3 posts tagged “sock yarn”
But I don't feel like it. Maybe later. Midnight here in the Land of the Morning Calm, and I need to go to bed so I can get up for work in the morning (don't feel much like doing that either, but that's another story.
Here's what I wanted to show y'all. I pulled it out and finished it tonight. I'll start the second one this week.
I would be like, really productive. I don't know that it's fair to say I'm not productive, however. I mean, sure, if you take the word at it's literal meaning, my life could be more 'productive'. But if that's the case, there are very few things I do that are productive beyond what's necessary and I think I'm fairly normal in that respect. Hobbies are probably the exception. It all depends on where you draw the line between productive and non-productive.
Today for instance - I went to work as usual. I didn't do any planning on my lunch break, though I could have had I wanted to get ahead. Instead I chilled, ate kimbap in the sunshine, and listened to my ipod while updating some stuff in my knitting notebook. I managed to do a round on my shirt before Donald came down from lunch, and then I went in and worked some more. After work I went to the store and got some odd bits- they finally have button mushrooms again. (I saw tomatoes yesterday too... yum. Love spring)
then I came home, got on Rav and read a few threads about Mohammad and the religious history of textiles, and took a nap before waking up to do some online shopping (more on that later), talk to Lloyd and Cait, and read some blogs. Now I'm munching on dinner - leftover rice and soup - and typing this post. I don't feel that today is the most exciting day I've had - nor did I even look at the interminable list of things that I have plans to do (or the things that flit across my brain that I don't write down); but I don't particularly consider it to have been a waste of a day.
I'm not sure there's anything else conclusive to say on this subject , but it occurs to me - why do I think in terms of productive/unproductive? It's not that I particularly worry about it - i generally enjoy my time no matter what I'm doing (with exceptions), but for some reason, I feel like I *should* worry about it.
So, shopping. That was fun. I started on Knitpicks.com, a knitting site I have been meaning to check out - good quality stuff for relatively cheap prices. Catch: they only ship to the US. But since I have my handy-dandy friend Lloyd to send things to, I don't have to worry about that. And then I have more of an excuse to go back to Atl when I go home. -smile- They're having a sale on sock yarn so I got some of that for the eventuality that I will start making socks. also just because sock yarn is very pretty. and versatile. did i mention it was on sale?
Then I was off to thehungersite.com to check out their yarns. They have banana fiber yarn and beautiful recycled silk yarn which I was going to get to try. But then I saw their skirts - and you know how I love skirts. Especially long swishy ones for
<--- this one I was debating getting the wine one, but I love blue, and I wear it a lot, and it matches a lot of things that I have. So blue it was.
I was so happy to see that they ship internationally. And the most awesome part - my shipping for the order was $10. to Korea. Sweetness!! Still need to go back for that yarn...
I poked around on overstock as well, and though they had some pretty stuff, nothing quite cheap enough for me. Then I remembered my friend Robin's suggestion about ebay for clothes, and off I waded into the mire. I found an awesome seller (whose site is here) that has a bunch of cute Nepali clothes. (I guess I'm on a 'support 3rd-world economy' kick tonight.) I submitted some offers on their ebay stuff and got ....
I'm bidding on another one as well, but we'll see if I win it.
then, THEN, I found this site:
Enwrapture Vintage
Now, I'm not sure I believe their claim that their reversible silk sari wrap skirts can be worn over a hundred ways, but they are pretty damn versatile. Also, drool-worthy gorgeous.
Like these:
Gizmo is staring at me from a safe distance away and alternately washing himself so as not to look at me, as I've just walloped him. He's been really weird the past few days- I think no one told him that the neutering process was supposed to calm him down. He's been running and jumping onto the balcony, and tonight he kept trying to bite me. I had my feet up on my chair and he started biting my toes, and just now he was sitting calmly in my lap and then started gnawing on my arm. Well, that's not going to fly for sure, and he knows it.
Before bed, a snippet of conversation with Lloyd from earlier.
Lloyd:It's kinda late for dinner, ain't it?
I can just imagine that song - *sings* Kiiimbap, doo be dop a do wop...
Wouldn't that be great?
Less than a week, since I posted here, but it still feels like a long time. Possibly cause it's been a strange last few weeks, with the New Year's holiday and then this week getting ready for the play, which is on Saturday. Need to charge my camera and such.
I've been spending a lot of time on Ravelry lately, amid watching Firefly over again. I'm working on a cowl now, and I am not kidding when I say I have had to frog and redo it 3 FRICKING TIMES. It's annoying, to say the least. I think I have everything straight now, and I'm getting the hang of the whole, 'working on two circs' thing. To be fair, it's also my first time working inthe round AND I'm modifying the pattern from another cowl. But I still want to learn dpns, because most of my circs are cheap bamboo ones, that, while awesome in their own right because they only cost a dollar, are also not amazingly flexible cause the cables are too think. Oh well.
I've realized a couple of things lately - one, that I need to learn how to make socks. Perhaps when I finish the sweater. Sock yarns are beautiful, and all the time I've been spending on Ravelry has led me to some beautiful sock yarn shops. Here's one I came across today - Yarn Chef. Not only is her shop name completely awesome, but she has divided her yarns based on food stuffs!! Sweetness abounds. Beautiful colors (there's one I like called Violent Sneeze - not kidding) and hello! She has a merino/silk laceweight yarn in a color called Frosted Mint.... my fingers tingle a little bit just thinking about it, and not in the "Sio, your carpal tunnel onset is looming in the future" kind of way. That yarn is very sexy.
Two, I need to learn to crochet. I mean, yeah, when I first found out that people have made crocheted Doctor Who dolls, I totally flipped out, but that died down after a while. Lately though, especially this week (when I discovered the amazing and friendly yarn studio that is a 5 minute walk from my house!!!) when I have been flipping thru magazines like Keitodama (Japanese magazine of knitting/crochet awesomeness), I realize that I really like the look of crocheted things. It occurs to me that I most likely cannot get away with wearing tank tops to work when it gets warmer (the kids tend to freak about stuff like that), but I don't want to wear T-shirts all the time. If I could make a couple light cardigans or something that would be a good thing, so I started looking around for cute patterns. (The Knitting Tree - studio near me - also sells awesome cotton for supercheap) And the latest issue of Keitodama has so many adorable things that are crochet, and there are several on Rav too. -sigh- Add that to my interminable list of things to do at some point.
Third, I really, really need to learn Korean. Not that I can't get by with the bits and pieces that I know, and I learn new words all the time, but my verb repertoire is sadly lacking. I need to work on that - I have repeatedly been frustrated lately by my inability to hold a conversation. When I was hanging at Knitting Tree the other night, I had lots of fun chatting with them, even though I didn't always understand exactly what everyone was saying. There was one woman there who spoke English, but she's just a student and might not always be there. But everyone I met was really friendly, and I would love to go there more often. They taught me how to read charts in the Korean/Japanese way, and also showed me a cute scarf pattern that I need to try with some striping yarn, and even though I don't want to pay to take lessons there (don't really think I need them) I was glad to just chill and chat and knit. The other teachers think it's a little bit odd when I stay after work to just sit in the office, but I enjoy being there and listening to them, even if I don't really understand what they are saying. And it would be nice to have a place to knit with friends that doesn't require a trip on the subway.
Okay, now that I have written pretty much an entire post about knitting and you've fallen asleep, I'm off to bed. I'm tired and have been having crazy dreams lately, so tonight is an earl(ier) night. here's a pic I found a while back, which pretty well describes my mood at the moment.
