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September 04, 2005
Murphy's law sucks
I nearly finished the mystery project but ran out of yarn - looks like I was less than 200 yards short. Ugh, considering the yarn is handspun, handpainted and two years old. I have stuck it in a very big ziplock (gotta love those new 2 gallon ziplocks!) and will take it to a yarn store when I get back to see what I can find.
I worked a bit on the socks but I am definitely suffering from second sock syndrome. Don't even want to discuss the shell that needs finishing.
I decided that I will now devote all of my attention to the Picasso. Have WAY more than enough of the black, blue and red but notice that the white is a bit low. Gah, guess who packed up the extra two skeins of white and will not even see them until the end of October? I keep thinking that maybe I am wrong, maybe there will be enough but I know just how that maybe just worked out with the mystery WIP. I am going to do as much as I can though. I am mailing all the WIPs to myself so they will be there when I arrive but I won't have to lose room in the suitcases.
Oh, and guess who bought a large bag of the softest grey yarn at the market near my house? I did a burn test (gotta love mystery market yarn) and it is clearly NOT acrylic. I wish there was a way to tell what sort of animal fiber it is - I am guessing that it has a fair amount of cashmere because it is cloud soft. I think it will work up to about sport weight but I have not swatched it yet. And boo hiss, the moving men took my swift and noste! I had no idea how crippling that would feel. I honestly have no desire to wind it the cave girl way.
If you are interested in details of my retirement/move, see my main blog for more info.
Posted by DebC at 10:28 PM | Comments (1)