I accomplished quite a bit with my recent spring cleaning episode. Then, I was knitting along in the evenings as per my usual M.O.
July 4th, I took a break to go tubing with The Husband. Once we got back, I was opening some meat to defrost it when I cut the tip of my left middle finger. A little while later, we decided I did not need stiches, so after it stopped bleeding, The Husband put Neosporin and a 3M adhesive strip on it and we called it good. The next day, I went to the doctor to get a Tetanus shot and he bandaged it up like a mummy…

…which was good because him saying it was a little tender was a gross understatement. Mad props to the dr. for doing this; it provided the cushion needed to keep me (and those around me) sane.
The interesting part of my doctor’s visit was him assuming for one hot minute that I’d had a Tetanus shot recently. Evidently, I seem like the kind of person that gets into scrapes enough to be current on my Tetanus. I wonder what made him think that? Was it my confidence in knowing I hadn’t cut myself enough to need stitches? Was it TH’s lovely 3M adhesive strip/Neosporin job? I shall assume it was one of those.

Either way. No knitting for several days.

Ps. There was a permanent note on the doctor’s door telling people “In case of emergency, call 911.” Sound advice for sure.

Tags: funny, husband, knit

So, I had a week left in a Knit A Long and only needed to finish my second Chrysanthemum sock by the end of June. “No problem!” I thought to myself as I cast on Sunday June 24th. But, I couldn’t seem to cast on the right number of provisional cast-on stitches to save my life. “No worries, I still have plenty of time. The first sock was a quick knit.”

Monday night I tried again….for several hours. No dice. “HOW was the first one so much easier?!?”

Tuesday night, I decided I was not going to finish the sock in time for the knit along, but I darn well was going to have a working provisional cast-on with the right barking number of stitches before I went to sleep…and so it was that the crocheted provisional cast-on became a life-saver.

I’d used the looped version before because knittinghelp.com says that’s what one uses for a provisional cast-on. Despite the fact that I felt like I was admitting defeat by switching methods, I’ve never been more grateful that I know how to crochet. I finished the picot edging on Wednesday night and then I put that sock in time out and decided this was the universe’s way of telling me to catch up on some housework I’d been neglecting in favor of knitting.

So, I took a couple of days off and did some spring cleaning….in June.

I recently visited Gauge with my friend Sam. We were in the market to get her some dpns (double pointed needles) for her to knit socks. Yes, I’m infecting people around me.
Now, I’ve been admiring Dizzy Lettuce yarn for at least a year now and what do you know, we ran into Jennifer Miller! She’s the genius behind Dizzy Lettuce yarn! Yes, I discovered it was her when once again, I was chatting up a random lady in a yarn shop. If it keeps paying off, I’m going to keep doing it; she was super nice! She agreed to autograph the yarn I just HAD to buy (humor me) and pose for pictures. This one is my favorite.

One of my knitting friends noted that I seem to have turned into a real knitting groupie. But, here’s the yarn – see if you can resist the spell – the pink yarn has glittery silver thread in it for Pete’s sake! and look at the depth of color in the lichen! I had no choice but to take it home with me and be a huge fan!

Ps. It might seem like I suddenly started purchasing a lot of yarn, but I tell myself, it’s ok because after all, I didn’t buy any yarn in May, so surely the stash is at a fine level. right?

Tags: Dizzy Lettuce, knit, merino, nylon, silk, silver, sock yarn, superwash, wool, yarn