notsocrafty

Back to the shrug.

Yesterday was a fairly miserable day - hello work! Please stop being so irritating! Happily though, I got home last night and there was a package in the mail.

Loopy ewe order

My first Loopy Ewe order! I'd been wanting this sock yarn for a while, but had put off ordering it, because what business do I have ordering any more yarn, with Poland and Rhinebeck just around the corner? (And potentially another fiber festival?) It was still there a few days ago though, and I caved in. What a great shop to order from though - the shipping was really fast, and I guess I'm a sucker for customer service - a handwritten note, and little extras? Love! (The yarn is exactly what I'd hoped for, of course.) I won't be casting on with it anytime soon, but I feel better knowing that I have it.

Now with ribbing

The blob o' shrug continues! I've never loved ribbing as much as I did here - adding a color and some texture really helped with the boredom factor. I can't wait to block this thing, and fix those uneven stitches. I get to pick up and knit the ribbing for the lower back edging next, then sew it up, and pick up and knit the sleeve ribbing. I know, the blob still looks like nothing in particular...

Folded

How about now? =)

The plan for today is to get the lower back edging done, and seam it up. Anything further than that I'll just consider a bonus.

Tomorrow? Sleeves!

Swatchy time!

My traveling companion arrived today. You can keep track of her and her fellow Swatchies here.  She'll be coming with me to Poland, and playing Rhinebeck Blogger Bingo!

Not so swatchy

Can't talk. Knitting.

Ha, I wish. Really what's happened here is that I somehow managed not to realize how very very soon I am leaving for Poland. Eeeep!

Blob o shrug

That needs to be finished within a week. I nearly finished the plain stockinette knitting, except my ball of yarn ran out. Never fear, I have more, but I need to wind it up. After that, lots and lots of picking up stitches, and ribbing, and a little seaming. In a week. I like deadlines, right?

Hedera cuff

I started the second sock. I would also like that to be finished within the next week, so that I can cast on for a new pair of Monkeys to travel with. Oi. (Yes, I realize that all I have done is the cuff. I remain optimistic.)

3lbs

That is three pounds of sock yarn. I've decided to open up an Etsy shop upon my return from Poland, though it would help if I could come up with a catchy name. Worst case scenario, I have lots of hand painted sock yarn for myself, if no one wants to buy it. Since I've already decided that I like knitting socks, this isn't too much of a problem.

Still not dead

The plants are still amazingly alive, even though I left them to fend for themselves all weekend. In fact, they seem to have managed better than I did - I got eaten alive by bugs, and had the worst allergies to my mom's house ever. Stupid Binghamton.

Off to find a power converter, and a hoodie, and travel stuffs! And then more knitting! Ahhhh!

PS - Ya know that big electronics chain store? Two words, both starting with a B? They still suck. They were completely useless when I wanted to buy a camera. They were totally inept when I wanted to buy a surround sound system. And they still lose at life, because the guy at the front of the store who was supposed to help me find what I needed? Yeah, he had NO IDEA why I would need any sort of converters or adapters to use my electronic stuff in Europe.  Thank goodness there was a Radio Shack nearby, where the gentleman working there showed me to exactly what I needed in about 3 seconds.