oh ..... my .... god....
Duran Duran got back together!?!? All five of them?!? They're on tour this fall? I was such a Durannie in my youth. I'm just stunned. (And pissed I missed the gig here on Wednesday.)
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dinsdag, augustus 26, 2003
Ugh, a new semester. That's the only thing I hate about Fall - the students come back. Feh.
So I've finally applied some of the mindless spinning I've been doing to some mittens from the Charlene Schurch book (pattern 24). Needless to say, I didn't gauge, and they're coming out big. (I didn't gauge, but the yarn I'm using is the same grist. It was a reasonable guess. I usually get gauge. Actually I still might have gotten gauge, I haven't checked - I just automatically made the larger size.) I'll just have to find a SO to give them to (heheh) or donate them to charity. They're not huge. They'll fit someone, just not me. Well, maybe if I full them a little. But I can just make another smaller pair. Things not fitting never bothered me. Just do it over again and learn from your mistakes. If it's the process of knitting (weaving, etc. ) you like, then what does it matter if you have to do it over?
It's shocking to me that my normal spinning yarn is knittable on 0s! What happened to my moose yarn? I'm a little worried - I have a bobbin and a half of similarly sized singles on my wheel. I was planing to do 2-ply for a sweater. It may end up as a 3 ply or a cabled yarn. I'm not up to knitting a sweater in my size on 0s.
I got a bunch of yarn in the skein exchange that's calling out to be made into socks. I just needed to find a good yarn for the feet. I found a skein of silk/cashmere in the kitchen while I was cleaning. That'll do, pig. The skein exchange was fun enough to do a second - "The Skein that Wouldn't Dye!" I'm hosting this one. This time aroud the skeins are twice as long. I'll probably weave with those.
Didja know that the verb "skein" in Icelandic means to "wipe one's ass"? ... or so I've heard.
So I've finally applied some of the mindless spinning I've been doing to some mittens from the Charlene Schurch book (pattern 24). Needless to say, I didn't gauge, and they're coming out big. (I didn't gauge, but the yarn I'm using is the same grist. It was a reasonable guess. I usually get gauge. Actually I still might have gotten gauge, I haven't checked - I just automatically made the larger size.) I'll just have to find a SO to give them to (heheh) or donate them to charity. They're not huge. They'll fit someone, just not me. Well, maybe if I full them a little. But I can just make another smaller pair. Things not fitting never bothered me. Just do it over again and learn from your mistakes. If it's the process of knitting (weaving, etc. ) you like, then what does it matter if you have to do it over?
It's shocking to me that my normal spinning yarn is knittable on 0s! What happened to my moose yarn? I'm a little worried - I have a bobbin and a half of similarly sized singles on my wheel. I was planing to do 2-ply for a sweater. It may end up as a 3 ply or a cabled yarn. I'm not up to knitting a sweater in my size on 0s.
I got a bunch of yarn in the skein exchange that's calling out to be made into socks. I just needed to find a good yarn for the feet. I found a skein of silk/cashmere in the kitchen while I was cleaning. That'll do, pig. The skein exchange was fun enough to do a second - "The Skein that Wouldn't Dye!" I'm hosting this one. This time aroud the skeins are twice as long. I'll probably weave with those.
Didja know that the verb "skein" in Icelandic means to "wipe one's ass"? ... or so I've heard.
