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Knit From Your Stash
1 January, 2007, 08:00 pm
Haha! Wow, I can't believe the controversy this has spurred in the knitting community. Rumor has it one LYSO made some interesting comments on her blog but I have yet to find it. But also on the sock knitting lists, among other places.
I'm not participating myself for a few reasons. My rules are very modified. My stash is limited (no, not really, but it is limited in key areas - like worsted wools, laceweights) and I know there's no way I'd go 9 months. Also, I like to support the LYS that holds weekly knit ins. My favorite part of the week, right up there with the weekend. :) To that end, I purchase my worsted wools there as I can afford to. No laceweights. *pout*
I admire those that can actually go months without buying yarn. Will it put yarn shops across the country out of business? I doubt it. I know there are a number of knitters who spread their shopping out across a few stores and internet retailers. Nevermind the many knitters who aren't online or aren't participating for other reasons.
It did bring up some interesting thoughts on consumerism. I just happened to be thinking about it earlier today anyway. But really, if all you do is sell yarn, to a very limited group of people, it's probably time to re-think your business strategy. A very limited group of people can only buy so much yarn. Kudos to those that stop buying when they notice they don't _want_ piles more than they need. Shame on you for trying to make people feel guilty about it.
Obviously I'm bored, two posts in one day! I wove ends, crocheted grannies, and knit on my sweater. And now my wrists are asking for a break. Phooey on them.
I did watch Nacho Libre. I liked it - kinda reminded me of Napoleon Dynamite in some ways. I can see how some people would find it stupid, though.
I'm ready to go back to work :)
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Plans for Today
1 January, 2007, 09:31 am
I want to tackle that pile of squares so they can be washed and sent off.. It's not much to weave the ends in but if you're like me, you know just how much of a job that can be :)
Think he's mad at me for leaving him alone the night before last? It's not often he sleeps on the "other" couch. Took him awhile to come to bed last night too. I know it won't take long to remember who fills the food bowl, though..haha.
Almost forgot, happy new year to you! I hope it is a great one!
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New Goals
31 December, 2006, 06:13 pm
Seeing how last year went pretty well with my three goals, I decided to lay out new ones for 2007. I apologize as the majority aren't knit related, but this is a good spot for putting things in writing, y'know?
1. Improve my knitting technique.
I've realized I have knit pretty much everything I want and as I don't really have people to knit for, I certainly have time to putz around and work on this. I'm not sure how I will accomplish it yet. I have three thoughts.
a. Knit for perfection and be ready to rip.
b. Pick specific projects for "perfection" knitting and put them in the fair (and be ready to rip).
c. Take a shot at the Master Knitter's from TKGA.
2. Save money.
This one sort of involves knitting. If I don't buy yarn when I don't need it I will save money, and keep a reasonably sized stash. But in other ares of life, too. Also as important, make what little money I do have saved already work for me. I've been thinking about this one for a little while so I got a CD yesterday and my dad helped me research money markets and mutual funds today.
3. Be more active.
You know how it goes. Throughout high school and most of college I at least had jobs that required me to stand the whole time or stock shelves and throw heavy boxes of candy around. Now I sit at a desk all day and on a couch all night. I used to use my parents' treadmill before I moved out but that's not an option anymore. For the past 2 months I've been doing in-home walking, but suffice to say it's getting boring. I bought a stationary bicycle which work will reimburse me for, but it's been broke since the second day I used it and parts won't be in for another two weeks. Maybe I need a plan C. If it wasn't dark when I got up in the morning and dark when I get home I'd walk outside. But alas, no sidewalks and no walking partner = no walking in the dark. I think the bicycle will really work for me, though. I can do granny squares while I ride as well as watch tv so it shouldn't get boring.
I don't know if I mentioned, but I started a new seamless sweater for me. I'm cruising along pretty well and pleased so far. Picture next time!
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Pictures
26 December, 2006, 05:03 pm
Ooh, we have a problem with my Monkey socks. I can barely get these over my ankles and I still need two more pattern repeats. Rip, rip. I will find something else to work on in the meantime. I don't have the right needle size :/
Look, a purple sweater! It's drying. I think when it's dry it will need a lint roller also. It will slowly but surely make its way to a European orphanage thanks to CIC Knits.
I gotta go back to work. There is some sad, sad tv on. Yesterday it was the HIV & AIDS orphans in Africa, today it's the homeless in our own country. And they're edumacated people that had real, paying jobs. How do you go from police officer to homeless man? I don't know.
But it was a good day. I went shopping and found some deals and then I tried a coffee/ice cream shop I've been meaning to try. Mrmm. And then I crocheted squares for Online Angels while watching Shattered Glass. It was a good movie. Be impressed, I provided links today! Yay for not being lazy :) Now to learn how to use my shiny new quesadilla maker so I will have supper.
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Merry Christmas!
25 December, 2006, 04:39 pm
Yay! It was a fine Christmas but I still have some adjusting to do. Yesterday was our small family get together (the one I really like). Today was nothing. It's usually the big get together but that was pushed out. So my options were spend the day with pops and the dogs at their place or spend the day with the cat and myself. I stayed with the first option until I could stand it no longer and then I moved on to option B. Oh my gosh, I just had a vision of myself at say, age 85.. on Christmas, just the cat and myself. See? And there are no Christmas movies or specials. Hardly any Christmas episodes of old weekly shows either. *pout*
I was pleasantly surprised with the gifts I was given. I figured they would taper off after I moved out but no, there were plenty and spot on.
I'm sort of glad I'm on day 3 of my 4-day vacation because post-Christmas is always a little sad..lol. But, I have been knitting! And also I plan on going post-Christmas shopping tomorrow and maybe getting a good cappuccino.
I finished the little purple sweater and I started the Monkey socks on Knitty. Cruising along, it's a fun pattern. I can't believe how fast it's going. I would provide pictures except I'm having problems with that scene. I think, I hope, the rechargeable batteries are past their useful life. I charge them fully and take like 2 pictures and they're dead. Hope it's not the camera..
Ah, and while I'm thinkin' about it, I pulled up my goals from January. Let's evaluate.
Here they are:
1. Volunteer more.
2. Keep the stash at a reasonable level.
3. Knit a real sweater.
Evaluation:
1. Yes. I'm proud of myself.
2. Mostly. It's a little bigger than I'd like but not too bad. And I'm working on it.
3. Sort of. I should have been more specific. The sweater I knit for myself never got seamed. Technically, I did "knit" the sweater, though.
Time to think about new goals, or maybe renewing some.
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Goody Box
21 December, 2006, 08:49 pm
Wow, I participated in the dish cloth exchange for the first time in a few months and boy, did I ever get spoiled. My poor partner got a dish cloth and a card. She sent me this:
You probably can't see 'em so well but the cloth is filled with lil candy canes. Then there's a ball of Christmas-y cotton, some yummies that are surprisingly still here, a booklet of bag patterns, a little Christmas cross stitch kit, and some peppermint hot cocoa. I haven't tried that yet either. I know, I can hardly believe the goodies are still unopened.
So is the box of chocolates we got from work. There's just so many other goodies here now that will need to hit the freezer soon so I've been trying to make a dent in them. Freezer's not that big :)
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Wayyy OT and Contains Religious Opinion
15 December, 2006, 07:30 pm
Just in case you may be offended..
See, I just ran across one of those posts in a forum that goes like this:
Please pray for so-and-so because she wants to take her own life and she does not believe in GOD. I asked her mother to pray so that her daughter does not go through with it and burn in hell for eternity. Yadda yadda yadda.
Thoughts such as these make me almost glad I am not a believer. It makes believing look like an exclusive club. Like God handpicked those he wanted to belong, and the rest, well, we can look down upon them over a fine meal and good entertainment. Because believers suggest that they will go to this wonderful place in the sky where they can look down upon the rest of us suffering. Do I really wanna be in an exclusive club where I can watch others suffer without being able to do a thing about it? Uh, no. Thankyouverymuch. If God is truly what most say he is, I doubt he will sentence over 11% of the world (or at least, the United States - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States) to life in hell. Because He did not wire their brain the way it needed to be wired to be in an exclusive club.
Thanks for giving me a chance to babble.
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