
3) I don't have pink hair (so I'm not a knitgrrl).
4) I don't swoon over all things Celtic (especially harp music).
5) I don't hate big box store yarns (though Hobby Lobby scares me).
6) I don't want to spin my own yarn (but having fiber-fu is cool)
7) I don't collect sheepy tchotckes (they clash with my ceramic cats).
About a year ago I wanted to knit something smaller than a lap blanket, so the nice woman at my LYS put One-Skein Wonders in my hands, and from there I found Ravelry, collected a bucket o' stash, knitted Christmas presents...I'm not a good knitter, but every project I can see I'm getting better. Still don't want any harp music though.
2) I don't know how to do stranded colorwork (and so far I'm okay with that).
3) I don't have pink hair (so I'm not a knitgrrl).
4) I don't swoon over all things Celtic (especially harp music).
5) I don't hate big box store yarns (though Hobby Lobby scares me).
6) I don't want to spin my own yarn (but having fiber-fu is cool)
7) I don't collect sheepy tchotckes (they clash with my ceramic cats).
About a year ago I wanted to knit something smaller than a lap blanket, so the nice woman at my LYS put One-Skein Wonders in my hands, and from there I found Ravelry, collected a bucket o' stash, knitted Christmas presents...I'm not a good knitter, but every project I can see I'm getting better. Still don't want any harp music though.
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