Socks of Doooom!

Okay, so after a long time of not being able to find the %@#!^&* camera, I unearthed it today, and photographed the Socks of Doom before I mailed them. DOOOOOM!

More content to come after lunch.

The camera is back!

As you can see, fresh batteries have been snapped into the camera, and the first thing I did was to take my John B. outside to snap some pics of it under the crab apple tree. See? I told you it was much more gorgeous than that other picture made it look! I still haven't cast on, but I will...oh, yes. I will. The Zorro roving I got last week from Crown Mountain Farms will be photographed tomorrow along with the couple of ounces of yarn I've managed from it, as well as the Tibetan dreams roving that I haven't touched.

I've been wanting to make a top for myself for a while now and never decided on a pattern to use. It has also occurred to me that I'm headed to a fiber festival in October (for which it would be nice to actually wear something I've knit), as well as the Richmond Celtic Festival. I've been looking for something nice to wear with my kilt for three years now, and as I've never quite found the right thing, it finally occurred to me I should just make it. So I signed up for the Sexy Knitters Club Simple Knitted Bodice KAL, because that pattern will fit the bill for all three. I even think I could finish the thing in time to wear it, thanks to having the whole first week of October blocked off as vacation. Knitting on the porch looking at the ocean sounds pretty darn appealing, wouldn't you say? So all that is fine and dandy, sounds great and all, but at this point, I'm really torn as to what yarn I'm going to use to make it. I would love to use the Tilli Tomas yarn, but I'm really not sure I can justify the cost of the stuff (stupid expensive silk). I want to see what alternatives are out there before I injure the finances as seriously as purchasing that yarn would do. I also definitely want to pick up some Kureyon for a scarf, so I'm wondering if anybody's interested in making the trip down to Blacksburg tomorrow for Starbucks and yarn (and maybe even a little Five Guys afterward?).

Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home.

So I've been dying to post about is my trip to Mosaic in Blacksburg, where I scored some fantastic new sock yarn! I am so tempted to jump this yarn to the top of the knit list! There were several different colorways I wanted, but I could only afford one, sadly. I've been trying to resist casting on, as I know I'll be into plenty of socks soon enough between Sock Wars and Socktoberfest 2006, not to mention I promised Molly some socks a while ago that I seriously need to get on top of. But the sock yarn calls to me, with its gorgeous, sunny colours and the great name for them (who wouldn't love a yarn colourway named John B.?)! I have to say, maybe I got a funky dye lot of the John B., as everywhere has it looking like this picture here, but I swear to you, internet friends (and IRL friends, too!) my John B. is much more attractive that the picture would indicate.

So why no picture to prove the beauty of my new yarn? I still can't find the battery charger for the digital camera! So I can't stand it any longer: I'm buying new batteries when I run by the store (again) tonight. It's the only saving grace of tonight's trip to the store. I just went to the store last night to buy the week's groceries, and (of course) since I didn't have a list, I forgot to get sandwich bags and...something else...

See? This is why people with Fibromyalgia can't be allowed to live alone in the wild. We get stupid sometimes. I really honestly can't remember the other thing I forgot to get. Maybe the donut holes will be restocked, though. >:)

Edit (6 hours later): I just remembered the something else. It's hot dog buns. We have a package of tasty Hebrew National dogs, but no buns. I'm making a list now, really. Bags, batteries, and buns. Conveniently alliterative, no?

Knitting Haiku from me to you

I hate every stitch
of the seven pattern rows
above the mistake.

Recovering

This whole long weekend thing was very nice, can we do it again starting tomorrow? I spent the weekend in Maryland with my mother and grandmother, and we had a lovely time, but I am T-I-R-E-D. This is probably completely my fault (I forgot all my meds, so I didn't sleep the whole weekend, and came home with a back like a board), but nonetheless, I'm recovering slowly today.

But on the positive front, a miracle occurred: I gave my grandmother her hat and IT FITS! I had no idea how big her head was, so I just felted it until it looked right and somehow it fits perfectly. And even better? She actually likes it! So, so much good luck there.

Also good, gave the Hoover to my cousin George, and he was very happy with it. His wife was not around, but he said he was sure Kathy was going to be giving me a call. XD Sadly, no pictures, as the camera batteries died before I gave anyone their gift.

No progress on knitting this weekend for two reasons:
A. I think there's a mistake in my shawl two rows ago, and I just can't face trying to work it out right now/rip back two rows.
B. I was in the middle of a really good book.