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November 28, 2005
You Only Dye Twice
And so starts another week of drudgery and misery. Actually, it hasn't been that bad; I have managed to slack most of the day away, thus prolonging the Homework Avalanche that is sure to pummel me down into the ground any second now. Whilst procrastinating, I am rolling my latest spinning project into balls. However, the camera is mysteriously sans battery power, thus photos will be forthcoming. I spun up 16oz of the new Corriedale and Cherry/Tropical Punched the hell out of it. It is not quite as soft as it perhaps could be. This may be due to the bazillion packets of Koolaid that I utilized. What could be perfectly snuggly yarn is now full of citric acid and FD&C Red #5. Looks pretty nice, though. I wonder if using, like, real dye would work better. Maybe next time.
I really like the red color, though some of the skeins are a bit darker/more even than others so I will have to alternate a bit. Lesson learned this time: put all the damned skeins in the pot at the same time instead of gently squeezing and adding them one at a time. The first skein sucked up a whole ton of the color and I, running about frantically, forced us to drive to the grocery store to buy more packets before the water cooled. Of course, our normal grocery store is far too "high class" to sell packets of Koolaid. Luckily we actually live in the ghetto and the Rainbow down the street had every color (flavor!) imaginable. Thus, crisis mostly averted.
This yarn is destined to become a bateau neck 3/4 sleeved number with, gasp, a cable down the front. Yes, it is true, I am finally going to take the plunge and learn some actual knitting techniques instead of just rehashing Ye Olde Raglan. Did I mention it is going to be a top down raglan? One thing at a time, I guess.
Haven't actually finished the Low Down Dirty sweater yet. Those damned I-cord ties took longer than I suspected. Maybe this weekend, since I have SATURDAY OFF!! Yay. I can go to the Nocoast Craft-o-Rama AND The Walker's free first Saturday and, um, write a paper or something. Also, crafting. I bought some supplies from Crafty Planet to make a new bathmat for our poor little bathroom. The apt complex really just needs to bulldoze it and fix everything. I mean, the walls are bulging from plaster soaked from the inside out. Eww. And so this bathmat is going to magically make everything ok. Really.
Also, it is now freakishly hot in the apt. J and I were forced to wander around in our skivvies yesterday just to keep from passing out. No wonder I am so sleepy...
Taryn: here is the scoop on the Blythe exhibition chez Robot Love.
I am allegedly making pizza for dinner. I suppose I had better start on that soon to make sure that we aren't having chips and salsa for dinner. Again.
Posted by loyd0008 at November 28, 2005 5:15 PM